War Witch Wins at Plus Camerimage

BYDGOSZCZ: Cinematographer Nicolas Bolduc won the Golden Frog for his work with director Kim Nguyen.
04-12-2012

PRODUCTION: French-Polish Documentary Cenotaphe in Production

WARSAW: French director Leila Ferault-Levy and Polish producer Marcin Latałło’s Camera Obscura are in production on Cenotaphe (Pomnik), an intimate documentary on crimes of genocide committed during World War II.
03-12-2012

PRODUCTION: On the Sea with Badjao Unites Poles, Germans and Brits

WARSAW: Polish, German and English crews are in production On the Sea with Badjao, a documentary that shows an ironic clash of cultures that knows no winner.
29-11-2012

Polish box office hit You Are God Dominates at Golden Duck Awards

WARSAW: Leszek Dawid's drama You Are A God won three Golden Duck awards, the oldest Polish cinema prize assigned by monthly magazine Film at a gala in Warsaw on 26…
28-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Rebellion in Postproduction in Poland

WARSAW: Director Małgorzata Kozera is in postproduction with the documentary Rebellion (Bunt) focused on the biggest anti-government riots in Eastern Europe in 1989, the year of the collapse of communism.…
27-11-2012

Polish Companies Support US Indie Projects

WROCŁAW: Five American independent films presented at the US IN PROGRESS event during the 3rd American Film Festival (www.americanfilmfestival.pl) will receive Polish support.
20-11-2012

PRODUCTION: UK theatre director MacKintosh shoots debut film Mother in Poland

WARSAW: Scottish theatre director Lee Mackintosh Jones is making his feature film debut with a Mother, a UK-financed film shot in Poland.
16-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Polish-British Coproduction in Development

WARSAW: Polish writer/producer/director Agnieszka Trzos is preparing to shoot the drama Not for Your Eyes in Poland and the UK in spring 2013.
16-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Touch of Angel in Production

WARSAW: The first Polish documentary shot with the Red Epic camera, Touch of Angel (Dotknięcie anioła), a biopic about a Jewish family’s dramatic exodus from Poland, is in production. The…
15-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Wajda Attached to And There Was Love in the Ghetto

Director/cinematographer Jolanta Dylewska is directing a documentary essay based on a book written by the Polish resistance commander Marek Edelman and Paula Sawicka, with Anna Wydra and the Polish company…
14-11-2012

Poland Begins Switch from Analogue TV

WARSAW: The Lubuskie Voivodeship in Eastern Poland became to first area to shut off analogue TV transmitters at the beginning of November 2012, with the entire country scheduled to follow…
14-11-2012

Polish Film Institute announced funding for 61 projects

WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl) announced the results of its November round of grants, which included 110,250 PLN in development funding for a feature film by Jan Jakub Kolski…
12-11-2012

TVN and Canal+ Deal Expected Soon

WARSAW: TVN Group plans to finalize a joint venture with Canal+ to create the NC+ platform by the end of 2012.
09-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Wrestling in Dakar in Postproduction

WARSAW: Wrestling in Dakar (Dakarskie zapasy), a Polish/French/British documentary which focuses on the first woman in the wrestling business, promoter and politician Ndeye Ndiaye Tyson, and two young Senegalese wrestlers,…
08-11-2012

Foreign Sales for Now, Forager and It Looks Pretty from a Distance

WARSAW: Polish film sales agent New Europe Film Sales (www.neweuropefilmsales.com) has sold Now, Forager: A Film about Love and Fungi by Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin to distribution companies Accent…
08-11-2012

Wajda Studio Wraps Polish-Armenian Short

WARSAW: Milky Brother, the first Polish-Armenian coproduction, directed by Vahram Mkhitaryan and produced by Wajda Studio (www.wajdastudio.com) has completed production.
07-11-2012

Polish Animation in the Spotlight at DOK Leipzig

LEIPZIG: DOK Leipzig, which runs through 4 November 2012, marks the centennial of Poland’s first puppet animation film with a retrospective of its creator, Władysław Starewicz, and a special programme…
31-10-2012

FNE AVP Live ! Jakub Duszynski, Co-President of Europa Distribution and Artistic Director of Gutek Film, Poland.

FNE asks what are the most important issues facing European independent distributors today. Read more>>>
30-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Animated Feature Magical Book of Adventure in Production

WARSAW: Co-directors Paweł Dębski and Mateusz Heldwein are in production with Magical Book of Adventure (Magiczna Księga Przygód), a feature-length animated film with a gripping story about brotherhood, tolerance and…
26-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Animated Series Galaxy Taxi in Development

WARSAW: Fumi Studio (www.fumistudio.com) is in the early stages of development with a 13-episode animated series for adults and children, Galaxy Taxi.
25-10-2012