CNN Signs with Poland's TVN
WARSAW: Polish commercial broadcaster TVN has signed an exclusive distribution contract with CNN Newsource for content available in Polish.
Three Polish Films Head to Venice
Three Polish accents appeared in the line-up of the 68th Venice International Film Festival.
Krakow Film Commission Finances Six Films
KRAKOW: The Krakow regional film fund will support six new projects, including three feature films, two documentaries and one animation with a total of 1.150 million PLN.
Polish HD Launch of Romance TV
WARSAW: Romance TV Polska (www.romance-tv.pl ) will launch in Poland on 1 September 2011 on the DTH platform "n".
Hungarian Success at New Horizons IFF
WROCLAW: The Grand Prix of the 11th New Horizons IFF (www.nowehorizonty.pl) and 20,000 euros went to Attenberg (Greece 2010) directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari. Sándor Kardos's Gravedigger (A sírásó, Hungary…
French films make major gains at Polish box office
WARSAW: French films made major gains at the Polish box office in 2010 compared to 2009 with 6.050.224 Euros earned by French films in 2010 compared to 1 463 955…
Play Poland Film Festival bring Polish films to UK
WARSAW: The Play Poland Film Festival (http://playpoland.org.uk) will be bring Polish cinema to audiences in Scotland from 2 August to 25 September with screenings in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Sponsored in…
Two Riversides Festival kicks off with Polish premier of new Dardenne Brothers film
WARSAW: The year’s edition of Two Riversides Film Festival will kick off with the Polish premier of the new Dardenne Brothers film The Kid With a Bike which received the…
French Sales Company Wide Management picks up The Mole
WARSAW: Paris based international sales outfit Wide Management has added Rafael Lewandowski’s The Mole to its strong line-up. The Mole with will be released theatrically in Poland on 5 August…
Six Degrees in Production
WARSAW: The team behind the award-winning Rabbit a la Berlin has begun shooting the concept documentary Six Degrees, which takes a literal and exploratory look at the theory that everyone…
FESTIVALS: 11th IFF New Horizons Opens
WROCLAW: The 11th New Horizons Film Festival www.nowehoryzonty.pl (21-31 July 2011) opened with Berlinale winner Nader And Simin, A Separation by Asghar Farhadi and Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Once Upon a…
TVN Picks Up Minute to Win It
WARSAW: Private broadcaster TVN is working on a Polish version of the American game show Minute To Win It.
UOKiK Restricts Sale of Aster Cable
WARSAW: Polish Office of Consumer and Competition Protection (UOKiK) set conditions to prevent UPC from monopolizing the Polish cable television market after taking over cable broadcaster Aster.
FESTIVALS: New Horizons Hosts Workshops
WROCLAW: The second edition of the New Horizons Studio takes place 23-26 July 2011, during the 11th New Horizons Film Festival, opening 21 July in Wroclaw.
PRODUCTION: Animated Kreskostoria in Production
WARSAW: Xantus Studio is working on Kreskostoria (Linestory), a original cartoon series about Polish history for cinema and television release. The film will be an entertainment and educational series presenting…
Poland Announces 2011 Grants
The Polish Film Institute has announced grants for 22 films, for a total of PLN 10 million. Included are production grants for four feature films, six documentary films, and one…
Poland Approved Digitalization Bill
WARSAW: Polish President Bronisław Komorowski has approved a "digitalization" bill ending the use of analogue transmitters in Poland by June 2013.
Ten Projects Selected for Polsh-Norwegian Coproduction Forum
WROCLAW: Five Polish film projects and five Norwegian film projects have been chosen to participate in the Polish-Norwegian Co-production Forum, taking place 26-28 July 2011 during the 11th New Horizons…
Poland Selects In Darkness as Oscar Entry
WARSAW: The Polish Oscar selection committee has unanimously selected W ciemności (In Darkness) by Agnieszka Holland as the Polish candidate for the Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film…
PRODUCTION: Fifth Season of the Year Begins Filming
The Polish director Jerzy Domaradzki is in production with Fifth Season of the Year, an unusual love story taking place in Silesia.
