Record year for Polish cinema in 2011
{mosimage}WARSAW: 11.8 million of Polish viewers had chosen Polish films in the last year, establishing a new record result for local productions.
PRODUCTION: Polish WWII Drama in Postproduction
WARSAW: Polish director Marcin Krzyształowicz has completed shooting his new film Manhunt, a dynamic thriller reliving the reality of war occupation.
In Darkness Receives Oscar Nomination
{mosimage}WARSAW: Agnieszka Holland's WWII Holocaust film In Darkness has been nominated for Best Foreign Language Oscar.
FESTIVALS: Krakow Announces Deadline
{mosimage}KRAKOW: The 52nd Krakow film festival (28 May - 3 June 2012, www.kff.com.pl) is accepting submissions until 10 February 2012.
FNE at Berlinnale 2012: Romanian and Polish actors in EFP Shooting Stars lineup
{mosimage}WARSAW: Polish actor Jakub Gierszal and Romanian actress Ana Ularu will join the European Promotion (EFP, www.efp-online.com) Shooting Stars 2012 lineup at the Berlinnale this year.
EKRAN Training Programme Deadline - 31 January 2012
WARSAW: The Wajda Studio (www.wajdastudio.pl) has announced a 31 January 2012 deadline for the 2012 EKRAN Training Program for Film Professionals. Nine participant teams of three persons each will be…
Polish title Sponsoring headed for Berlinale
{mosimage}WARSAW: Polish title Sponsoring (Elles) directed by Malgorzata Szumowska will be the opening film of the Panorama section of the Berlinale 2012.
Poland’s NEFS Acquires First Feature
{mosimage}WARSAW: Polish boutique sales agent New Europe Film Sales (www.neweuropefilmsales.com ) has acquired its first feature film, Now, Forager, a Polish-US coproduction debut from Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin.
Theme Channels Gain Polish Viewers
WARSAW: Poland’s theme channels continued to gain viewers in 2011, rising by 10% in the target 16-49 age group, to a 33% share.
In Darkness Nominated for Critics Choice Award
{mosimage}Polish director Agnieszka Holland's holocaust film In Darkness has been nominated for the Critics Choice Award, which is given out by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, comprised of U.S. and…
PRODUCTION: Mystery Of Westerplatte Resumes Filming
{mosimage}WARSAW: After a filming break of over a year, production has resumed on the Polish war drama Mystery Of Westerplatte (Tajemnica Westerplatte), a debut film directed by Paweł Chochlew.
Polish Films Shortlisted for Oscars
{mosimage}WARSAW: Two Polish films have made the cut for the shortlist of ten animated short films still in contention for Oscar nominations, out of 44 films originally under consideration.
Essential Killing Named to France's Top Ten
{mosimage}WARSAW: Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski's film Essential Killing has been named one of the ten best films of 2011 by the French "Cahiers du Cinema" critics.
Public TV Funding under Discussion in Poland
WARSAW: The discussion on the funding of public broadcasting in Poland has resulted in two draft amendments to the law on TV and radio licenses.
FESTIVALS: Watch Docs Screens 19 Competition Titles
WARSAW: Nineteen documentary films will compete for the main prize of the 11th edition of Watch Docs IFF (8-18 December 2011, watchdocs.pl), with a focus on the topic of human…
New Horizons Acquires Seven Films
WARSAW: Poland's New Horizons Association (www.nowehoryzonty.pl), the organizer of the New Horizons IFF and distributor of art house films, announced that it has picked up seven new titles, including several…
PRODUCTION: TV Series Galeria in Production for TVP
WARSAW: ATM Grupa has just begun production on Galeria, a TV series that will premiere on Polish public broadcaster TVP1 in January 2012.
FESTIVALS: In Darkness Wins Plus Camerimage
In Darkness, the Polish Oscar entry directed by Agnieszka Holland won the main competition award, the Golden Frog, for cinematographer Jolanta Dylewska at the Plus Camerimage IFF (www.pluscamerimage.pl), which ended…
PRODUCTION: Blood of Blood Goes into Production for Canal+ Poland
WARSAW: Shooting has begun on Blood of Blood, an action series produced by Endemol Poland for Canal +. The show is the second original Polish television production that Canal +…
Wajda Retrospective in Berlin
{mosimage}The Wajda School (www.wajdaschool.pl) continues its celebration of the 10th aniversary of its founding with a 28 film survey of the films of Poland's master director Andrzej Wajda and his…
