PRODUCTION: Polish-Israeli Coproduction Shoots in Łódź
LODZ: Edward Etler is filming a psychological drama The Silver Fox Of Felicia T. in Lodz, with the shoot continuing through September.
FESTIVALS: In Darkness Selected for Special Screening in Toronto
WARSAW: Five Polish films will screen in the Toronto IFF, all of them supported by the Polish Film Insitute. In Darkness by Agnieszka Holland will have its world premiere in…
FESTIVALS: Four Polish Films Selected for Montreal
WARSAW: Four Polish films have been selected to screen in the Toronto IFF, with two headed for the main competition. Czarny czwartek. Janek Wiśniewski padł (Black Thursday), the latest film…
PRODUCTION: TVN Shooting Julia in Krakow
KRAKOW: Polish private broadcaster TVN has started production on Julia, a new daytime dramatic series about a runaway bride starting her life over. The series will premiere in January 2012.
PRODUCTION: Szumowska shooting Nowhere
WARSAW: Małgorzata Szumowska is shooting the drama Nowhere, a coproduction with CANAL+, through September 2011.
PRODUCTION: Jan Kidawa-Błoński Shooting You Will Never Know
WARSAW: Jan Kidawa-Błoński, the director of Little Rose, is shooting a post-war drama entitled You Will Never Know. Filming started on 4 August 2011 and will end on 12 September.
PRODUCTION: Borcuch in Development with Lasting Moments
WARSAW: Jacek Borcuch, director of All That I Love, is developing Lasting Moments, a drama that once again deals with the problems of youth.
My Father’s Bike goes into Production
WARSAW: Piotr Trzaskalski begins filming his third feature My Father's Bike on 16 August 2011. The Polish-language film is produced by siblings Marta Plucińska and Paweł Pluciński, owners of the…
PRODUCTION: Big Love in Postproduction
WARSAW: Barbara Białowąs has finished shooting her feature film debut Big Love, a deconstruction of the image of an ideal love.
CNN Signs with Poland's TVN
WARSAW: Polish commercial broadcaster TVN has signed an exclusive distribution contract with CNN Newsource for content available in Polish.
Three Polish Films Head to Venice
Three Polish accents appeared in the line-up of the 68th Venice International Film Festival.
Krakow Film Commission Finances Six Films
KRAKOW: The Krakow regional film fund will support six new projects, including three feature films, two documentaries and one animation with a total of 1.150 million PLN.
Polish HD Launch of Romance TV
WARSAW: Romance TV Polska (www.romance-tv.pl ) will launch in Poland on 1 September 2011 on the DTH platform "n".
Hungarian Success at New Horizons IFF
WROCLAW: The Grand Prix of the 11th New Horizons IFF (www.nowehorizonty.pl) and 20,000 euros went to Attenberg (Greece 2010) directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari. Sándor Kardos's Gravedigger (A sírásó, Hungary…
French films make major gains at Polish box office
WARSAW: French films made major gains at the Polish box office in 2010 compared to 2009 with 6.050.224 Euros earned by French films in 2010 compared to 1 463 955…
Play Poland Film Festival bring Polish films to UK
WARSAW: The Play Poland Film Festival (http://playpoland.org.uk) will be bring Polish cinema to audiences in Scotland from 2 August to 25 September with screenings in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Sponsored in…
Two Riversides Festival kicks off with Polish premier of new Dardenne Brothers film
WARSAW: The year’s edition of Two Riversides Film Festival will kick off with the Polish premier of the new Dardenne Brothers film The Kid With a Bike which received the…
French Sales Company Wide Management picks up The Mole
WARSAW: Paris based international sales outfit Wide Management has added Rafael Lewandowski’s The Mole to its strong line-up. The Mole with will be released theatrically in Poland on 5 August…
Six Degrees in Production
WARSAW: The team behind the award-winning Rabbit a la Berlin has begun shooting the concept documentary Six Degrees, which takes a literal and exploratory look at the theory that everyone…
FESTIVALS: 11th IFF New Horizons Opens
WROCLAW: The 11th New Horizons Film Festival www.nowehoryzonty.pl (21-31 July 2011) opened with Berlinale winner Nader And Simin, A Separation by Asghar Farhadi and Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Once Upon a…