GDYNIA: Polish film director, screenwriter and producer Marcin Wrona died unexpectedly on 19 September 2015 during the 40th Gdynia Film Festival. He was considered one of the rising stars of the Polish cinema.
WARSAW: Polish Film Institute awarded the most significant achievements in promoting the domestic cinema both locally and abroad in the past year during a special gala held in Gdynia on 16 September 2015.
GDYNIA: Young filmmakers Elżbieta Benkowska, Łukasz Ostalski and Michał Wawrzecki explore the reality of an immigrant’s life in New World, a drama selected for the main competition of the 40th Gdynia Film Festival (14-19 September 2015).
GDYNIA: Maciej Migas’s debut feature Life Must Go On will compete in the main competition at the 40th Gdynia Film Festival (14-19 September 2015). The film starring the popular actor Tomasz Kot, was released domestically on 28 August 2015.
GDYNIA: Magnus von Horn's debut feature The Here After will compete in the main competition of the 40th Gdynia Film Festival (14-19 September 2015). The Polish-Swedish-French coproduction had its world premiere in the Director's Fortnight section in Cannes Film Festival.
GDYNIA: Michał Rogalski's WWII drama will compete in the main competition at the 40th Gdynia Film Festival (14-19 September 2015). Thefilm had its world premiere at Montreal Film Festival 2015.
WARSAW: Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s debut feature, the musical drama The Lure, will compete in the main completion at the 40th Gdynia Film Festival Festival (14-19 September 2015). The film will be released domestically by Kino Świat starting 25 December 2015.
WARSAW: Dariusz Gajewski’s drama Strange Heaven will premiere in the main competition at the 40th Gdynia Film Festival Festival (14-19 September 2015). The film is a Polish-Swedish coproduction.
TVN De-listed from Warsaw Stock Exchange after Scripps Networks Interactive Acquisition
Poland 10-09-2015WARSAW: TVN (www.tvn.pl) shares stopped being listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange Market on 9 September 2015 as part of Scripps Networks Interactive strategy, which has used its sub-companies to acquire all the shares of the private broadcaster.
GDYNIA: Małgorzata Szumowska’s Body, awarded the Silver Bear and Best Director ex-aequo at Berlin Film Festival, will compete in the main competition of the 40th Gdynia Film FestivalFestival (14-19 September 2015).
