FESTIVALS: New Dates for 45th Polish FF in Gdynia
GDYNIA: The 45th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia will take place from 8 to 12 December 2020. Among the new events at the festival will be the launch of a…
Polish/Swedish Coproduction Sweat Acquired by MUBI
WARSAW: Magnus von Horn’s sophomore feature Sweat has been acquired by the streaming platform MUBI for USA, Latin America, India and Turkey. This Polish/Swedish coproduction was selected in Cannes 2020…
Polish Box Office Drop to 92,000 admissions in June 2020
WARSAW: Only 92,000 viewers visited Polish cinemas in June 2020, when the government allowed their reopening. The films cashed in 334,663 EUR /1.48 m PLN. In comparison, at the same…
PRODUCTION: End of The World or Kogel Mogel 4 in Production
WARSAW: The fourth part of the Polish box office hit comedy series Kogel Mogel started shooting in Warsaw mid-July 2020 with plans of release in Polish cinemas in January 2021.…
GRANTS: Poland Supports Five Feature Films
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute supported five new feature projects during the second session of funding in 2020 with a total of 2,568,615 EUR / 11.5 m PLN.
FESTIVALS: Gdynia Sets Dates for 2020 Festival
GDYNIA: The hybrid 45th edition of the Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia will take place from 9 to 14 November 2020. Film screenings will take place without the participation…
PRODUCTION: Agata Buzek To Star In Łukasz Grzegorzek's Drama
WARSAW: Łukasz Grzegorzek is working on his new drama Tak Ma Być starring Agata Buzek. The shooting will start in August 2020.
PRODUCTION: Oleg Sentsov Preps Ukrainian/Polish/German Coproduction
WARSAW: Ukrainian writer/director Oleg Sentsov is in pre-production with the crime drama Rhinoceros, a coproduction between the Ukraine, Poland and Germany.
PRODUCTION: Polish Broad Peak in Postproduction
WARSAW: Broad Peak by acclaimed Polish film director Leszek Dawid was presented at the First Cut+ Works in Progress in Karlovy Vary’s online edition Eastern Promises.
Ten Projects Selected for New Horizons Studio+
WARSAW: The 11th edition of New Horizons Studio+, organised by the New Horizons Association and Creative Europe Desk Poland, has announced the ten projects which will participate in its training…
KIDS KINO Industry Announces Online Programme
WARSAW: Kids Kino Industry (formerly known as the Warsaw Kids Film Forum) has unveiled the 26 projects to be pitched at the 4th edition, taking place online from 29 September…
PRODUCTION: Polish Wiarołom in Postproduction
WARSAW: Writer/director Piotr Złotorowicz is in postproduction with the Polish drama Wiarołom for Munk Studio. The project was presented at the Karlovy Vary online Eastern Promises Works in Progress on…
OBITUARY: Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
WARSAW: Barbara Pec-Ślesicka, production manager and long-time collaborator of Andrzej Wajda, died on 6 July 2020 at the age of 84. She supervised the production of the most important works…
PRODUCTION: Jan Jakub Kolski Resumes Work on The Republic Of Children
WARSAW: Work has been resumed on The Republic of Children, a fantasy drama by Jan Jakub Kolski, after a break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cinema City Postpones Reopening in Poland
WARSAW: Cinema City, one of Poland’s biggest exhibition chains, will not open its cinemas on 3 July 2020 after a break caused by the coronavirus epidemic as was previously announced.
Polish Drama The Iron Bridge Is Opening in Norway and Denmark
WARSAW: The feature debut drama from Monika Jordan-Młodzianowska entitled The Iron Bridge opens in Norway and Denmark on 2 July 2020.
PRODUCTION: Jan Komasa in Development with English-language Debut
WARSAW: Jan Komasa, the director of the Academy Award nominated film Corpus Christi, is working on his first English language film, Anniversary. The film will be a post-apocalyptic drama with…
Polish Film School Launches Talent Resource Agency
KATOWICE: The Kieslowski Film School located in Katowice has announced the launch of Film Proxy, an initiative to promote Polish below-the-line talent.
Polish Erotic Thriller 365 Days Is Netflix Global Hit
WARSAW: The Polish erotic thriller 365 Days is currently the most popular feature film in the British and US edition of Netflix and in second place worldwide.
FNE Podcast: Festivals in Crisis: Barbara Orlicz-Szczypuła Head of Programming Krakow Film Festival
Barbara shares with us the reasons why the Krakow Film Festival's team decided to take the festival online this year and the results of the online event. She tells us…