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Polish presence at the American Film Market

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2008-11-10

The Polish Film Institute (PISF) is presenting Polish films for the first time at the AFM, running through November 12.

Rupert Murdoch drops TV Puls

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2008-11-10

After the withdraw of the News Corporation from the stations shareholders group, TV Puls is looking for a new investor.

Polish local film funding spreads to the Westpomeranian Region

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2008-11-04

Poland's newest film fund has been established at the Westpomeranian Province, a region with a strong need for a cinema industry development.

Polish Tricks in French distribution

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2008-11-03

Tricks directed by Andrzej Jakimowski had gone into regular cinema release in France, gathering enthusiastic reviews.

Jerzy Hoffman loses copyrights in Ukraine

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2008-11-03

Polish director Jerzy Hoffman has lost a court case against the Ukrainian government over Hoffman's hit movie With Fire and Sword.

PISF celebrates 100 years of Polish cinema

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2008-11-02

Celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the first Polish feature film, the Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl) had prepared a series of events including gallery shows, retrospectives and a DVD collection.

Rome win for Zanussi film

FNE Staff Poland 2008-11-02

Krzysztof Zanussi's competition film, With a Warm Heart, earned the best actor prize for Bodhan Stupka at the awards ceremony of the Rome International Film Festival on October 31.

Krakow film fest invites entries

FNE Staff Poland 2008-10-30

The 49 Krakow Film Festival, running May 29-June 4, announced its call for competition films in three categories.

Polish films win top Tokyo prize

FNE Staff Poland 2008-10-30

Two Polish productions won the Grand Prix and the Special Jury Prize at the 21st Tokyo Film Festival.

Polish Pixels in four perspectives

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2008-10-27

Pixels, an absurd comedy about contemporary Poland will finish shooting on October 30.

Directing duo wraps road movie

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2008-10-27

The shoot for Miracle Seller, a Polish road movie from a pair of music video directors, wraps filming on the 30th of October 30.

Polish dramatist debuts in 30 Minutes

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2008-10-23

Krzysztof Bizio moves from scriptwriter to director with All of Anna's Lies, which began filming October 20.

Bollywood movies drive Polish newspaper sales

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2008-10-23

After finding marketing success by offering movie collections along with the daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, the newspaper has found a new marketing tool: Bollywood movies.

Strawberry Wine reaps festival success

FNE Staff Poland 2008-10-22

Dariusz Jablonski's Strawberry Wine took home the audience award from the 16 Trzyniec film festival in the Czech Republic before screening at the Haifa film festival.

BooBoo in the Land of Bears and Palms

Katarzyna Pachelska from CentEast Poland 2008-10-21

Agencies selling films abroad, institutions common in the West, are still as rare in Poland as snow in Havana.

Opus Film Sees Potential in Young Artists

Agnieszka Wisniewska from CentEast Poland 2008-10-21

The films presented at this year's CentEast Market included My Flesh, My Blood by debuting director Marcin Wrona, a project involving Opus Film, one of Poland's largest production companies.

Festival winners also market winners in Warsaw

By Jorn Rossing Jensen in Warsaw Poland 2008-10-20

Three award winners at the 24th Warsaw International Film Festival were also screened in the CentEast Market Warsaw programme, which ran during the latter half of the Warsaw festival.

Polish films: still finding a way to the international market

Katarzyna Pachelska from CentEast Poland 2008-10-20

Although more full-length features are being made in Poland in recent years, still very few of them find their way to distribution in other countries.

Two Polish films will vie for Golden Globes

Krzysztof Kwiatkowski Poland 2008-10-19

Jerzy Skolimowsk's Golden Globe hopeful Four Nights with Anna could find competition at home: recently announced Oscar candidate Tricks is also hoping to be entered in the Golden Globe foreign…

The Polish Film Institute: first production, then promotion

Toma Peiu Poland 2008-10-19

"The Warsaw International Film Festival is one of our priorities when it comes to film-related events," says Jacek Fuksiewicz, Deputy Director for Film Production at the Polish Film Institute.