Six Polish Films Compete at Karlovy Vary
{mosimage}WARSAW: Poland will send nine films to the Karlovy Vary IFF (29 June-7 July 2012, www.kviff.com), including six films competing in three competition sections. Four of the films are coproductions…
FESTIVALS: Etiuda&Anima Call for Entries
{mosimage}KRAKOW: The 19th IFF Etiuda&Anima (23-29 November 2012, www.etiudaandanima.com) is accepting films for the its competitions of short films and animated films until 17 September.
PRODUCTION: The Will to Live Goes into Production
WARSAW: Polish film director Maciej Pieprzyca will begin filmimg his second feature The Will to Live (Chce sie zyc)on 16 June 2012, continuing through 31 July. The film is produced…
FNE at Krakow Film Festival: Double Awards for Staron
KRAKOW: Polish cinematographer Wojciech Staron was the big winner at the 52nd Krakow Film Festival (www.kff.com.pl), winning two awards for his work on the film Entangled. The other prizes in…
FNE at Krakow FF 2012: Winners of the 52nd Krakow Film Festival
CRACOW: The 52 Krakow Film Festival (www.krakowfilmfestival.pl) held from 28 May to 3 June 2012 gave its highest honour this year in the Documentary section to Swedish director Peter Gerdehag…
New Horizons Pick up Cannes Films
WARSAW: New Horizons Association (www.nowehoryzonty.pl) has picked up the Polish rights for Cannes titles Holy Motors by Leos Carax, Post Tenebras Lux by Carlos Reygadas and După dealuri (Beyond the…
New Horizons to Open Poland’s First Arthouse Multiplex
{mosimage}As Wrocław gears up to be the European Capital of Culture in 2016, the New Horizons Association, in cooperation with the Helios cinema chain and support from the City of…
Polish TV, BBC Sign Cooperation Agreement
Telewizja Polska SA (www.tvp.pl) and BBC Worldwide (www.bbcworld.com) signed an agreement for future collaboration on 25 May 2012.
FESTIVALS: Nine Films at Krakow’s Docs to go!
{mosimage}KRAKOW: The Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl) and the Krakow Film Festival (www.kff.com.pl) will present nine upcoming Polish documentary films at Docs to go!, taking place at the festival on 30…
Nine Projects Participate in EKRAN 2012
{mosimage}WARSAW: The Wajda School and Wajda Studio (www.wajdaschool.pl) EKRAN preproduction training project opened its first 2012 session, taking place through 24 May, with nine participating production teams representing Poland, Austria,…
Now, Forager Sold to Baltics
{mosimage}WARSAW: Polish distributor New Europe Film Sales (www.neweuropefilmsales.com) has sold the US/Polish drama Now, Forager: A Film about Love and Fungi directed by Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin to the…
FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival 2012: Winners
{mosimage}GDYNIA: Agnieszka Holland's Oscar nominated In Darkness swept most of the major prizes at the 37 Gdynia Polish Film Festival (wwwfpff.pl ) winning a Golden Lion for Best Film, as…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Aftermath
{mosimage}GDYNIA: Władysław Pasikowski's Aftermath was added to the Main Competition of the 37th Polish Film Festival (www.fpff.pl) in Gdynia just one day after it completed postproduction, making it the 14th…
Kino Swiat, New Horizons Win PISF Awards
{mosimage}GDYNIA: Distributors Kino Swiat (www.kinoswiat.pl) and New Horizons Association (www.nowehoryzonty.pl) were among the winners of the Polish Film Institute's (www.pisf.pl) fifth annual awards for promotion of Polish Cinema during a…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival : Elles
{mosimage}GDYNIA: In her new drama Elles, Małgorzata Szumowska explores the topic of feminine sexuality and its images in the contemporary society. Elles screens in the main competition of the 37th…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: In Darkness
{mosimage}GDYNIA: The Polish Oscar-nominated film In Darkness by Agnieszka Holland competes at the Gdynia Polish Film Festival (www.fpff.pl) running through 12 May 2012.
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: In the Bedroom
{mosimage}GDYNIA: In his feature In the Bedroom, Tomasz Wasilewski creates an intimate image of a new relationship formed under unusual circumstances. The film competes at the Gdynia Polish Film Festival…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival : 80 Million
{mosimage}GDYNIA: Polish director Waldemar Krzystek creates a fast-paced crime film using an actual episode from the history of the Solidarity movement for a Polish take on the Ocean's Eleven franchise…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Women's Day
{mosimage}GDYNIA: In her feature debut Women's Day, premiering at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia (www.fpff.pl) Maria Sadowska takes on the issue of female solidarity and its boundaries in a…