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We believe that the role of the cinematographer is to co-create the motion picture. We educate our students to become fully-fledged artistic partners for directors and producers. The multi-generational tradition of the Department of Cinematography, which has been developed by our graduates, great filmmakers of Polish cinema, such as Jerzy W\u00f3jcik<\/strong> and Witold Soboci\u0144ski<\/strong>, is to view the art of cinematography as a fully established and creative filmmaking profession.<\/p>\n Mastering technology is the basis of our craft, but the main factor that determines the quality of cinematography turns out to be its contribution to the audiovisual work, i.e. the film. The visual form should harmonize with the narrative aspect of the work and enhance the meaning conveyed by the film narrative. The most difficult task a cinematographer faces is to create a form that would be an ideal vehicle for the film content. It is only the works that manage to achieve such harmony between the subject and form that make it into cinematic history. The high ranking and success of our School\u2019s graduates in the international arena, such as Hoyte van Hoytema<\/strong> and \u0141ukasz \u017bal<\/strong>, stem precisely from this understanding of the role of the cinematographer.<\/p>\n Students of the Department of Cinematography make their own original short films, always on black-and-white and colour negatives and in digital technology. The independent shooting of short films is expected to broaden their experience to include script work, directing, staging and editing. In the course of their five-year studies, our students make an average of about 10 short films (authors and director\u2019s cut) and participate in theoretical and workshop classes conducted by their artistic supervisors. The teaching staff consists of outstanding filmmakers, including three members of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, winners of numerous international and national awards. Workshop classes address such basic issues as set lighting, staging, composition and camera handling, as well as commercial filmmaking and new technologies. Theoretical classes that include the history of art, literature and film, as well as optional classes that cover philosophical, sociological, legal and production issues, complement our students\u2019 education and prepare them for work in professional filmmaking. However, our lecturers\u2019 guiding motto is to recognize each student\u2019s individual interests and needs and to accompany them in their creative development.<\/p>\n The Film School in Lodz<\/strong> is not just an address on Targowa Street, but it is also about a genius loci<\/em> \u2013 the sum of experiences, thoughts, emotions, ideas, dreams, creative efforts, the fears and joys that accompany them, the ups and downs of the people, who for years were and still are part of the School. We dream of evoking this spirit for our Jubilee! We celebrate, we recall, we watch, we meet and we never stop to LOOK AT THE WORLD. Take a look with us!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n We invite you to the screenings and events taking place at the Film School in Lodz<\/strong> during the 31st<\/sup> International Festival of the Art of Cinematography EnergaCAMERIMAGE<\/span><\/strong>. <\/p>\n The films you will be able to watch in Toru\u0144<\/strong> were grouped into three categories: FEATURE FILMS<\/strong>, ALUMNI SHORTS<\/strong> and STUDENT SHORTS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –<\/p>\n FEATURE FILMS<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ASHES AND DIAMONDS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n A young Home Army soldier is ordered to shoot the secretary of the Polish Worker\u2019s Party Voivodeship Committee just before the end of World War II. Meanwhile, he meets a girl, a bartender at a hotel. Torn between his sense of duty and emerging affection, he will have to make a choice.<\/p>\n Original title: <\/strong>Popi\u00f3\u0142 i diament <\/p>\n MIDNIGHT COWBOY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Joe Buck, a young boy from Texas, after reading sensational news about the demanding East Coast women, decides to become a ladies\u2019 man. He packs up and, without much thought, sets out to conquer New York. After his first not very successful attempt to earn money, the protagonist decides to find himself an agent.<\/p>\n Polish title: <\/strong>Nocny kowboj \nTHE PIANIST<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Warsaw during World War II. W\u0142adys\u0142aw Szpilman, an outstanding composer and pianist, escapes from the ghetto, having miraculously survived its liquidation, and after the fall of the Warsaw Uprising, he hides for weeks in the ruins of the abandoned and completely destroyed Polish capital. An unexpected friendship with a German officer helps him survive the harshest period.<\/p>\n Polish title: <\/strong>Pianista – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –<\/p>\n ALUMNI SHORTS<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n BIRTHDAY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Sara loves Katarina and she\u2019s making a surprise for her birthday. Katarina has a surprise for Sara as well. Sara has to handle the unexpected news, while taking care of the birthday party. Her joy is gradually replaced with growing feelings of isolation and frustration.<\/p>\n Original title: <\/strong>F\u00f6delsedag \nBOATS SAIL OUT AT DAWN<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n A poetic, fictionalized documentary about the life and dangerous work of fishermen in a fishing village on the Baltic Sea.<\/p>\n Original title: <\/strong>\u0141odzie wyp\u0142ywaj\u0105 o \u015bwicie <\/p>\n ECHO<\/span> Two teenagers brutally kill their friend. Helped by a police psychologist they are reconstructing the chronological order of events. Gradually, they begin to realize the noxiousness of the murder and its consequences. However, they will not discover the scale of the crime until they meet the victim\u2019s parents.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Magnus Von Horn \nEXIT<\/span> A man tries to climb up the slopes of a waste dump. He struggles to climb a few meters, only to fall down a moment later. Once he seems to have found his escape route, a solid metal grating appears in front of him.<\/p>\n Original title: <\/strong>Wyj\u015bcie JAKUB<\/span> A short story about the absence of the father in the life of a 13-year-old boy.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Adam Guzi\u0144ski <\/p>\n M\u00d6BIUS STRIP <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The protagonist wakes up in a speeding ghost train. Time passes. A film journey to the end of a desperately lonely man\u2019s life.<\/p>\n Original title: <\/strong>Wst\u0119ga M\u00f6biusa Boxing match. Full stands. The fight is about to begin. The hall is filled with a bustling audience. We see fans: men, women and children. Everyone is craning their necks with interest to get a better view of the fight. Their faces show emotions of tension, joy, disappointment.<\/p>\n Original title: <\/strong>Szko\u0142a uczu\u0107 \nWINTER<\/span> An elderly man watches the world through the dirty windows of the porch. A story of old age coming into contact with youth.<\/p>\n Original title: <\/strong>Zima The story of a young man who, on his father\u2019s fiftieth birthday, decides to deal with the sluggishness that is affecting them.<\/p>\n Original title: <\/strong>Mistrz \u015bwiata <\/p>\n – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –<\/p>\n STUDENT SHORTS<\/span><\/p>\n In a small town in southern China in the 1990s, the smuggler Azhi wants to buy a prostitute Ling from her boss Bing and take her with him on a trip to Africa. But it turns out that Ling and Bing plan to kill Azhi. After killing Azhi, Ling discovers that she has fallen in love with Azhi but continues to be dependent on Bing.<\/p>\n Polish title: <\/strong>Lataj\u0105cy szczur, kurczak i jab\u0142ko \nATROPHIA<\/span> A poetic documentary film that is a reflection on human existence. In the object-filled interiors of apartments, the last traces of the inhabitants\u2019 smell are slowly fading away. Water stops flowing from the kitchen tap and the wall clock is not working properly, draining the remaining energy from the unchanged battery. Everything stopped with the last breath. It\u2019s time to clean things up.<\/p>\n Original title: <\/strong>Atrofia DANCING CLOUD<\/span> Aniela visits her sister in Berlin. On her way back to Poland, she gets off the train at one of the Berlin’s stations. A night journey through colorful, dangerous and fascinating Berlin will prove to be a lesson in growing up for teenage Aniela.<\/p>\n Original title: <\/strong>Ta\u0144cz\u0105ca chmura \nTHE DEEP<\/span> During a routine swimming workout, Klara struggles with memories of her loved one.<\/p>\n Original title: <\/strong>To\u0144 F51.5<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n F51.5 is the ICD-10-CM International Classification of Diseases code for nightmare disorder. The picture is a visualization of the situations and the accompanying sensations. The main character wanders in and out between the successive levels of her subconsciousness, which are the results of sleep paralysis.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Filip Rogozi\u0144ski A man goes on a sentimental journey to a city hotel. With time, the impersonal space of the hotel room seems unfamiliar and reality and the protagonist\u2019s imagination get intertwined.<\/p>\n Director: <\/strong>Micha\u0142 Szaranowicz \nILLUSION OF AN ENDLESS SUMMER<\/span> Two girls are playing a mysterious game. It turns out that it is not just an innocent way of spending their time.<\/p>\n Original title: <\/strong>Iluzja wiecznego lata LIOSZA<\/span> An intimate story about ordinary people caught up in a great drama. Two Ukrainian brothers, Liosza and Dmytro, live and work in Poland. It is here that the news of the outbreak of war in Ukraine reaches them.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Mi\u0142osz Sawicki![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lodz_Film_School_logotype_75.YEARS_ENG_full_version_colour.png\")
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\nDirector:<\/strong> Andrzej Wajda
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Jerzy W\u00f3jcik
\nProduced by:<\/strong> Zesp\u00f3\u0142 Filmowy KADR
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, 1958<\/p>\n<\/a>\u00a91969 JH Productions Inc. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n
\nDirector:<\/strong> John Schlesinger
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Adam Holender
\nProduced by:<\/strong> Florin Productions, Jerome Hellman Productions, United Artists
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> USA, 1969<\/p>\n<\/a> photo by Guy Ferrandis \u00a9 2002 RP PRODUCTIONS, HERITAGE FILMS, STUDIO BABELSBERG, RUNTEAM LTD
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\nDirector:<\/strong> Roman Pola\u0144ski
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Pawe\u0142 Edelman
\nProduced by:<\/strong> Heritage Films, R.P. Productions, Runteam, Studio Babelsberg
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, UK, Germany, France, 2002<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nPolish title: <\/strong>Urodziny
\nDirector: <\/strong>Jenifer Malmqvist
\nCinematographer: <\/strong>Ita Zbroniec-Zajt
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, Sweden, 2010<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nDirector:<\/strong> Ryszard Ber
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Witold Soboci\u0144ski
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, 1955<\/p>\n
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\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Ma\u0142gorzata Szy\u0142ak
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, 2008<\/p>\n
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\nDirector:<\/strong> Grzegorz Kr\u00f3likiewicz
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> S\u0142awomir Idziak
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, 1965<\/p>\n
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\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Wojciech Staro\u0144
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, 1998<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nDirector:<\/strong> \u0141ukasz Karwowski
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Pawe\u0142 Edelman
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, 1988<\/p>\n
\nSCHOOL OF LOVE<\/span>
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\nDirector: <\/strong>Edward Bernstein
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Bogdan Dziworski
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, 1963<\/p>\n
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\nDirector: <\/strong>Piotr Soboci\u0144ski Jr.
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Piotr Soboci\u0144ski Jr.
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, 2004<\/p>\n
\nWORLD CHAMPION<\/span>
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\nDirector:<\/strong> \u0141ukasz \u017bal
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> \u0141ukasz \u017bal
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, 2006<\/p>\n
\nAPPLE, CHICKEN, PIGEON <\/span>
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\nDirector: <\/strong>Xiang Li
\nCinematographer: <\/strong>Konrad Miklaszewski
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, 2021<\/p>\n
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\nDirector:<\/strong> Konrad Kultys
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Paula Wilczy\u0144ska
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, 2022<\/p>\n
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\nDirector:<\/strong> Platon Ogarev
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Platon Ogarev
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, 2023<\/p>\n
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\nDirector:<\/strong> Paula Wilczy\u0144ska
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Paula Wilczy\u0144ska
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, 2019<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Filip Rogozi\u0144ski
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, 2022<\/p>\n
\nHOTEL<\/span>
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\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Micha\u0142 Szaranowicz
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, 2021<\/p>\n
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\nDirectors: <\/strong>Karolina Biesiacka, Zofia Po\u0142aniewicz
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Zofia Po\u0142aniewicz
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, 2022<\/p>\n
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\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Zuzanna Zachara-Hassairi
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, 2023<\/p>\n