PRODUCTION: Prize-winning Polish Script Goes into Production

WARSAW: Director and scriptwriter Łukasz Barczyk has begun filming Hiszpanka, a story set during the Greater Poland Uprising in 1918, in Warsaw.
05-10-2012

Theatrical release for Polish doc The Lord of Carpathians

WARSAW: Polish cinematographer, screenwriter and director Krystian Matysek’s wildlife documentary Lord of Carpathians (Niedźwiedź – Władca Gór) is hitting Polish TV screens after three years in production.
05-10-2012

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: IDF Hosts Ex-Oriente Session at Jihlava

JIHLAVA: The Institute of Documentary Film has announced the programme for its second Ex-Oriente workshop to take place during the Jihlava IDFF (www.dokument-festival.com), 23-28 October 2012.
05-10-2012

PRODUCTION: The Marcin Różycki Story in Postproduction

LUBLIN: La la la the Marcin Różycki Story (La la la Rzecz o Marcinie Różyckim), a documentary from director Grazyna Stankiewicz about a popular Polish bard, is in the final…
03-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Królikiewicz Developing Historical Drama

WARSAW: The acclaimed avant-garde Polish film director and screenwriter, Grzegorz Królikiewicz is in development with Samuel Zborowski, a historical costume feature drama based on a seventeenth century adventurer.
02-10-2012

European Sales Agents Attend Warsaw Meetings

WARSAW: Over 60 new Polish film projects were presented to international sales agents during meetings held in Warsaw on 26 - 27 September 2012.
28-09-2012

You are God tops Polish Box Office

WARSAW: You are God (Jesteś Bogiem), a Polish drama about a legendary hip hop band, has recorded the best opening weekend for a Polish film in 2012, with 373,796 admissions.
26-09-2012

PRODUCTION: Agnieszka Holland starts work onThe Death's Cold Hand

WARSAW: The Oscar-nominated director of In Darkness (2011), Agnieszka Holland is starting work on The Death's Cold Hand (Zimna pięść śmierci), a thriller based on Olga Tokarczuk’s recent novel Drive…
24-09-2012

PRODUCTION: Waldemar Krzystek shooting The Photographer

WROCŁAW: Waldemar Krzystek, director of the Polish Oscar candidate 80 Million, is filming a thriller entitled The Photographer.
21-09-2012

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Doc Maker Hanna Polak talks about her new film Svalka- Yulia's Journey

IDF interviews Polish documentary filmmaker Hanna Polak about her film Click HERE to read full article on DokWeb
21-09-2012

Yuma dominates the Polish box office

WARSAW: The Polish-Czech coproduction Yuma directed by Piotr Mularuk has posted one the strongest openings for a domestic film opening in the last 10 years.
20-09-2012

HBO Poland nabs production chief Lopuch from TVN

WARSAW: HBO Poland (www.hbo.pl) has appointed Izabela Lopuch as Head of Original Production effective 1 October 2012.
18-09-2012

Production: New Polish doc Everything is Possible Completes Production

WARSAW: Polish director Lidia Duda (Entangled) is working on a documentary, Everything is Possible (Wszystko jest możliwe), about a 78-year old female hitch-hiker, who – speaking almost no foreign languages…
14-09-2012

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Directors Dammas and Renner on Polish Illusions

IDF spoke with Polish director Jacob Dammas and German producer/director Helge Renner about the six year long process of creating their documentary Polish Illusions.
14-09-2012

PRODUCTION: New Wajda Studio production The Performer Wraps Filming

WARSAW: The Wajda Studio (www.wajdastudio.com) has completed shooting on its second feature film, The Performer, the directing debut from Maciej Sobieszczanski and Łukasz Ronduda.
12-09-2012

New Horizons Association launches an art-house multiplex in Wrocław

WROCLAW: A new type of cinema will launch in Wrocław on 31 August, introducing the first multiplex focused on challenging cinema in Poland.
31-08-2012

Beta Cinema Picks up Jakimowski Film

WARSAW: Andrzej Jakimowski’s English language feature Imagine was picked up by Germany’s Beta Cinema (www.betacinema.com) prior to the film’s world premiere at the Toronto IFF.
31-08-2012

PRODUCTION: TVP Crime Series Set for September Launch

WARSAW: Accomplished Polish film directors Greg Zglinski and Borys Lankosz are shooting a new crime series Paradox for public broadcaster TV Polska (www.tvp.pl), scheduled for a 6 September 2012
30-08-2012

PRODUCTION: Zanussi in Pre-production with Inner Voice

WARSAW: Krzysztof Zanussi is in pre-production for an early spring 2013 shoot of his script The Inner Voice (Głos wewnętrzny) an international coproduction between Poland, Russia and Italy.
28-08-2012

PRODUCTION: Wajda Studio in Production with The Performer

WARSAW: Maciej Sobieszczański and Lukasz Ronduda are shooting The Performer, the first full length feature film from Wajda Studio.
27-08-2012