WARSAW: The drama from Venice IFF 2016 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement winner Jerzy Skolimowski, 11 Minutes, premiered in Portuguese cinemas on 19 April 2017, distributed by Zootrope Films.
WARSAW: Spoor by Agnieszka Holland opens in Czech cinemas on 20 April distributed by CinemArt.
ŁÓDŹ: The regional Łódź Film Fund chose 12 projects to support with coproduction grants totaling 1.1 m PLN / 277,500 EUR, including new films from Paweł Pawlikowski and Jan Komasa.
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institiute gave 2.4 m PLN /565,405 EUR to 15 new Polish documentary films in the first session of financing for 2017.
WARSAW: Polish cinema is continuing to gain the attention of international cinema audiences. The latest film to have another international theatrical release is Tomasz Wasilewski’s drama United States of Love, awarded with Silver Bear for Best Script at 2016 Berlinale. It will premiere in Greece on 20 April 2017 distributed by Strada Films.
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute supported two productions created for family audiences with over 4 m PLN / 1 m EUR in the first funding session of 2017.
WARSAW: The Locarno IFF Best Actor-winning film Last Family by Jan P. Matuszyński will premiere in Sweden on 12 April 2017.
WARSAW: The Polish film Art of Love directed by Maria Sadowska reached 4th place during its opening weekend in the UK and Ireland, and took 11th place in the overall box office.
WARSAW: The Polish-German Film Fund supported three films with a total of 240,000 EUR for project development and production.
WARSAW: Agnieszka Holland's drama Spoor opened in Slovak cinemas on 6 April distributed by Asociácia Slovenských Filmových Klubov.
