FNE at New Horizons Polish Days 2014: Jarzyna, Hasanović and Kolberger Pitch New Projects.
WROCLAW: A pitching session held during Polish Days the 14. IFF T-Mobile New Horizons included a Polish-Norwegian drama about the future of medicine entitled Nano and a Polish-Serbian-Croation coproduction under…
FNE at New Horizons Polish Days 2014: New Polish Projects Showcased
WROCLAW: A special industry event showcases nine up-coming Polish projects were showcased at the Polish Days during the 14 T-Mobile New Horizons Festival held 24 July-3 August 2014. New titles…
PRODUCTION: Bodo Kox Developing Children’s Film
WARSAW: Polish filmmaker Bodo Kox will make his first foray into youth oriented cinema with Three Cousins, an adaptation of the bestselling children’s novel Felix, Net, Nika And The Three…
FESTIVALS: T-Mobile New Horizons Kicks
WROCLAW: The 14th edition of T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival kicked off last night opened by festival director Roman Gutek and the screening of Argentine director Damián Szifrón’s Wild…
PRODUCTION: Love Express. The Strange Case of Walerian Borowczyk
KARLOVY VARY: Polish-French art house filmmaker and photographer Walerian Borowyczyk is the subject of a documentary directed by Kuba (Jakub) Mikurda for Colab Pictures.
FESTIVALS: Gdynia Film Festival announces Main Competition line-up
GDYNIA Thirteen Polish films including six premiers will screen in the main competition of the 39th IFF Gdynia, taking place 15-20 September 2014
FNE TV at KVIFF 2014: Jan Naszewski CEO New Europe Film Sales and Board Member Europa International
FNE spoke to Jan Naszewski about the challenges of today’s rapidly changing sales and distribution climate. New Europe Film Sales is one of the very few international sales companies located…
FESTIVALS: New Horizons 2014 International Competition
Three Polish films and one Estonian coproduction are among the 13 films vying in the international competition of the 14th T-Mobile New Horizons Film Festival, running 24 July to 3…
Pazura and Karolak Join Bangistan Cast
WARSAW: Leading Polish actors Cezary Pazura and Tomasz Karolak have been cast in the Bollywood film Bangistan scheduled to shoot in Poland over the summer.
PRODUCTION: Otter Films Producing Found Footage Doc
KARLOVY VARY: Anna Wydra of Poland’s Otter Films is coproducing a documentary based on found footage, Reporter directed by Magdalena Szymkow.
PRODUCTION: Journey to Rome Moves to Postproduction
KARLOVY VARY: Polish director Tomasz Mielnik has completed shooting on his debut film Journey to Rome, which was presented at the Karlovy Vary IFF Works in Progress.
PRODUCTION: Alvernia Studios Preps Dark Comedy DISCOPOLO
WARSAW: Alvernia Studios will produce DISCOPOLO, a dark comedy about a social phenonenon of disco polo music starring Joanna Kulig and Dawid Ogrodnik.
SOFA Selects Eight Projects for 2014 Training
KARLOVY VARY: SOFA, the School of Film Agents training programme announced the eight participants taking place in the 15-24 August 2014 second edition in Wroclaw.
FNE Coproduction Meeting at KVIFF 2014: Case Study: Red Spider
WARSAW: After completing production in late May, the Polish/Czech/Slovak psychological thriller Red Spider has moved into postproduction through October 2014.
Ida Hits 2 Million at US Box Office
WARSAW: The Polish-Danish drama Ida has become one of the most successful foreign titles opening in the US during the last decade.
FNE at MIFF 2014: Poland’s Deep Love Sweeps to Victory in MIFF Doc Competition
MOSCOW: The 36th Moscow International Film Festival (19-28 June 2014) awarded a Ukrainian actress and a Polish doc Deep Love directed by Jan Matuszynski despite the international tensions between Russia…
Polish Companies Present a United Front
PRAGUE: Polish commercial TV station TVN, production company ATM Grupa, and distribution company Monolith Films joined forces for the first time at a market tribute to the Polish TV industry.
Agnieszka Holland Set for TV Series
PRAGUE: Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland will direct the first 90-minute TV film in a four-part crime series, Death in Breslau.
TVN Expands Sales beyond Europe
PRAGUE: Polish commercial broadcaster TVN has racked up sales of 40 titles to 100 territories over the past five years, with expansion into the Middle East and Asia developing.
TVP Reaches Nearly 100 Percent Coverage
WARSAW: Poland’s public broadcaster Polish TV has expanded its digital coverage to 99.5 percent of the population, according to the Ministry of Administration and Digitalisation.
