FESTIVALS: REGIOFUN 2013 Puts Producers and Regional Funds in the Spotlight
KATOWICE: The 4th edition of REGIOFUN, the International Festival of Film Producers running through 27 October, highlights the growing role of regional funds in film production, with eight films made…
FNE at Centeast: Ida Reaps Worldwide Sales
WARSAW: Paweł Pawlikowski’s Warsaw IFF Grand Prix winner Ida will be distributed in 30 countries including USA, Canada and Israel.
FNE at Centeast: Latallo Filming Sailor's Stories
WARSAW: Marcin Latallo, son of director Stanisław Latallo, will make his directing debut with The Sailor’s Stories, one 11 new works-in-progress pitched during the 9th CentEast Warsaw Market.
TVN Group Refinances Debt
WARSAW: TVN Finance Corporation II AB has repurchased its own Senior Notes bonds for 656m EUR as a means of refinancing the company's debt.
FNE at Warsaw IFF 2013: Ida wins Warsaw Grand Prix
WARSAW: Ida by Paweł Pawlikowski won the Warsaw Grand Prix, and Estonia’s Zaza Urushadze was honoured with Best Director at the closing ceremony on 19 October 2013.
FNE at Centeast: Poland Opens to the Chinese Market
WARSAW: WIFF hosted the launch of China-Eastern Europe Film Promotion Programme. Munk Studio will produce a Polish-Chinese romantic comedy.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2013: Jacob Dammas
FNE interviews Polish documentary producer Jacob Dammas, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
PRODUCTION: Jerzy Stuhr Filming Generational Drama
WARSAW: Polish actor and director Jerzy Stuhr has begun production on The Citizen, a drama in which he stars along with his son.
PRODUCTION: Poland Puts Money on Gods
WARSAW: Gods, a drama about the Polish heart transplant pioneer, is in production in Warsaw.
Still Life opened the 29. Warsaw Film Festival
WARSAW: The 29. edition of the festival launched on 11 October 2013 in Warsaw with a screening of an intimate drama from Uberto Pasolini
Walesa Dominates Polish Box Office
WARSAW: Polish Oscar candidate Walesa. Man of Hope topped the Polish box office with an outstanding number of 150,000 viewers during its opening weekend (beginning 4 October 2013). The biopic…
FESTIVALS: Jarmusch Film Opens American Films in Wroclaw
WROCLAW: The 4th American Film Festival taking place in Wroclaw 22-27 October 2013 will open and close with two films from the Cannes festival: Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive,…
PRODUCTION: Third Feature from Munk Studio in Production
WARSAW: Dariusz Glazer starts shooting his debut drama with Mur (Wall) starring Tomasz Schuchardt on 8 October 2013 in Warsaw.
Polish ITI Group Sells Multikino Chain to UK Company
WARSAW: Multikino, one of the biggest Polish cinema chains, has been sold to Vue-Entertainment for 48 m EUR. It is Vue-Entertainment’s first venture in CEE.
In the Name of Tops Polish Box Office
WARSAW: In the Name of, a controversial drama directed by Małgorzata Szumowska, has reached 120,000 admissions in the first 10 days of its domestic release.
Poland Celebrates EFA Animation Nomination
The Congress, a Polish coproduction from Opus Film, is one of the three films nominated for the European Film Awards’ European Animated Feature Film 2013.
Last Minute Registration for Digital Production Workshop
WARSAW: FOCAL will hold workshop on digital production and post-production workflows (www.focal.ch/digiprodchallenge) in Warsaw, 28-30 November 2013. Registration deadline is 1 October.
FNE at CentEast 2013: Big Names Bring Pitches to Warsaw
WARSAW: Krzysztof Zanussi, Jan Hrebejk, Nae Caranfil and Wojciech Smarzowski are among the more than 20 directors whose films are part of the works-in-progress presentation at the CentEast Market.
FNE - IDF DocBloc: Laugh if You Can
WARSAW: Narcolepsy sufferers are caught in a landscape that melds reality and the world of their dreams in Agnieszka Woszczynska's Polish documentary Laugh if You Can.
FNE at Warsaw FF 2013: Warsaw Competition Looks East
WARSAW: Six CEE films, including the world premiere of Anca Damian’s A Very Unsettled Summer, are among the 15 international competition films selected for the 29th Warsaw Film Festival running…
