Polish box office hit You Are God Dominates at Golden Duck Awards
WARSAW: Leszek Dawid's drama You Are A God won three Golden Duck awards, the oldest Polish cinema prize assigned by monthly magazine Film at a gala in Warsaw on 26…
PRODUCTION: Rebellion in Postproduction in Poland
WARSAW: Director Małgorzata Kozera is in postproduction with the documentary Rebellion (Bunt) focused on the biggest anti-government riots in Eastern Europe in 1989, the year of the collapse of communism.…
Polish Companies Support US Indie Projects
WROCŁAW: Five American independent films presented at the US IN PROGRESS event during the 3rd American Film Festival (www.americanfilmfestival.pl) will receive Polish support.
PRODUCTION: UK theatre director MacKintosh shoots debut film Mother in Poland
WARSAW: Scottish theatre director Lee Mackintosh Jones is making his feature film debut with a Mother, a UK-financed film shot in Poland.
PRODUCTION: Polish-British Coproduction in Development
WARSAW: Polish writer/producer/director Agnieszka Trzos is preparing to shoot the drama Not for Your Eyes in Poland and the UK in spring 2013.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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,…
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…
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.
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…
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>>>
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…
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.
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.
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…
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.
