A copy of the photo "Stop Calling Me Murzyn" by our lecturer prof. Rafał Milach is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw.
The photo shows the activist Bianka Nwolisa (10) with the banner "Stop Calling Me Murzyn". The photo was taken in June 2020 during a protest at the US Embassy against police brutality against African-American communities, triggered by the death of George Floyd. Photography sparked a heated debate in both traditional and social media.
The future of film, photography, and artificial intelligence Prof. Ludovit Labik VŠMU, Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia
Photography as document in history and sociology Prof. Jiří Siostrzonek Institute of Creative Photography, Silesian University in Opava Czech Republic
The photogenic aura in film and photography. Woman and man Prof. Neil Andrew Taylor FAMU, Czech National Film Academy, Prague, Czech Republic
Photography and film in the context of the topic like: man and woman, who I am, touch, border, back to nature Prof. Miro Švolík Academy of Fine Arts and Design (VŠVU), Bratislava, Slovakia Art & Design Institut, Prague, Czech Republic
# May - June 2021
on-line workshop KRZYSZTOF KIEŚLOWSKI FILM SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA, KATOWICE
On April 8-21, the 44. Grenzland-Filmtage Selb International Film Festival takes place in Selb, Germany. The competition of this prestigious German event includes this year a film Restart (2019), dir. Julian Tałandziewicz. In the catalogue, the festival selector Joachim Reuer indicated our film as one of the two titles that are particularly worth watching during this year's edition of the festival.
Two competition screenings at the April festivals will also have Lolo (2019) dir. Michał Piotrowski. First, it will be seen by viewers of the LJMU MA Short Film Festival in the UK, and then at the end of the month it will go to Mexico for the 8. CORTOS EN CORTO Festival.
Apart from Lolo, "Helen 25/65" (2020) by Joanna Różniak and End of the World (2020) by Karol Ulman will also compete for prizes in the LJMU MA Short Film Festival. LJMU MA Short Film Festival is a film festival organized by Liverpool John Moores University. It’s its first edition and will take place in Liverpool on April 16-23. Q&A with our students will take place on Sunday, 18th April.
On the other hand, A Bad Night Story (2019), dir. Nawojka Wierzbowska, will be presented in the international competition at the Go East Festival in Wiesbaden, Germany (April 20-26, 2021). A few days later, it will go to the Italian Short Film Biennale Vicenza Festival
Candidates for the Directing and Cinematography course in the academic year 2021/2022 are invited to take advantage of script consultations and the consultations of their photographic portfolio as part of the Open Days of the Kieślowski Film School during the 18. Węgiel Film Festival (May 13-16, 2021).
Script consultations
Short feature film scripts (up to 30') and / or one idea for a documentary should be sent by 1.05.2021 at the latest to the e-mail address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in PDF format.
In the title, please write "Consultations Open Days SF". During the Festival, candidates will receive information about the individual consultation date via the Zoom platform. NOTE: Only scenarios for films of a maximum of 30 minutes are subject to consultation!
Photographic portfolio consultations
The portfolio in PDF format should be sent by 01.05.2021 to the e-mail address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
In the title, please write "Consultations Open Days SF". A portfolio can be up to 20 pages long.
Technical requirements: 1980 x 1080p 92 dpi
In the link you can download the portfolio file template: link
In the first week of May, candidates who sent their photographic portfolios will receive an email from us with an individual date consultation through the ZOOM platform.
Gallery Galeria pusta cd. invites to the opening of the exhibition entitled "The city is not a natural environment for humans" by Bartosz Gaczyński - a first-year student of Cinematography at the Kieslowski Film School in Katowice. The online openibg of the exhibition will take place on March 31 at 6.00 p.m. on the MS Teams platform.
The city is not a natural environment for humans
Presented series of photographs were made between 2018-2021. The leitmotif was to inscribe a man into the glass, concrete and steel space of the city. At first I thought I was looking at a man in the city. Street photography? With time, I began to notice that in my big-city observations, a person loses subjectivity. It becomes an empty form, which is a condition for a successful composition. For a long time I was afraid of color. These photographs are a record of several of my observations, places and reflections on light, shadow, composition and subjectivity of the people I pass. It is also, in a way, a record of my path over the past few years. Copenhagen, Warsaw, Helsinki, Delfzijl, Katowice, Wrocław.
Bartosz Gaczyński - born 1996. First-year student of Cinematography at the Kieslowski Film School in Katowice. A graduate of film studies at the Jagiellonian University. In his free time, he sails on wooden sailing ships under the Vanuatu flag.
Technical details: Connection via the MS TEAMS platform. After clicking on the link above, you can join the meeting via a web browser without logging in. Participants of the on-line opening are asked to turn on their cameras and mute their microphones.