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FNE at WEMW Co-Production Forum 2020: Lili

Iulia Blaga Poland 2020-01-20

TRIESTE: Lili, a documentary by Polish newcomer director Sylwia Rosak, will be showcased in the Co-production Forum of the 10th edition of When East Meets West (19-21 January 2020), the…

The building of the cinema in the Art Centre

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino 60 krzeseł, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland

Iulia Blaga Poland 2020-01-15

This month we speak with Iwona Bartnicka, Film Culture Department Manager within the Art Centre (MOS) Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland, who is in charge of the cinema 60 krzeseł. The cinema…

PRODUCTION: Patryk Vega Wraps Shooting On Bad Boy

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2020-01-14

WARSAW: Patryk Vega enters postproduction on his new film Bad Boy, which was shot on location in Wrocław from December 2019 till the first week of January 2020. This time…

Miszmasz czyli Kogel Mogel 3 by Kordian Piwowarski

Another Record Year For Polish Cinema

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2020-01-13

WARSAW: Polish cinemas had 60.2 m admissions and racked up over 266 m EUR at the box office in 2019, breaking the 2018 record of 59.7 m total admissions. Lion…

FNE Introduces Its 2020 Agenda for Coproduction Markets, Pitchings and Works-in-Progress

FNE Staff Poland 2020-01-09

WARSAW: Film New Europe is introducing its 2020 Agenda for Coproduction Markets, Pitchings and Works-in-Progress. The Agenda gives a chance to producers from Central and Eastern Europe to market their…

PRODUCTION: Maciej Barczewski Wraps Shooting On Auschwitz-Birkenau Boxing Champion Biopic

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2020-01-06

WARSAW: Maciej Barczewski has wrapped shooting on Master / Mistrz, a biopic of Tadeusz „Teddy” Pietrzykowski, a boxer who won the title of master of the German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.…

FESTIVALS: Midnight Family Wins Watch Docs International Human Rights Festival

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-12-18

WARSAW: Midnight Family directed by Luke Lorentzen, a powerful documentary about the work of ambulance responders in Mexico, won the Grand Prix at the 19th Watch Docs International Human Rights…

25 Years of Innocence. The Case of Tomek Komenda by Jan Holoubek

PRODUCTION: Polish TVN in Postproduction with Drama Inspired by Real Life Events

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-12-12

WARSAW: Jan Holoubek is in postproduction with 25 Years of Innocence. The Case of Tomek Komenda, a drama following the tragic story of a man who had served 18 years…

PRODUCTION: Maciej Drygas in Production with Polish/Lithuanian Doc Trains

FNE Staff Poland 2019-12-10

WARSAW: Acclaimed Polish director Maciej Drygas is currently in production with Trains, a documentary he is also producing through Drygas Film Production in coproduction with Rasa Miškinytė through Lithuania’s Era…

GRANTS: Polish Film Institute Supports Three New Feature Films

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-12-09

WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute supported the production of three new feature films with 981,787 EUR / 4.2 m PLN in the 3rd and last batch of funding for 2019.

PRODUCTION: Sequel To Young Audience Hit Double Trouble In Postproduction

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-12-06

WARSAW: Triple Trouble / Tarapaty 2, a sequel to the Polish hit live action children film Double Trouble / Tarapaty, wrapped shooting in the last week of November 2019 and…

GRANTS: Polish Film Institute Supports 12 New Documentaries

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-12-05

WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute allotted 698,459 EUR / 2.9 m PLN for the production of 12 documentaries at its third session of financing in 2019.

Discovery Channel Picks Up US/Polish Doc

FNE Staff Poland 2019-11-29

WARSAW: The Discovery Channel has acquired the US/Polish documentary Who Will Write Our History and will broadcast it in January 2020.

The Pack Season 3 to Open Across HBO Europe Territories

FNE Staff Poland 2019-11-26

WARSAW: The third season of the hit Polish series The Pack / Wataha will open across all HBO Europe territories on 6 December 2019.

PRODUCTION: Dustin Loose Shoots German/Polish Ein Sommer

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-11-25

GDYNIA: The German/Polish coproduction Ein Sommer is shooting in the Trójmiasto region in northern Poland. The drama directed by Dustin Loose is supported by the Polish 30% tax incentive scheme.…

Call for New Edition of European Training Programme EKRAN+ 2019

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-11-20

WARSAW: EKRAN+, organised by Wajda Studio, is accepting applications for its training programme focusing on the creative pre-production process based on shooting practice. Deadline for applications is 1 December 2019.…

Joaquin Phoenix in Joker by Todd Phillips

FESTIVALS: Joker Wins Main Prize at Camerimage 2019

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-11-18

TORUN: Joker DoP Lawrence Sher won the Golden Frog in the main competition of the 27th edition of Camerimage, a festival which celebrates the art of cinematography. The Bronze Frog…

Kids Kino.Lab Announces 2019/2020 Participants

FNE Staff Poland 2019-11-18

WARSAW: The 4th edition of the international script development programme Kids Kino.Lab, formerly known as Kids Film.Pro, has announced its tutors and participants in advance of its first session of…

GRANTS: Poland Supports Five Minority Coproductions

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-11-15

WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute gave 2.7 m PLN / 630,014 EUR in minority international coproduction funding to five international projects.

Roman Polański Coming to Poland for 24th CINERGIA Cinema Forum

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2019-11-08

LODŹ: Oscar winner Roman Polański will be the guest of the closing gala of the 24th European Cinema Forum CINERGIA, despite skipping Venice, where the inclusion of his film An…