WARSAW: TVN will introduce the Home & Garden (HGTV) TV lifestyle channel from the Scripps portfolio to the Polish market in January 2017.
WARSAW: Jerzy Skolimowski’s acclaimed drama 11 Minutes is available online on Netflix for users registered in the US territory and was released by Leopardo Films in Portuguese cinemas on 1 September 2016.
KRAKOW: Małopolska Débuts Studio will allot in its first edition 76,000 EUR / 330,000 PLN to three Polish first short films chosen out of 31 applications. Małopolska Debuts Studio was set up by Kraków Film Cluster in order to support young filmmakers’ first fiction or documentary short films.
LUBLIN: Polish box office hit director Juliusz Machulski is currently shooting his new comedy Volta, produced by ZEBRA Film Studio with an all-star cast. The film is set to premiere in 2017.
WARSAW: Polish Oscar winner Paweł Pawlikowski is in development with Cold War (working title), a drama set in Poland of the 50s and 60s. Pawlikowski told FNE that the film will tell the story of two young people and their difficult love in those times.
WARSAW: Wiesław Saniewski‘s Squadron 303, the long awaited adaptation of Arkady Fiedler's bestselling novel about Polish pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain, is currently in production. Jerzy Skolimowski, James McManus and Ewa Piaskowska wrote the script.
WARSAW: Jerzy Skolimowski’s acclaimed drama 11 Minutes will be released by Copiapoa Film in Japanese cinemas on 20 August 2016.
WROCŁAW: Nine Polish projects currently in production were showcased during the last day of Polish Days, an industry event held at T-Mobile New Horizons IFF. The list included new films by Agnieszka Holland, Greg Zgliński and Maciej Pieprzyca.
WROCŁAW: A special industry event showcased six new completed Polish projects at T-Mobile New Horizons IFF, including new titles from Przemysław Wojcieszek, Kuba Czekaj and Grzegorz Zariczny.
FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons: In the Last Days of the City Wins the 16th T-Mobile New Horizons IFF
Poland 01-08-2016WROCŁAW: In the Last Days of the City by the Egyptian filmmaker Tamer El Said won the Grand Prix at the 16th T-Mobile New Horizons IFF, which took place from 21 to 31 July 2016.