Poland Introduces 30% Cash Rebate for Film Productions
WARSAW: The Polish Government has approved a new draft bill offering a 30% cash rebate on qualifying film production expenses. The Polish Film Institute will have a 200m PLN /…
PRODUCTION: Ewa Puszczyńska and Ada Solomon Team Up for New Tomasz Wasilewski Drama
WROCŁAW: Ewa Puszczyńska is developing Tomasz Wasilewski new drama Fools/Głupcy (working title), which will be a Polish/Romanian coproduction together with the Romanian Ada Solomon and lensed by Romanian Oleg Mutu.…
SOFA School of Film Agents 2018 Announces Participants
WARSAW: Participants from Poland, Lithuania, Georgia, Hungary, Israel and Ukraine have been selected for the 6th edition SOFA School of Film Agents, set to take place in Warsaw from 26…
PISF and EAVE Scholarship Available for Polish Producers
WROCLAW: Polish Film Institute and EAVE will grant for the third year a scholarship to one Polish producer for the EAVE 2019 Producers Workshop. The winner will be chosen among…
New Europe Film Sales Picks-up Israeli/Polish/German Coproduction The Delegation
WARSAW : Polish sales agent New Europe Film Sales has acquired Asaf Saban’s Israeli/Polish/German coproduction The Delegation which is still in development.
Polish Film Festival in Gdynia Launches One-Minute Video Competition
GDYNIA: Legal Culture Foundation and the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia are launching a video competition for one-minute films made using a camera, the phone or an animated technique.
GRANTS: Polish Film Institute Announces New Production Grants
WARSAW: Polish Film Institute (PISF) distributed 4.2 m EUR / 18.4 m PLN for the production of eight feature films, four animated films and nine documentaries. This is the second…
FESTIVALS: The 43rd Gdynia Film Festival Announces Lineup
GDYNIA: Sixteen titles will compete in the main competition of the 43rd Gdynia Film Festival. The festival which is the biggest annual showcase of new Polish film will take place…
Applications for ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum 2018 Still Open
ŁODZ: The second edition of the ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum is welcoming projects of animated short films and TV special episodes made with the use of puppet technique. The deadline…
FNE at Transatlantyk 2018: Transatlantyk Festival Announces Winners
ŁODŹ: Volte directed by Monika Kotecka and Karolina Poryzała was awarded Best Short Film Transatlantyk Golden Ark Award, while Swedish/Denmark coproduction Becoming Astrid, directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen, won the…
FNE at Transatlantyk 2018: Cercamon Picks up Winter Flies
ŁÓDŹ: Czech/Slovenian/Slovak/French/Polish coproduction Winter Flies, directed by Olmo Omerzu, has been picked up by sales agent Cercamon. The film had its Polish premiere at Transatlantyk 2018 Film Festival in Łódź.
FNE at Transatlantyk 2018: Q&A Polish Producer Kamil Przełęcki Talks About How to Get a Project Financed in Poland
LÓDŹ: Polish producer Kamil Przełęcki talked exclusively to FNE about the financial realities of film production and distribution in Poland during the 2nd edition of Lodolamacz / Icebreaker, an industry…
PRODUCTION: HBO and Netflix Sponsor Online Doc Series by Polish YouTubers to Be Shot in the USA
WARSAW: HBO and Netflix will sponsor the six-episode documentary series Traces of TV Series / Sladami seriali created by Polish YouTubers Kaja Szafrańska and Janusz Raczyński, for their jakbyniepaczec channel.…
FESTIVALS: 12th Film and Art Festival Two Riversides Ready to Kick Off
KAZIMIERZ DOLNY/JANOWIEC: The 12th edition of Film and Art Festival Two Riversides in Kazimierz Dolny – Janowiec will run from 28 July to 5 August 2018. The festival has an…
FESTIVALS: 8th Transatlantyk Festival Puts Spotlight on Myself, Freedom, Rebellion and Motherland
LODZ: Thirty Polish short films are competing at the 8th Transatlantyk Festival in Łódź, running from 13 to 20 July 2018. The themes of this edition are Myself, Freedom, Rebellion…
FESTIVALS: 9th New Horizons Studio+ Announces Selected Projects
WROCLAW: Ten participants from Poland and ten from Romania, Denmark, Austria, the Ukraine and the UK, have been selected for the 9th edition of New Horizons Studio+, taking place from…
PRODUCTION: TVP in Production with Costume Drama Series Century of the Guilty
WARSAW: The first season of the costume drama series Century of the Guilty, commissioned by the Polish public broadcaster TVP, is currently in production. It is one of the most…
International Sales for Agnieszka Smoczynska’s Fugue
WARSAW: Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s second feature film Fugue has been sold by Alpha Violet to the Czech Republic, Lithuania, China, Denmark, Canada and other territories.
FESTIVALS: New Horizons IFF Announces International Competition
WROCLAW: Twelve titles will screen in the International Competition of the 2018 New Horizons International Film Festival, taking place in Wrocław from 26 July to 5 August 2018.
British Chain Vue International Buys Polish Cinema3D
WARSAW: British cinema chain Vue International has bought Polish Cinema3D. The chain has 11 cinemas in Poland, which will be transformed into Multikino units. Additionally, Vue International will buy and…