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…
Polish Filmmakers Association Offers Aid to Ukrainian Refugee Filmmakers
WARSAW: The Polish Filmmakers Association offers help in finding employment in the productions of its Munk Studio to representatives of the film industry among the refugees from the Ukraine.
New Documentaries from SFP Munk Studio on VOD
WARSAW: Four new documentaries produced by SFP Munk Studio as part of the First Documentary programme are available on VOD on DAfilms, a curated platform specialising in original documentary cinema.
FNE Innovation: Pitch the Doc: Online Hub for Documentary Professionals and Industry Events
Pitch the Doc is an innovative online platform dedicated to documentary projects, that provides functionalities based on international pitching standards and allows to keep presentations of documentary film projects complete,…
Ada Smyk's Short Doc Backstage to Premiere Internationally at SXSW in Austin
WARSAW: The short documentary Backstage by Ada Smyk, produced as part of the SFP First Documentary programme, has been selected for the competition of one of the most important and…
PRODUCTION: Polish/Hungarian Coproduction Saint Wraps Shooting
WARSAW: Principal photography for Sebastian Buttny's Polish/Hungarian film Saint / Święty wrapped on 11 February 2022. The film has been shot for thirty days in Poznań and Gniezno.
FNE at Berlinale 2022: Polish Film in Berlin
Co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the film „We Haven’t Lost Our Way”, directed by Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal, will be presented in the Forum section of the International Film…
