1. What was the most important development in the your country's film industry over the past year?

Amendments to the 2007 Film Act, which provided legal and institutional framework for one of the main strategic goals of our four-year National Strategic Programme for the Audiovisual Industry 2010-2014 to be implemented -boosting inward investment by introducing a tax incentives scheme which starts in January 2012.

Krakow, 11th January, 2012 - Co-produced by Polish Alvernia Studios, a star-studded thriller, "Arbitrage", which takes place in the world of New York's financial circles, premieres at the Sundance Festival.

The protagonist of "Arbitrage" is a New York businessman, Robert Miller, who faces bankruptcy due to unsuccessful investments. A series of events makes the story take a criminal turn, and Robert has to ask for help the least expected person. The financial magnate was played by Richard Gere ("Pretty Woman", "Chicago"). Among co-starring actors, there are Susan Sarandon ("Dead Man Walking", "Thelma & Louise") as his committed to charity wife and Tim Roth ("Reservoir Dogs", "Pulp Fiction") as a determined detective trailing the protagonist. The director and scriptwriter is Nicholas Jarecki, the director of photography is Yorick Le Saux.

The world premiere of "Arbitrage" will take place during upcoming Sundance Festival (19th to 29th January). "Arbitrage" is yet another American-Polish production realized by Alvernia Studios, after "Vamps", a comedy directed by Amy Heckerling.



Alvernia Studios - is a highly modern film studio based in Krakow, Poland. The facility combines complex film services with investment in its own productions and co-productions. The studio produces international features for theatrical releases, video games, music projects and commercials. A filmmaking one-stop shop offers soundstages including shadeless spherical bluescreen, music scoring studio, full shooting equipment, mobile units in a fleet of modern swap bodies and motion capture services based on ultramodern Vicon's cameras. Postproduction facilities offer a full range of services, starting with a negative laboratory with telecine transfers, followed by scanning and color correction. The Studios' comprehensive services are delivered by an experienced, professional, international team and state-of-the-art technology required to produce even the most sophisticated projects. Alvernia Studios has Dolby Premier Studio Certification, Truelight Theatre Certification and is a member of Kodak Imagecare Program. www.alvernia.com

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“Paths of Hate” – one of 10 films included in the Oscar shortlist for short animation nomination is the best selling Polish short animation of 2011.

The Oscar-shortlisted animation Paths of Hate by Damian Nenow was the best selling Polish animation of 2011 informs New Europe Film Sales – the film’s world sales company. TV rights to the film were sold to broadcasters in Poland, Portugal, Italy, USA, Turkey, Taiwan and Sweden. Further deals in Germany, France, Spain and Finland are under negotiation. The film has also secured theatrical release in France and is currently available on Amazon.com (facilitated by the TFI Reframe Collection programme curated by the Tribeca Film Institute and will be available soon on iTunes.

The latest animation from the renowned Warsaw-based Platige Image studio is a metaphorical fight of two fighter pilots, which illustrates the universal truth about hate. The film has unique graphic novel stylization and exceptional art directing.

"Paths of Hate" has already been screened at about 100 festivals and got 27 awards including Siggraph Jury Award 2011, Annecy Jury Special Distinction, Comic Con 2012 Best Animated Film and Judges’ Choice Award. The film has been chosen to be in official selection Brazil, Argentina, Russia, New Zealand, Italy, France, Japan and USA. Over 90 festivals included the film into competition sections.

More information on the film: www.pathsofhate.com
NEW EUROPE FILM SALES: www.neweuropefilmsales.com
List of festivals and awards: http://www.shortfilmcentral.com/film/3289/


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“Paths of Hate” – one of 10 films included in the Oscar shortlist in Short Animated Film category, has been made available to buy on DVD on Amazon.com thanks to the TFI Reframe Collection programme curated by the Tribeca Film Institute.

“Paths of Hate” is a part of the New Europe Film Sales catalogue and the release is facilitated by The TFI Reframe Collection programme, curated by the Tribeca Film Institute. The film is available to purchase on DVD and soon will also be released as digital download on Amazon.com and on iTunes, as a separate release.
“”Paths of Hate” is most likely the best selling Polish animation in 2011. The film has been already sold to to broadcasters in Poland, Portugal, Italy, USA, Turkey, Taiwan and Sweden. Further deals in Germany, France, Spain and Finland are under negotiation. The film has also secured theatrical release in France and it will be soon available on iTunes. I’m very happy that thanks to cooperation with Tribeca Film Institute the film will be available to animation fans worldwide.” - says Jan Naszewski of New Europe Film Sales, the world sales agent for the film.

The latest animation from the renowned Warsaw-based Platige Image studio is a metaphorical fight of two fighter pilots, which illustrates the universal truth about hatered.
“I just felt the need to create something just as surrealistic but much more dynamic and serious. I have always been completely fascinated with everything that could fly. I could not imagine a subject more exciting than a duel of two fighter planes. I saw a photo taken probably in London during “Battle of Britain” in 1940. There were hundreds of white lines left by fighting planes. Like scars on the sky. Then I thought that some of them were the only remains left after planes and pilots who didn't survived this fight. These white trails are the most important elements in “Paths of Hate”. I have named the film because of them. These are the paths, from the title.” – says Damian Nenow, film director.

"Paths of Hate" has already been screened at about 100 festivals and got 27 awards including Comic-Con 2011 Best Animated Film and Judges’ Choice Award, Palm Springs IFF, Siggraph 2011 Jury Award. American Academy of Film and Science has chosen “Paths of Hate” to be one of 10 films competing for the nomination to 84th Oscar Award.

Paths of Hate Amazon.com link: http://www.amazon.com/Paths-Hate-NTSC-Damian-Nenow/dp/B006VYWLZQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1326288890&sr=s1-2
The Reframe Collection film site: The Reframe Collection (http://reframecollection.org/films/film?Id=2244)
More information on the film: www.pathsofhate.com
NEW EUROPE FILM SALES: www.neweuropefilmsales.com


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Agnieszka Piechnik
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+48 663 902 000
WORLD SALES
Jan Naszewski
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+48 600 173 205

BUDAPEST: Official data shows that pay TV subscribers reached 3.2 million in Hungary by the end of November 2011.

{mosimage}BUDAPEST: German sales agent The Match Factory (www.the-match-factory.com ) announced its acquisition of Just the Wind by Hungarian director Benedek Fliegauf.The films, about a family of Roma (gypsies) living on the Hungarian plains who experience the effects of racism, was inspired by actual events that took place in Hungary in recent years.

London, 11 January 2012 –Leading Australian production house QuailTelevision is following its recent expansion into the USA by hiring big hitter Jay Kandola tospearhead its growth into the UKand Europe. Appointed on a consultancy basisto the newly created position of European Manager, Jay is responsible fortaking Quail’s catalogue of successful properties to market across thecontinent.



Having previously led theacquisitions function at director level for ITV, Channel 5 and Channel 4 in theUK,Jay brings significant experience to the role, equipping her well to maximisethe penetration of Quail’s Australia-originated finished programming andformats into European schedules. Jay has already pre-sold a coveted Quail TV telemovie and docudrama hybridproject to a UK broadcasterand is taking a pivotal role in the re-versioning of Quail’s smash hit,controversial political “spoof” sitcom, At Home With Julia forUKand European audiences.



Greg Quail, Executive Producer andFounder at Quail Television said, “Jay’s appointment is a firmsignal of our intention to make a ‘step change’ in our plans forgrowth in the UK and Europe. We’re ready to take our business to thenext level and Jay’s wealth of expert knowledge, business acumen andeditorial experience make her the ideal person to lead this charge. Indeed,even at this early stage, this new relationship is already bearingfruit.”

Jay Kandola added"I'm very excited to be adding Quail to my consultancy portfolio atthis critical stage in their development. Their formats have vast potential forsuccess in Europe. I look forward toexploiting each one to its fullest and delivering results for thisforward-thinking business. Through my consultancy for paybroadcaster Foxtel, Iam very familiar with Australian producers and believe Quail Television is oneof the most exciting independents operating out of Australia right now.”

Quail Television has had a run ofsuccess stories since its launch in 2005, most recently it has re-versioned HatTrick Productions hit UK daytime format Dinner Date for aprime time slot on Australia’sNetwork Seven, with the show winning its timeslot for the run of series. Quail’s premier scripted offering At Home With Julia is Australia’snumber one comedy for 2011. It also counts among its achievements the creationof the highest rating factual series in Australian television history, Find My Family (adapted from an original Dutch format)which has been running for 44 episodes on the Seven Network and re-versionedfor ABC in the US and ITV in the UK.



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Laura Saldanha
The Lippin Company Ltd on behalf of Quail TV
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About Quail Television



QuailTelevision is one of Australia’s most respectedfactual, reality and, more recently, scripted program-makers. The companyhas created internationally acclaimed hit series in these genres for everymajor Australian network, as well as for cable broadcasters around the world.The company is led by Founder and Executive Producer Greg Quail. Working closely with Greg is hisCreative Director – Scripted, writer/producer Rick Kalowski.


Among its many successes are “FindMy Family”, the biggest factual hit in Australiantelevision history, produced for the Seven Network; the hit medical series“Saving Babies”for the Ten Network, observational documentary “Send in the Dogs” for ChannelNine and the acclaimed “Rudely Interrupted”feature documentary for the ABC.



The company’soutrageous new political satire “AtHome With Julia” (ABC1) – about the life of thesitting Prime Minister Julia Gillard - is Australia’s highest-ratingcomedy of 2011.

Swedish-owned Broadcast Text International announced the acquisition of Chello Zone's (www.chellozone.com) oprerational studio business in Central Europe, including dubbing studios in Poland and Romania.

{mosimage}TALLINN: The 100th anniversary of Estonian film launched on 6 January in Tartu, the birthplace of the first national film director Johannes Paasuke whose first documentary was the now-lost Utotchkin Flying in Tartu on April 14 and 15, 1912. Paasuke also directed the first Estonian feature film, The Parnu County Bear Hunt, in 1914. He was a major documentary of life in Estonia, both through on film and still photographs, many of which will be featured at the centennial events.