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Agora Group reports 2007 revenues up 12 percent

FNE Staff Poland 2008-02-20

Polish media group Agora SA reported revenues for 2007 rose 12% from the previous year to 1.27 billion zloties (€356 million), just below analysts' expectations. Advertising sales were up 12.7%…

Multikino to merge with Silver Screen in Poland

FNE Staff Poland 2008-02-19

Polish media and entertainment group ITI Holdings SA has reached agreement with the owners of Silver Screen World Cinemas to merge its operations with those of its Multikino network of…

Polish broadcaster TVN reports strong fourth-quarter results

FNE Staff Poland 2008-02-18

Listed Polish broadcaster TVN turned in a strong fourth-quarter performance on Monday, buoyed by rising advertising sales in Poland's booming economy. Revenue in the last quarter of 2007 rose 29%…

Polish thriller with Christopher Lambert shooting in Warsaw

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2008-02-17

A new international project from Ozumi Films backed mainly by Polish financing started shooting in Warsaw on Feb. 12 The Driver is a thriller about a passionate and obsessive relationship…

Polsat Cyfrowy profits jump 125 percent

FNE Staff Poland 2008-02-12

Digital television operator Polsat Cyfrowy posted a net profit of 122.3 million zloties (€33.9 million) during the first three quarters of 2007, or 125% above the same nine-month period in…

Online cinema launches in Poland

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2008-02-11

Poland's first online cinema has become an instant success. The price of an online screening at Iplex (www.iplex.pl) is 8 zł (€1.50), half the price of a ticket in a…

Poland, Russia inaugurate script competition

FNE Staff Poland 2008-02-07

The Polish Film Institute and the legendary Russian studio Mosfilm have launched a script competition for the best work dealing with bilateral events after 1991. The winner will be awarded…

Polishfilmclub: Polish cinema screened in Ireland

FNE Staff Poland 2008-02-07

Activities to promote Polish films abroad continue to spread. The latest development is Polishfilmclub, which will be screening Polish cinema in various cities in Ireland such as Dublin, Cork, Cavan,…

Poland signs memorandum on film cooperation with Ukraine

FNE Staff Poland 2008-02-07

The Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl) has signed a memorandum with Ukraine to support mutual cooperation between their film industries. The first practical effect of the Feb. 5 agreement is a…

Two Polish films set for European Film Market premieres

FNE Staff Poland 2008-02-06

Two Polish films will have their international premieres during the European Film Market, which runs for nine days during the Berlinale. Distributor BooBoo films (www.booboofilms.pl) will be promoting the poetic…

Katyn heads for international premiere

Patricia Koza Poland 2008-02-05

Katyń, a personal odyssey for renowned Polish director Andrzej Wajda about the massacre of Poles during World War II, is heading for its international premiere at the Berlinale boosted by…

Katyn leads nominations for Polish Eagles

FNE Staff Poland 2008-02-04

Andrzej Wajda's Katyń, an Academy Award nominee, led the list of nominations announced Monday (Feb. 4) for the 10th edition of the Eagles, the Polish equivalent of the Oscars. Katyń…

List of nominees for Polish Eagles

FNE Staff Poland 2008-02-04

Here is a list of the nominees announced Monday for the 11th edition of the Polish Eagles.

Poland picks up four television awards

FNE Staff Poland 2008-02-03

Poland's TVP won awards for all four films it submitted in the prestigious television program competition New York Festivals 2008. TVP picked up two golden medals and two bronze medals…

Nominations for Polish Eagles to be announced Monday

FNE Staff Poland 2008-01-31

Final preparations are under way for the 2008 edition of the Polish Film Awards, the country's equivalent of the Oscars. Nominations for Eagles in 15 categories will be announced on…

Wajda to start shooting new film

FNE Staff Poland 2008-01-30

Polish film icon Andrzej Wajda, whose film Katyn has been nominated for an Academy Award, will start shooting in May or June a film based on "Tatarak," a story by…

Competition launched for new Solidarity film

FNE Staff Poland 2008-01-29

The European Solidarity Centre and the Polish Film Institute have launched an open competition for a script about the Solidarity movement and its international impact. The prize for the winning…

Time to Die travels to US, Europe

Patricia Koza Poland 2008-01-28

Dorota Kędzierzawska's and Arthur Reinhart's newest film Time to Die is being showcased this week at its fourth international film festival in a month. The film will have three showings…

Saviours Square wins top honours in Trieste

FNE Staff Poland 2008-01-24

Saviour's Square (Plac Zbawiciela), a contemporary Polish drama by Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze, took top honours at the Trieste International Film Festival which closed Thursday (Jan. 24). The jury…

International shoot about Russian dissident starts in Poland

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2008-01-24

Within the Whirlwind, an international production directed by Oscar laureate Marleen Gorris, began shooting Jan. 24 in Poland. The movie's screenplay is based on the bestselling autobiography of famous Russian…