LIMASSOL: Lullaby of the Butterfly, a film about a mysterious crime directed by Tonia Mishiali, won the 1st Prize in the National Competition of the 8th Cyprus International Short Film Festival which took place 11-17 October 2014.
WARSAW: Polish films took possession of the top three slots at the local box office with the latest in a string of local hits, Gods directed by Łukasz Palkowski topping the Polish box office on its opening weekend. Gods scored over 210,000 and pushed Jan Komasa's Warsaw 44 into the number two slot. With Patryk Vega’s Służby Specjalne in the number three slot Polish films overwhelmingly dominated the local box office.
WARSAW: The Grand Prix of the 30th Warsaw Film Festival went to The Coffin In The Mountain, a Chinese drama directed by Xin Yukun.
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute allotted a new round of grants amounting to 4,219,309 EUR/17,800,000 PLN for feature film production.
WARSAW: Paweł Pawlikowski’s Polish international hit Ida will compete for an Oscar nod not only in the Best Foreign Film category but also in the main competition for Best Directing, Best Script, Best Cinematography and Best Supporting Acctress.
KATOWICE: UK based international sales and distribution company Phoenix Worldwide Entertainment has bought the rights to turn the hit Bulgarian crime series Undercover into a full length feature film.
KATOWICE: Nothing Bad Can Happen, a German drama directed by Katrin Gebbe, dominated the 5th International Festival of Film Producers in Katowice (7 -12 October 2014) winning both the top prize and the audience award.
WARSAW: Representatives of over 30 international screenwriting guilds have signed a resolution that calls for creative freedom and financial support for screenwriters. The Warsaw Resolution was signed at the Third World Conference of Screenwriters that took place in Warsaw at the beginning of October.
WARSAW: Warsaw 44 has gathered 1,040,000 admissions in just 17 days after its opening making Jan Komasa's drama about the Warsaw Uprising one of the most popular Polish titles in the last decade.
WARSAW: Polish actress and model Anna Przybylska (36), most recognized for her role in the Złotpolscy series and Ticket To The Moon by Jacek Bromski, passed away in Warsaw on 5 October 2014.
