FNE IDF DocBloc: Germany Wins Planete Doc
East Silver selected film Forget Me Not won the main prize of the Warsaw/Wroclaw Planete Doc Film Festival. Read the full story on Dokweb.
FNE at Cannes FF 2013: Scripteast Award goes to The Mute
CANNES: The prestigious Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award for the Best Eastern and Central European Script was awarded to Polish scriptwriting duo Bartosz Konopka and Przemyslaw Nowakowski for their screenplay The…
PRODUCTION: Smarzowski Wraps The Mighty Angel
CRACOW: Polish director Wojciech Smarzowski's completes shooting on his drama The Mighty Angel on 18 May 2013, concluding 47 days of filming that began in November 2012.
EFP Producers on the Move 2013: Agnieszka Kurzydlo
WARSAW: Active both in Poland and abroad, Polish producer Agnieszka Kurzydło already has more then a couple of hits under her belt. She is always on the lookout for her…
PRODUCTION: Animated Feature The Rose and the Ring in Production
WARSAW: The Rose and The Ring, a 75-minute animated film directed by Zofia Oldak based on the classic English fairy tale of William Makepeace Thackeray is in production at Studio…
ScripTeast 2013 at Cannes I Miss You
Polish scriptwriter Małgorzata Piłacińska competes for the Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award during the 2013 Cannes IFF with I Miss You, the story of an Israeli man who travels to Warsaw…
FNE Cannes Preview 2013: Polish filmmakers at 66th IFF Cannes
The 66th International Film Festival in Cannes will begin on May 15th. The program includes four Polish films supported by the Polish Film Institute (PISF). The festival runs through May…
PRODUCTION: City 44 Begins Filming
WARSAW: After eight years of preparation, Jan Komasa started shooting his Warsaw Uprising film City 44 on 11 May 2013 in Warsaw.
New Europe Film Sales Expands Catalogue
WARSAW: Polish sales agent New Europe Film Sales announced it will add creative TV and feature-length documentaries to its library of films, with Polish producer Anna Wydra handling the documentary…
ScripTeast 2013 at Cannes: The Mute
Polish scriptwriters Bartosz Konopka and Przemysław Nowakowski compete for the Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award during the 2013 Cannes IFF with The Mute, a story set in theearly Middle Ages about…
PRODUCTION: Polish French Animated Series in Production
WARSAW: The third part of a 26-episode series slated for broadcast in Poland and Argentina, Hip-Hip & Hurra, is in the final stage of production.
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month – Kino.Lab, Warsaw
FNE together with Europa Cinemas continues its Cinema of the Month series. In recognition of the hard work and excellence of European cinema operators we choose a cinema from each…
Twelve Projects Compete for ScripTeast Award
WARSAW: Twelve film projects from eight CEE countries will vie for the Krzysztof Kieślowski ScripTeast Award for the Best Eastern European Script along with a prize of 10,000 EUR to…
PRODUCTION: Polish German The Fox in Development
WARSAW: Poland’s Braidmade Films teams up with Germany’s 27 Films Productions to co-produce The Fox, a feature film based on the D.H. Lawrence book and directed by Matthias Luthardt.
Jiri Menzel Feted in Warsaw
WARSAW: Czech director Jiri Mendel is the subject of a 14-film retrospective taking place 6 – 12 May in Warsaw. Menzel will also be the center of a panel discussion…
Mazovia Film Fund Grants for Seven Projects
WARSAW: The Mazovian regional film fund will support seven films with 0.5 million PLN.
FESTIVALS: Krakow Announces 2013 Documentary Competition
KRAKOW: Twenty international films will compete in the documentary feature film competition of the 53rd Krakow Film Festival, 26 May – 2 June 2013, vying for the Golden Horn.
HBO Picks up Polish Series Band
WARSAW: ATM Grupa will produce a new drama series about the lives of border guards for HBO Polska.
Polish Cinemas Received Europa Cinemas Funding
WARSAW: Europa Cinemas granted 370,000 EUR in financing to 24 Polish cinemas in the Europa Cinemas network.
Polsat Picks up Two Original Series
WARSAW: Polish private broadcaster Polsat will increase locally produced content with two new dramatic series scheduled to premiere in spring 2014.
