PRODUCTION: Touch of Angel in Production

WARSAW: The first Polish documentary shot with the Red Epic camera, Touch of Angel (Dotknięcie anioła), a biopic about a Jewish family’s dramatic exodus from Poland, is in production. The…
15-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Wajda Attached to And There Was Love in the Ghetto

Director/cinematographer Jolanta Dylewska is directing a documentary essay based on a book written by the Polish resistance commander Marek Edelman and Paula Sawicka, with Anna Wydra and the Polish company…
14-11-2012

Poland Begins Switch from Analogue TV

WARSAW: The Lubuskie Voivodeship in Eastern Poland became to first area to shut off analogue TV transmitters at the beginning of November 2012, with the entire country scheduled to follow…
14-11-2012

Polish Film Institute announced funding for 61 projects

WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl) announced the results of its November round of grants, which included 110,250 PLN in development funding for a feature film by Jan Jakub Kolski…
12-11-2012

TVN and Canal+ Deal Expected Soon

WARSAW: TVN Group plans to finalize a joint venture with Canal+ to create the NC+ platform by the end of 2012.
09-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Wrestling in Dakar in Postproduction

WARSAW: Wrestling in Dakar (Dakarskie zapasy), a Polish/French/British documentary which focuses on the first woman in the wrestling business, promoter and politician Ndeye Ndiaye Tyson, and two young Senegalese wrestlers,…
08-11-2012

Foreign Sales for Now, Forager and It Looks Pretty from a Distance

WARSAW: Polish film sales agent New Europe Film Sales (www.neweuropefilmsales.com) has sold Now, Forager: A Film about Love and Fungi by Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin to distribution companies Accent…
08-11-2012

Wajda Studio Wraps Polish-Armenian Short

WARSAW: Milky Brother, the first Polish-Armenian coproduction, directed by Vahram Mkhitaryan and produced by Wajda Studio (www.wajdastudio.com) has completed production.
07-11-2012

Polish Animation in the Spotlight at DOK Leipzig

LEIPZIG: DOK Leipzig, which runs through 4 November 2012, marks the centennial of Poland’s first puppet animation film with a retrospective of its creator, Władysław Starewicz, and a special programme…
31-10-2012

FNE AVP Live ! Jakub Duszynski, Co-President of Europa Distribution and Artistic Director of Gutek Film, Poland.

FNE asks what are the most important issues facing European independent distributors today. Read more>>>
30-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Animated Feature Magical Book of Adventure in Production

WARSAW: Co-directors Paweł Dębski and Mateusz Heldwein are in production with Magical Book of Adventure (Magiczna Księga Przygód), a feature-length animated film with a gripping story about brotherhood, tolerance and…
26-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Animated Series Galaxy Taxi in Development

WARSAW: Fumi Studio (www.fumistudio.com) is in the early stages of development with a 13-episode animated series for adults and children, Galaxy Taxi.
25-10-2012

FNE at CentEast: China-Europe Film Promotion Project Launched at Warsaw

WARSAW: The Warsaw Film Festival and the Chinese company Film Factory have announced a joint project to facilitate film exchanges between Europe and China.
24-10-2012

New Warsaw Regional Film Commission Bows at CentEast

WARSAW: Poland’s capital district is enhancing its growing reputation as a film center with the introduction of the Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, presented at the CentEast (www.centeast.org) meetings held in…
23-10-2012

Tango Libre Wins Warsaw Grand Prix

WARSAW: Tango Libre, a musical drama by Frédéric Fonteyne, won the international competition of the 28th Warsaw Film Festival (www.wff.pl) which finished on 21 October 2012.
22-10-2012

FNE at Warsaw FF: Punk in Africa Picks up Euro Sales

WARSAW: The Czech-South African documentary Punk in Africa has been sold to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden, with more European countries pending.
19-10-2012

FNE at Warsaw FF 2012: Dogwoof Picks up Marczak Documentary

WARSAW: A controversial Polish-German documentary about fighting for the environment with erotic films will receive broad distribution in the UK, Germany and Poland.
17-10-2012

Poles Look at AV Training

WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl) and the Centre for Open Multimedia Education are sponsoring a conference on the situation of audiovisual education in Poland on 23 November 2012.
11-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Polish Doc Albert Cinema in Production

WROCŁAW: Albert Cinema, an experimental document about homelessness which was developed during the Dragon Forum International Academy of the Document, is nearing the end of production.
10-10-2012

Twelve Projects Selected for ScripTeast

WARSAW: Twelve feature film projects from eight countries are participating in the 7th edition of ScripTeast, a year-long programme for experienced writers from Central and Eastern Europe.
09-10-2012