WARSAW: Producer/director/writer Jacek Bromski was re-elected with an overwhelming majority to the position of president of the Polish Filmmakers Association (SFP) on 23 April 2016.
WARSAW: Poland’s Helios will expand with four new multiplexes in Krosno, Stalowa Wola, Tomaszów Mazowiecki and Wołomin. The first two multiplexes will be opened in 2016 with the second two following in 2017.
WARSAW: Polish horror film Demon directed by Marcin Wrona will be released in Brazil by Supo Mungam Films on 12 May 2016.
WARSAW: Polish Film Institute distributed 3,711,581 EUR/15,950,000 PLN as production grants for nine projects. New projects by Agnieszka Holland and Jacek Bławut received most of the funding.
WARSAW: Jacek Lusiński’s drama Carte Blanche, starring Andrzej Chyra, was released by Reel Pictures in Danish cinemas on 31 March 2016.
WARSAW: Bodo Kox will start shooting the sci fi drama The Man with the Magic Box in the second half of 2016. The film is a Polish/English/Italian coproduction.
WARSAW: Although Netflix service is available in Poland since January 2016, providing 10% of the content in Polish, the company is open for local commissions if they would generate worldwide interest.
WARSAW: Krzysztof Łukaszewicz’s war drama Karbala was released in Bulgarian cinemas by the Bulgarian coproducer Miramar Film on 18 March 2016.
WARSAW: Anne Fontaine’s drama Agnus Dei starring Agata Kulesza and Agata Buzek will be released by Imagine in the Netherlands on 17 March 2016.
