US Zodiak Picks up Polish Flapper and Friends
WARSAW: The Polish animated children’s series Flapper and Friends has been funded for a second season and has been picked up by Zodiak Rights Limited, a US company specializing in…
EFP Names Polish, Romanian Shooting Stars
Polish actor Mateusz Kościukiewicz and Romanian actress Cosmina Stratan are among ten young Europeans selected as the European Film Promotion 2014 Shooting Stars.
Warsaw AV Summit Countdown: Just two days left
Just two days left before the top Central European AV policy makers and film industry leaders gather on 11-12 December for the most important meeting of the year. FNE will…
PRODUCTION: ScripTeast Winner Goes into Production
WARSAW: False Witness, the film written by Iglika Triffonova which won the Krzysztof Kieślowski Award at the fifth edition of ScripTeast, is now shooting.
Alvernia Studios and Rat Entertainment Team up Magnitude 9
KRAKOW: Poland’s Alvernia Studios is partnering on the international coproduction Magnitude 9, a modern version of the Madame Butterfly story, which will be shot in Japan in 2014.
Lankosz Adapting Crime Thriller
WARSAW: Borys Lankosz, director of the box office hit Reverse, will bring Zygmunt Miłoszewski's novel A Grain of Truth to the screen, with the Polish Film Institute cofinancing 50% of…
PRODUCTION: Królikiewicz Returns with Neighbors
LODZ: After a long break, renowned Polish director Grzegorz Królikiewicz makes a comeback with Neighbors, a warm, absurd comedy about extraordinary people.
PRODUCTION: Agnieszka Holland Preps Polish German Czech Coproduction
WARSAW: Agnieszka Holland is in preparation with Game Count (Polish title Pokot), a crime drama which will go into production in 2014.
Ida Scores Double Wins
Paweł Pawlikowski’s Ida has won the Grand Prix of the Plus Camerimage film festival and the Best Film of Spain’s Gijon film festival.
Aftermath scores international sales
WARSAW: Polish director Władysław Pasikowski’s controversial drama Aftermath has scored international distribution in the US, Russia and Slovakia.
PRODUCTION: Kolski Completing Production on Heart
WARSAW: Jan Jakub Kolski will complete filming on Serce, serduszko i wyprawa na koniec świata (Heart, Heartling and the Journey To The End Of The World) at the end of…
Poland Funds Digital Literacy Project
WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster TVP has received state funding to coordinate a new project aimed at making public media available to everyone.
Distribution and Expansion Fuel Cinema City Q3 Profits
WARSAW: Central European multiplex operator Cinema City recorded an 8.3% increase in revenues at 212.3m EUR for the first three quarters of 2013 compared with 2012, despite a 3% drop…
GRANTS: Holland, Rosa, Borcuch Receive Polish Film Grants
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute distributed nearly 70 grants for production, development and scholarships in the final round of 2013.
Poland Hits Digitalization Goal
WARSAW: Poland has digitalized 99 local and art-house cinemas in 88 cities through the Polish Digital Cinemas Network programme, with more plans to convert more in 2014.
Alvernia Studios Introducing Foreign Film Incentive
WARSAW: Poland’s Alvernia Studios is teaming up with Holland’s Fu Works Productions on a financing incentive to bring international projects to Alvernia Studios.
PRODUCTION: Warsaw by Night
WARSAW: Warsaw by Night produced and directed by Natalia Koryncka-Gruz completed filming in Warsaw on 12 November 2013.
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2013: Silence of the Scream
COTTBUS: The winner of the 2012 Cottbus Film Festival, Zebra Film Studio of Poland, was back at Cottbus in the winner’s pitch slot of Connecting Cottbus with the project Silence…
FNE TV: Joanna Wendorff head of MEDIA Desk Poland
FNE asked Joanna Wendorff about the Warsaw Audiovisual Summitt that will take place 11-12 December and why industry decision makers expect this summit to set the agenda for the region…
FNE partners with Poland for Warsaw AV Summit
WARSAW: The first Warsaw Audiovisual Summit under the auspices of the Polish Ministry of Culture will bring together the top policy and industry decision makers from the New Europe countries…
