Main features of cinema-going in Poland presented during invitational training
WARSAW: The "DigiTraining Plus: New Technologies for the European Cinemas of theFuture" took place in Warsaw and Cracow 28 August - 1 September 2013.
PRODUCTION: Anna Wieczur-Bluszcz Developing Drama
WARSAW: The director of comedy Being Like Deyna is prepping her first feature drama, All the Animals with You, based on a book of the same title by a Serbian…
FNE at SOFA: Agent School Helps Structure Original European Projects
WROCLAW: A festival box office database, an interactive cinema programming system and a short film incubator are just a few of innovative projects developed at the first edition of the…
PRODUCTION: Polish-Norwegian Creative Documentary Looks at Absent Parents
WARSAW: Director Åse Svenheim Drivenes is shooting Around My Family Table, focused on the lives of children whose parents were forced to leave and work abroad.
FNE at Venice FF 2013: Andrzej Wajda’s Walesa, Man of Hope Premiers in Venice
VENICE: Veteran Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda will receive the 2013 Persol Award at a special gala award ceremony at the Palazzo del Cinema in Venice on 5 September.
PRODUCTION: Animated Diplodocus Wins Media Development Funding
WARSAW: Diplodocus, an animated film based on a legendary Polish comic, has won an 80,000 EUR development grant from Media.
PRODUCTION: Director of Manhunt Shooting New Tragicomedy
CRACOW: Marcin Krzyształowicz has launched the shoot for his new project, Kindergarten Lady (Pani z przedszkola), described as a Woody Allen-inspired tragicomedy about love and psychoanalysis with an intellectual tone.…
FNE at SOFA: Nikolaj Nikitin Tells of the Inspiration and Strategy Behind Innovative Film Biz Training
WROCLAW: Berlinale film delegate Nikolaj Nikitin just launched a new training program for young industry professionals from CEE along with Germany and the Caucasus, SOFA (School of Film Agents). The…
FNE TV: Jakub Duszynski Co-President of Europa Distribution and Artistic Director of Gutek Film
FNE asked Jakub Duszynski about the most important issues backing European sales agents and European distributors today and how the are working together to find new ways of reaching bigger…
Gdynia FF Screens Contenders with Broad Base
GDYNIA: The line-up for the main competition at 36th Gdynia fest features strong work, much of which has already won praises and prizes abroad. can serve as a comprehensive guide…
Poland's Rozbitek Institute Building Bridges for International Projects
Serving a growing role in the Poznan region's major annual film and music event, the Rozbitek Institute will soon be mentoring filmmakers, writers and composers, based on the US Sundance…
Cinema City to Launch IKEA Lublin Multiplex
A nine-screen digital Cinema City Multiplex with cutting-edge 3D projection is being built within the IKEA center in Lublin, company officials have announced. The project, in a shopping mall featuring…
Warsaw IFF Announces China-Eastern Europe Promotion Slate
Following up on last year's first appearance of official Chinese representation, the Warsaw IFF (www.wff.pl), running 11-20 October, will launch the China-Eastern Europe Film Promotion Program (CEEFPP), intended to foster…
SOFA Film Agent Workshops to Launch in August
WROCLAW: The first edition of SOFA, or School of Film Agents, will launch at Wrocław 19-30 August, said the creators of the workshop, Berlinale leaders Nikolaj Nikitin and Dieter Kosslick,…
Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari Scores Top Prize at New Horizons IFF
WROCLAW: The fantastical sojourn through eastern Russian pagan rituals from Alexey Fedorchenko, Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari (Nebesnye zheny lugovykh mari). has taken the main prize in the T-Mobile…
Production: T-Mobile New Horizons Polish Days Works in Progress
WROCLAW: Three provocative upcoming films are screening during the T-Mobile New Horizons fest Indie thriller Hardkor Disko, the funny and absurd Kebab and Horoscope and the daringly sensual Nude Area.…
FNE at T-mobile New Horizons: Polish Days - New Polish Films
WROCLAW: A hybrid documentary from Wiktoria Szymańska, the acclaimed historic drama Papusza from Krzysztof Krauze and Joanna Kos-Krauze and an experimental road movie, Six Degrees, by Bartosz Dombrowski, are screening…
Production: T-Mobile New Horizons Polish Days Host Diverse Works in Progress
WROCLAW: New Polish works in progress are being showcased to international film professionals during Polish Days at T-Mobile New Horizons IFF.
FNE at T-mobile New Horizons: Polish Days - New Polish Films
WROCLAW: Polish Days, the key industry event of the T-Mobile New Horizons film fest, runs 24-26 July, showcasing new Polish productions in various stages of development. Today FNE presents the…
PRODUCTION: Polish Days - Works in Progress: Little Crushes
WROCŁAW: Ireneusz Grzyb and Aleksandra Gowin are at work on a love triangle story that explores the power of auteur cinema and creates an intimate story about complicated romance.
