KATOWICE: Silesia Film Fund chose six projects to support with coproduction grants totaling 622,828 PLN / 148,000 EUR, including new films from Paweł Pawlikowski and Rafał Kapeliński.

ZLIN: A German/Italian coproduction for the youth audience, Mountain Miracle – The Unexpected Friendship directed by Tobias Wiemann, won the Golden Slipper for the Best International Feature Film at 57th Zlin IFF for Children and Youth, which took place 26 May - 3 July 2017.

WARSAW:  On 1 June 2017 the Polish Minister Of Culture And National Heritage Piotr Gliński merged the two leading film institutions, Polish National Film Archive and the National Audiovisual Institute, into one unit named National Film Archive - Audiovisual Institute. Katarzyna Chałubińska - Jentkiewicz was named the Director of the new institution.

ZLIN: My Uknown Solider, an experimental documentary coproduction between the Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia and Slovakia, by Anna Kryvenko, is set to premiere in January 2018.

ZLIN: The Magic Quill, an epic fairytale based on classical tales about devils, was presented at the Works In Progress at the 57th International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Zlin.

ZLIN: Czech TV and film production company Bionaut showcased its upcoming feature animation and TV series at the Works In Progress at the 57th International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Zlin running through 3 June 2017.

ZLIN: Aurel Klimt presented his animated puppet sci-fi musical based on the famous story of Laika, the Russian dog that travelled into space, at Works In Progress at the 57th International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Zlin running through 3 June 2017.

ZLIN: Elisa's World of Wonder, a Czech/British/Canadian coproduction for the young audience directed by Monica and Pino Foris, was showcased at the Works In Progress at the 57th International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Zlin, which runs through 3 June 2017.

CANNES: Kuba Czekaj was awarded the Krzysztof Kieślowski Prize for Best Eastern European Script for his project Sorry, Poland during the 70th Cannes IFF.

CANNES: The EPC announced its new Executive Committee during 2017 Cannes IFF. Marco Chimenez was re-elected as president and Polish producer and director Dariusz Jabłoński will continue in his role of vice president.