Production: New Polish doc Everything is Possible Completes Production
WARSAW: Polish director Lidia Duda (Entangled) is working on a documentary, Everything is Possible (Wszystko jest możliwe), about a 78-year old female hitch-hiker, who – speaking almost no foreign languages…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Directors Dammas and Renner on Polish Illusions
IDF spoke with Polish director Jacob Dammas and German producer/director Helge Renner about the six year long process of creating their documentary Polish Illusions.
PRODUCTION: New Wajda Studio production The Performer Wraps Filming
WARSAW: The Wajda Studio (www.wajdastudio.com) has completed shooting on its second feature film, The Performer, the directing debut from Maciej Sobieszczanski and Łukasz Ronduda.
New Horizons Association launches an art-house multiplex in Wrocław
WROCLAW: A new type of cinema will launch in Wrocław on 31 August, introducing the first multiplex focused on challenging cinema in Poland.
Beta Cinema Picks up Jakimowski Film
WARSAW: Andrzej Jakimowski’s English language feature Imagine was picked up by Germany’s Beta Cinema (www.betacinema.com) prior to the film’s world premiere at the Toronto IFF.
PRODUCTION: TVP Crime Series Set for September Launch
WARSAW: Accomplished Polish film directors Greg Zglinski and Borys Lankosz are shooting a new crime series Paradox for public broadcaster TV Polska (www.tvp.pl), scheduled for a 6 September 2012
PRODUCTION: Zanussi in Pre-production with Inner Voice
WARSAW: Krzysztof Zanussi is in pre-production for an early spring 2013 shoot of his script The Inner Voice (Głos wewnętrzny) an international coproduction between Poland, Russia and Italy.
PRODUCTION: Wajda Studio in Production with The Performer
WARSAW: Maciej Sobieszczański and Lukasz Ronduda are shooting The Performer, the first full length feature film from Wajda Studio.
PRODUCTION: Machulski Comedy Wraps Shoot
WARSAW: Juliusz Machulski, the director of Sexmission and Vabank, has completed filming his new fantasy comedy AmbaSSada (EmbaSSy).
Three Polish world premiers set for Toronto IFF
WARSAW: The Toronto International Film Festival will present the world premieres of three Polish films: Baby Blues by Katarzyna Rosłaniec, Imagine by Andrzej Jakimowski, and the Polish coproduction Igor and…
TLC Plans Three Polish Series
The U.S. TV channel TLC plans Polish versions of three reality TV programmes for its Polish station, TLC Polska (www.tlcpolska.pl). : Mad About the House, The Great Polish Bake-Off, and…
Disney Ends Polish Distribution Agreement
WARSAW: The Walt Disney Company Poland (www.disney.pl) will end its distribution agreement with Forum Film Poland (www.forumfilm.pl) as of 1 October 2012.
PRODUCTION: Wasilewski Shooting Floating Skyscrapers
WARSAW: After a promising start in Gdynia, the young Polish filmmaker Tomasz Wasilewski is in production with his second feature film,Floating Skyscrapers.
TVP to Launch New Channels
WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP, www.tv.pl), plans to create two new thematic channels in 2012 and 2013. Juliusz Braun, the President of TVP, announced the planned launch of…
Bollywood Film Shoots in Krakow
KRAKOW: The Krakow Film Commission (www.film-commission.pl) is supporting its second Indian film in two years, The Rhythm.
TVN Revenues Drop
WARSAW: Polish commercial broadcaster TVN (www.tvn.pl) reported declining revenues in the second quarter, with projections for sustained decline for the remainder of 2012.
PRODUCTION: Debut Heavy Mental in Postproduction
WARSAW: Polish independent film director Sebastian Buttny follows his short films and documentaries with his feature debut, Heavy Mental, currently in postproduction.
FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Studio: Victoria Szymańska
WROCŁAW: The 24 participants of the 3rd New Horizons Studio, which took place during the T-Mobile New Horizons IFF (www.nowehoryzonty.pl) spoke with FNE about their current projects and their views…
FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Studio: Agnieszka Woszczyńska
WROCŁAW: The 24 participants of the 3rd New Horizons Studio, which took place during the T-Mobile New Horizons IFF (www.nowehoryzonty.pl) spoke with FNE about their current projects and their views…
FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Studio: Judyta Fibiger
WROCLAW: The 24 participants of the 3rd New Horizons Studio, which took place during the T-Mobile New Horizons IFF (www.nowehoryzonty.pl) spoke with FNE about their current projects and their views…