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, is in postproduction.
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 family bonds.
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.
WROCŁAW: Albert Cinema, an experimental document about homelessness which was developed during the Dragon Forum International Academy of the Document, is nearing the end of production.
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.
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 stage of postproduction.
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.
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 your plough over the bones of the dead (Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych).
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 – travels around the world on her 200 EUR pension.
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.