ŁÓDŹ: The Polish Minister of Culture Małgorzata Omilanowska announced the establishment of a National Film Centre to showcase Polish cinema in Łódź by the end of 2015.
WARSAW: A list of film professionals and institutions nominated for the 8th edition of the Polish Film Institute (PISF) awards was announced this week.
WROCŁAW: The Lower Silesian Film Fund has awarded 1.3m PLN to six projects in the film development grants session for 2015
WARSAW: Nine production teams from all over Europe participated at the 11th edition of EKRAN+, an international training programme for film professionals organized by Wajda Studio.
WARSAW: Polish director, actor and musician Arkadiusz Jakubik will start shooting his second feature, Simple Murder Story, in September 2015.
WARSAW: Private broadcaster Polsat will produce Skazane / Convicted, a Polish version of BBC drama series Prisoner's Wives
WARSAW: TVN has started producing Aż po sufit, the Polish version of the Australian series Packed to the Rafters. Academy Award nominated Bartosz Konopka and Julia Kolberger are directing.
WARSAW: TVP Polonia the public channel for Poles abroad will receive 11.3 m PLN in public funding for 2015 according to the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
WARSAW: The Board of TVP chose Janusz Daszczyński as the new President of the public broadcaster and Marian Zalewski and Wiesław Rola to join the Board for the next four years. The Board's decision still needs the National Broadcasting Chamber approval.
WARSAW: A list of nine candidates to replace Agnieszka Odorowicz as the Director of Polish Film Institute was announced after the Competition Committee finalised its first session.