During the twentieth anniversary of the International Documentary Film Festival OFF CINEMA the honorary prize was given to Bogdan Dziworski, Prof. He is the legend of Polish documentary cinema: director, cinematographer, photographer and our lecturer.

During the Festival the audience could watch a retrospective screening of the winner’s films.

Full informqation about the Festival can be found on its official website and Facebook Fanpage.

Jestem mordercą is the latest film of our graduate and lecturer Maciej Pieprzyca, PhD, whose premiere with the participation of artists took place on Monday, October 24, 2016 in the Kosmos cinema in Katowice.

Jestem mordercą is a thriller inspired by true events from the early 70s. The protagonist of the film, Janusz Jasiński, is a young lieutenant in the militia. After successive failures in the investigation into the brutal murders of women, he is appointed as a new head of the investigation team. He is trying to do everything to seize opportunity of a lifetime and catch a serial killer.

In the new film by Maciej Pieprzyca we can see, among others, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Piotr Adamczyk, Agata Kulesza, Magdalena Popławska, Michał Żurawski and debut starring Mirosław Haniszewski.

Jestem mordercą, directed by Maciej Pieprzyca received the Silver Lions of the Festival and the prize of the Network of the Arthouse Cinemas (SKSiL). Maciej Pieprzyca also won the award for best screenplay.

During the closing gala closure of the 7th edition of the International Festival of Film Producers REGIOFUN took place the pre-release screening of the Michał Rosa, PhD, film with Marcin Koszałka, PhD, as a DoP, entitled Szczęście świata. Production will enter cinemas next year, but it was already shown at the Festival in Gdynia, where it won two awards - for the music and set design.

The film is a story about the inhabitants of a tenement house and cultural diversity of the pre-war Upper Silesia.

More about the film Szczęście świata.

The Culture Cultivator documentary, produced by the Krzysztof Kieslowski Faculty of Radio and Television, has been selected for the competition at the 22. International Film Festival in Drama (Greece), which starts on 19 September. The film directed by Anna Urbańczyk and cinematographed by Maciej Czułowski is the only Polish title in the competition program. The screening in Greece will be the international premiere of The Culture Cultivator.

The protagonist of the film is Daniel, creator of street art painted on barns and bus stops. He arrives to his native village to realize a new project. For this purpose he must face the apathy prevailing in the country and the isolation of its inhabitants. Daniel does not give up and while appealing to the spirit of community with the memories of a mysterious animal and ghosts, he prepares the opening of The Bus Stop.

Drama Festival is one of Europe's most important short film festivals. More information about this year's edition can be found on the official page of the event.