Polish dramatist debuts in 30 Minutes
Krzysztof Bizio moves from scriptwriter to director with All of Anna's Lies, which began filming October 20.
Bollywood movies drive Polish newspaper sales
After finding marketing success by offering movie collections along with the daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, the newspaper has found a new marketing tool: Bollywood movies.
Strawberry Wine reaps festival success
Dariusz Jablonski's Strawberry Wine took home the audience award from the 16 Trzyniec film festival in the Czech Republic before screening at the Haifa film festival.
BooBoo in the Land of Bears and Palms
Agencies selling films abroad, institutions common in the West, are still as rare in Poland as snow in Havana.
Opus Film Sees Potential in Young Artists
The films presented at this year's CentEast Market included My Flesh, My Blood by debuting director Marcin Wrona, a project involving Opus Film, one of Poland's largest production companies.
Festival winners also market winners in Warsaw
Three award winners at the 24th Warsaw International Film Festival were also screened in the CentEast Market Warsaw programme, which ran during the latter half of the Warsaw festival.
Polish films: still finding a way to the international market
Although more full-length features are being made in Poland in recent years, still very few of them find their way to distribution in other countries.
Two Polish films will vie for Golden Globes
Jerzy Skolimowsk's Golden Globe hopeful Four Nights with Anna could find competition at home: recently announced Oscar candidate Tricks is also hoping to be entered in the Golden Globe foreign…
The Polish Film Institute: first production, then promotion
"The Warsaw International Film Festival is one of our priorities when it comes to film-related events," says Jacek Fuksiewicz, Deputy Director for Film Production at the Polish Film Institute.
TVP business buzzes at MIPCOM
Public broadcaster Polish Television (TVP) is doing brisk business at MIPCOM, running October 13-17
End of Uncertainty for Warsaw Film Festival
The 24th Warsaw International Film Festival is turning out to be a breakthrough edition in terms of the event's financing.
Treat on "Tricks”
Andrzej Jakimowski's second feature, Tricks, is the topic of CentEast's distribution panel discussion, taking place October 17 as part of the 4th CentEast Market Warsaw (October 15-19).
Maciej Slesicki starts shooting his "minute trilogy"
Maciej Slesicki attempts to create a universal image of contemporary Poland in his new trilogy under the umbrella title Three Minutes.
Hebrew Waltz in Warsaw
An Israeli animated film about the surrealism of war and the marvels of memory, Ari Folman's Waltz with Bashir opened the 24th Warsaw Film Festival on 10 October.
Adyton racks up sales at MIPCOM
Adyton International CEO Dariusz Zawislak is counting the reasons for renting a booth at the EU Media stand at MIPCOM, running through October 17.
How Tricks did the trick – and what comes after
"Film from Eastern Europe are still overlooked, undervalued, badly promoted and - with noble exceptions - play only a marginal, if any, role in the international art house and television…
Shooting begins on Urbanski debut
Artur Urbanski, double award winner at the 2002 Venice Tv Fest, begins shooting his first big screen feature Listening to Jo, on October 10.
Poland tries Tricks for Oscar bid
Tricks directed by Andrzej Jakimowski has been chosen by a special commitee appointed by the Polish Minister of Culture as the candidate for the Oscar in the Best Foreign Language…
New president appointed for Cyfra +
Bertrand Le Guern has been names new president and the CEO of Canal Plus Cyfrowy (www.canapluscyfrowy.pl).
Poland's The Wedding hits Austrian cinemas
Wojtek Smarzowski's multi-awarded 2004 film The Wedding is headed to cinemas across Austria beginning October 10.
