Polsat Picks up Two Original Series

WARSAW: Polish private broadcaster Polsat will increase locally produced content with two new dramatic series scheduled to premiere in spring 2014.
26-04-2013

PRODUCTION: Cannes Short Film Team Producing Polish Icelandic Documentary

WARSAW: New Blood (Nowa krew), a documentary about Polish villagers who emigrate to Iceland will go into preproduction in summer 2013.
25-04-2013

PRODUCTION: One Man Show Showcases Polish Actor

WARSAW: One Man Show, the story of struggling 33-year-old actor Marcin Sitek, is midway through a 16 month shoot.
25-04-2013

PRODUCTION: Aurum Film Producing Blue Notebook Documentary

WARSAW: Blue Notebook, a documentary directed by Natasza Ziółkowska-Kurczuk about 20th century classical Polish composer Witold Lutosławski, is currently in production.
25-04-2013

PRODUCTION: Warsaw Uprising Docudrama to Begin Filming

WARSAW: Polish director Małgorzata Brama will start shooting the WWII docudrama Radosław at the end of April 2013.
24-04-2013

PRODUCTION: Pasikowski Shooting Spy Film in Washington

WASHINGTON: Polish director Władysław Pasikowski began filming the final segment of his spy biopic feature film Jack Strong on 21 April 2013 in Washington, D.C.
23-04-2013

Israeli Polish coproduction The Congress to Open Director’s Fortnight in Cannes

WARSAW: The Congress, a major sci-fi Israeli Polish coproduction from Israeli director Ari Folman based on Stanislaw Lem's novel is set to open the Directors’ Fortnight section in Cannes this…
23-04-2013

FESTIVALS: Author Rights Take Center Stage at Plus Camerimage

WARSAW: The Plus Camerimage Festival and BVK (German Society of Cinematographers) will hold a panel discussion about authors’ rights during the festival, which runs 16 – 23 November 2013 in…
19-04-2013

Traffic Police Tops One Million Mark in Poland

WARSAW: Wojciech Smarzowski’s drama Traffic Police is the first domestic film of 2013 to reach one million admissions in Poland.
18-04-2013

First Polish Film Competes for Short Film Palme d'Or

WARSAWA: Olena, a short feature directed by Elżbieta Benkowska, will compete in the main short film competition at the 2013 Cannes film festival.
18-04-2013

Closed Circuit Dominates Polish Box Office

WARSAW: The Polish drama The Closed Circuit has passed the 250,000 admissions mark since its 5 April 2013 opening, outperforming its Hollywood competition.
17-04-2013

New Europe Film Sales Picks up Latvian Mother I Love You

WARSAW: Warsaw-based sales agent New Europe Film Sales has acquired worldwide rights to the Latvian coming-of-age drama Mother, I Love You (Mammu, es Tevi mīlu) by Jānis Nords.
16-04-2013

PRODUCTION: Zanussi Begins Shooting The Foreign Body

WARSAW: Krzysztof Zanussi (Persona Non Grata, 2005) has started a 30 day filming schedule on The Foreign Body (Obce ciało), also known as Inner Voice (Głos wewnętrzny).
12-04-2013

PRODUCTION: Carte Blanche in Preproduction

LUBLIN: Jacek Lusinski (the screenwriter and director of Piksele, 2009) is in preproduction with the feature film Carte Blanche. The film’s cast includes outstanding Polish actors Andrzej Chyra (In the…
11-04-2013

Cinema City Signs Leases in Warsaw

WARSAW: Cinema City International announced it signed lease agreements for space in two shopping malls in Warsaw, to open a 12 screen and an 11 screen cinema.
11-04-2013

Roland Joffe and Volker Schlondorff Lead Panels at Off Plus Camera 2013

KRAKOW: Twelve main competition films, a Polish Feature Films competition, and a five-day industry event will unspool at the Sixth Cinema Off Plus Camera International Festival of Independent Films, taking…
10-04-2013

Polsat Acquires Polskie Media

WARSAW: Polish commercial broadcaster Polsat signed a preliminary agreement to buy Polskie Media S.A., which broadcasts channels TV4 and TV6, for 99 m PLN (23.6 m EUR).
04-04-2013

PRODUCTION: Polish Czech Slovak Documentary Series Gottland

WARSAW: A cross-genre documentary series based on the international bestseller Gottland (European book of the year 2009) by Mariusz Szczygieł is in production as a seven-episode series directed by seven…
04-04-2013

PRODUCTION: Wajda Studio Developing Super-unit

KATOWICE: Polish filmmaker and visual artist Teresa Czepiec is developing a documentary that explores the life and workings of a major residential block in Katowice.
04-04-2013

TVP and MDR Develop Co-operation

WARSAW: Public broadcaster TVP has signed an agreement with the regional public German broadcaster MDR that will increase co-operation between the two stations.
03-04-2013