PRODUCTION: Jerzy Skolimowski Speaks Out Against Cruelty to Animals in New Drama EO
WARSAW: Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO, which will screen in Competition in Cannes (17-28 May 2022), is dedicated to Robert Bresson, but it is not a remake of Au hasard Balthazar (1966).…
CD Projekt Switches to Unreal Engine 5 for New Witcher Game
WARSAW: Polish CD Projekt has announced another project set in The Witcher game series universe. The company will use the Unreal Engine 5 technology, which is expected to become the…
Netflix Commissions New Polish Feature Films
WARSAW: Netflix has announced 18 new Polish titles that are currently in production or set to premiere in 2022 and 2023, including nine Polish feature films and nine series.
Kids Kino Industry 2022 Opens Call for Applications
WARSAW: The 6th edition of the international coproduction forum Kids Kino Industry, has launched its call for applications. The deadline is 31 May 2022.
Polish Comedy on Netflix International Most Watched List
WARSAW: The Polish comedy How I Fell in Love with a Gangster by Maciej Kawulski is in the top 3 of the most streamed films on Netflix in Poland, Ukraine,…
PRODUCTION: Sebastian Buttny in Postproduction with Polish/Hungarian Drama The Saint
WARSAW: Sebastian Buttny is currently in postproduction with his thriller The Saint / Święty, which is set in Poznań in the 80s. The film is a coproduction between Poland and…
Poland in Top Ten of European Fiction Production Countries
STRASBOURG: Poland is number four in the top ten of fiction producing countries regarding the number of seasons, with 69 seasons in 2020 and an average of 46 seasons in…
Disney+ To Be Launched in 16 FNE Partner Countries
WARSAW: Disney+ will be launched in 42 new countries in May-June 2022, including in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia,…
PRODUCTION: Polish Director Marcin Filipowicz in Postproduction with Brothers
WARSAW: Marcin Filipowicz is currently in postproduction with Brothers / Braty, the fourth project produced by the Polish Filmmakers Association Munk Studio together with CANAL+ Polska in their 60 Minutes…
Polish Director Bartosz Blaschke Awarded with Perspektywa Prize for Sonata
GDYNIA: Bartosz Blaschke’s debut feature Sonata won the Perspektywa Award given annually to the best debut in Polish cinemas during a gala organised by the Polish Filmmakers Association on 28…
Netflix Opens Office in Warsaw
WARSAW: Netflix has opened an office in the Polish capital, which will act as core for the entire CEE region.
Małgorzata Szumowska’s First American Film Starring Naomi Watts Opens in USA
WARSAW: Infinite Storm, the first American film by Małgorzata Szumowska, opened on 1,500 screens in the USA on 25 March 2022. This is the first Polish film in years to…
Polish Drama Other People Starts Sales as It Hits Local Cinemas
WARSAW: Aleksandra Terpińska’s debut feature Other People has been sold by Polish New Europe Film Sales to British Magnetes Pictures, which will release it not only in the UK and…
Academy Award Nominee Polish Short The Dress Acquired by HBO Max
WARSAW: The Dress / Sukienka by Tadeusz Łysiak, which is nominated for the Academy Awards 2022 in the Short Film (Live Action) category, has been acquired by HBO Max.
PRODUCTION: Polish Director Jan Holoubek Shoots Sophomore Feature Doppelgänger
GDAŃSK: Doppelgänger is currently shooting in Gdańsk with a star cast including Jakub Gierszał, Tomasz Schuchardt and Andrzej Seweryn. This is the second feature by Jan Holoubek after 25 Years…
Leave No Traces Dominates Polish Eagles Nods
WARSAW: Leave No Traces by Jan P. Matuszyński received the most nominations, a total of 13, for the Polish Film Awards - The Eagles. The date of the award ceremony…
PRODUCTION: Patryk Vega in Postproduction with His Last Polish Language Film
WARSAW: The director of Polish box office hits Patryk Vega has revealed his secret project, Autobiography (working title), a very personal film intended to be his last project in Polish,…
FESTIVALS: EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2022 Calls for Entries
TORUŃ: The EnergaCAMERIMAGE International Film Festival, which will celebrate its 30th edition in Toruń from 12 to 19 November 2022, has opened its submissions.
Film and Games Convergence Boosts Success of The Witcher
WARSAW: Netflix is ready to start production on the third season of the hit show The Witcher, based on the books by Andrzej Sapkowski and heavily inspired by an internationally…
FESTIVALS: Krakow Film Festival Hosts Docudays UA
KRAKOW: This year's edition of the Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, which was to begin on 25 March in Kyiv, will be partly held during the Krakow…
