Aronofsky to Open Plus Camerimage
The Plus Camerimage Film Festival (www.pluscamerimage.pl) announced the 2010 Plus Camerimage Cinematographer - Director Duo Award will be awarded to cinematographer Matthew Libatique and director Darren Aronofsky. Aronofsky's film Black…
Warsaw Available Nominated for Prix Europa
Warsaw Available by Karolina Bielawska and Julia Ruszkiewicz, produced by TVP2, has been nominated for the Prix Europa (http://www.prix-europa.de) for the Best European Documentary film, which will be awarded at…
Poland’s MEDIA Program Invites Applications
The MEDIA Desk Poland (http://www.mediadeskpoland.eu/) has announced deadlines for three programmes in November and one in December.
FESTIVALS: Wroclaw American Film Festival Wraps First Edition
The AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL (AFF), the first film event in Eastern Europe solely devoted to the works of contemporary and classic American cinema, announced the two winners of its Audience…
Kino Polska Honors Former President
WARSAW: Kino Polska Television (www.kinopolska.pl), one of the channels owned by SPI International, has honored the former Polish President Lech Walesa, giving him an exclusive edition of films collection of…
TVN signs deal with Polish Telecom
WARSAW: Polish national commercial channel TVN (www.tvn.pl) has signed an 10-year agreement with Polish telecom operator Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) (www.tp.pl). TP will purchase content from TVN, while TP's broadband services…
Poland’s Alvernia Coproduces Heckerling Film
WARSAW: Alvernia Production and Alvernia Studios (www.alverniastudios.com), based in Krakow, are teaming up as coproducers on US indie feature Vamps directed by Amy Heckerling. The investment is one of the…
FESTIVALS: 16 Films compete in Warsaw film festival
Sixteen feature films are screening in the international competition of the 26th Warsaw Film Festival (www.wff.pl), which runs 8-17 October. The list includes only thre films from CEE, with The…
FESTIVALS: New Horizons launches first American independent festival in Poland
Twenty independent feature films, including seven films making their European premieres, will compete in the first American Film Festival (www.americanfilmfestival.pl), taking place 20-24 October 2010 in Wroclaw.
CentEast announces line-up
CentEast Warsaw-Moscow (www.centeast.eu) has announced seven film projects being presented in Warsaw and Moscow and seven screenings of new Polish films to be presented in Warsaw on 15-16 October.
Mobile TV stalled in Poland
A six-month investigation by Poland's consumer protection agency has resulted in a charge of price fixing against the country's four leading mobile phone providers, which has stalled the launch of…
PRODUCTION: At My Father's Home in development
Andrei Cohn is in development with his first feature, At My Father's Home, "the story of a young man put to a test by his girlfriend, who goes back to…
Chinese film week in Poland
The Polish Filmmaker Association (SFP, www.sfp.org.pl) is launching a retrospective of new Chinese cinema. The third edition of the event is taking in Warsaw and Łódź between 21 and 30…
Chinese film week in Poland
WARSAW: The Polish Filmmakers' Association (SFP, www.sfp.org.pl ) is launching a retrospective of new Chinese cinema. The third edition of the event is taking place in Warsaw and Łódź between…
FESTIVALS: Polish debut film premieres in Pusan
Between Two Fires, the feature film debut of Agnieszka Lukasiak, a Swedish-Polish co-production, has been selected for Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea, 7-15 October, 2010.
FESTIVALS: Grand-Off reveals competition films
WARSAW: The Grand Off World Intependent Film Awards (www.grandoff.eu ), a competition of short films taking place in Warsaw 22-29 November, 2010, has announced 52 films from 32 countries competing…
Oscar-nominated author set for ScripTeast
WARSAW: Fred Breinersdorfer, the author of Oscar-nominated Sophie Scholl is coming to Poland to participate in the 5th edition of ScripTeast (www.scripteast.eu ) as a Creative Advisor, at the invitation…
Poland invests in Digital Cinemas
WARSAW: Representatives of the Małopolska, or Little Poland, Digital Cinema Network gathered to debate The Digital Future of European Cinemas at the European Parliament on 16 September. They presented a…
PRODUCTION: Janusz Zaorski shoots a historic drama
WARSAW: Janusz Zaorski had just ended the first part of principal photography for Polish Sibiriad (Syberiada Polska), about a dark episode in the Polish history - the fate of Poles…
