FNE at CentEast: China-Europe Film Promotion Project Launched at Warsaw

WARSAW: The Warsaw Film Festival and the Chinese company Film Factory have announced a joint project to facilitate film exchanges between Europe and China.
24-10-2012

New Warsaw Regional Film Commission Bows at CentEast

WARSAW: Poland’s capital district is enhancing its growing reputation as a film center with the introduction of the Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, presented at the CentEast (www.centeast.org) meetings held in…
23-10-2012

Tango Libre Wins Warsaw Grand Prix

WARSAW: Tango Libre, a musical drama by Frédéric Fonteyne, won the international competition of the 28th Warsaw Film Festival (www.wff.pl) which finished on 21 October 2012.
22-10-2012

FNE at Warsaw FF: Punk in Africa Picks up Euro Sales

WARSAW: The Czech-South African documentary Punk in Africa has been sold to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden, with more European countries pending.
19-10-2012

FNE at Warsaw FF 2012: Dogwoof Picks up Marczak Documentary

WARSAW: A controversial Polish-German documentary about fighting for the environment with erotic films will receive broad distribution in the UK, Germany and Poland.
17-10-2012

Poles Look at AV Training

WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl) and the Centre for Open Multimedia Education are sponsoring a conference on the situation of audiovisual education in Poland on 23 November 2012.
11-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Polish Doc Albert Cinema in Production

WROCŁAW: Albert Cinema, an experimental document about homelessness which was developed during the Dragon Forum International Academy of the Document, is nearing the end of production.
10-10-2012

Twelve Projects Selected for ScripTeast

WARSAW: Twelve feature film projects from eight countries are participating in the 7th edition of ScripTeast, a year-long programme for experienced writers from Central and Eastern Europe.
09-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Prize-winning Polish Script Goes into Production

WARSAW: Director and scriptwriter Łukasz Barczyk has begun filming Hiszpanka, a story set during the Greater Poland Uprising in 1918, in Warsaw.
05-10-2012

Theatrical release for Polish doc The Lord of Carpathians

WARSAW: Polish cinematographer, screenwriter and director Krystian Matysek’s wildlife documentary Lord of Carpathians (Niedźwiedź – Władca Gór) is hitting Polish TV screens after three years in production.
05-10-2012

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: IDF Hosts Ex-Oriente Session at Jihlava

JIHLAVA: The Institute of Documentary Film has announced the programme for its second Ex-Oriente workshop to take place during the Jihlava IDFF (www.dokument-festival.com), 23-28 October 2012.
05-10-2012

PRODUCTION: The Marcin Różycki Story in Postproduction

LUBLIN: La la la the Marcin Różycki Story (La la la Rzecz o Marcinie Różyckim), a documentary from director Grazyna Stankiewicz about a popular Polish bard, is in the final…
03-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Królikiewicz Developing Historical Drama

WARSAW: The acclaimed avant-garde Polish film director and screenwriter, Grzegorz Królikiewicz is in development with Samuel Zborowski, a historical costume feature drama based on a seventeenth century adventurer.
02-10-2012

European Sales Agents Attend Warsaw Meetings

WARSAW: Over 60 new Polish film projects were presented to international sales agents during meetings held in Warsaw on 26 - 27 September 2012.
28-09-2012

You are God tops Polish Box Office

WARSAW: You are God (Jesteś Bogiem), a Polish drama about a legendary hip hop band, has recorded the best opening weekend for a Polish film in 2012, with 373,796 admissions.
26-09-2012

PRODUCTION: Agnieszka Holland starts work onThe Death's Cold Hand

WARSAW: The Oscar-nominated director of In Darkness (2011), Agnieszka Holland is starting work on The Death's Cold Hand (Zimna pięść śmierci), a thriller based on Olga Tokarczuk’s recent novel Drive…
24-09-2012

PRODUCTION: Waldemar Krzystek shooting The Photographer

WROCŁAW: Waldemar Krzystek, director of the Polish Oscar candidate 80 Million, is filming a thriller entitled The Photographer.
21-09-2012

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Doc Maker Hanna Polak talks about her new film Svalka- Yulia's Journey

IDF interviews Polish documentary filmmaker Hanna Polak about her film Click HERE to read full article on DokWeb
21-09-2012

Yuma dominates the Polish box office

WARSAW: The Polish-Czech coproduction Yuma directed by Piotr Mularuk has posted one the strongest openings for a domestic film opening in the last 10 years.
20-09-2012

HBO Poland nabs production chief Lopuch from TVN

WARSAW: HBO Poland (www.hbo.pl) has appointed Izabela Lopuch as Head of Original Production effective 1 October 2012.
18-09-2012