The coveted ranking from FIAPF (the International Federation of Film Producers Associations) puts Warsaw in the same league as Cannes, Berlin, Karlovy Vary, Venice, San Sebastian, Locarno, Tokyo, Mar del Plata, Moscow, Montreal, Shanghai, and Cairo.
The news comes just in time for the Warsaw festival's (www.wff.pl) 25th anniversary.
The festival, which runs October 9-18, has selected the following films for its international competition:
Tales from the Golden Age
Border
The Last Days of Emma Blank
The Dark House
Jaffa
Men on the Bridge
The Passion of Gabriel
One for the Road
Lourdes
Metropia