Awards of 2024 Polish Days
WROCŁAW: Polish Days 2024 has announced its winners. The most important industry event of the mBank New Horizons IFF was held 21 – 23 July 2024, co-organised by the Polish…
GRANTS: Mazovia Warsaw Film Fund Announces Production Funding for 2024
WARSAW: The Mazovia Warsaw Film Fund has supported 13 projects with coproduction funding of over 491,000 EUR / 2 m PLN within its 14th annual competition.
Winners of New Horizons Studio+ 2024
WROCŁAW: The project Almost Happy (Poland) directed by Ewa Podgórska and produced by Daria Maślona received the main prize at the 15th edition of New Horizons Studio+, which took place…
OBITUARY: Polish Iconic Actor and Director Jerzy Stuhr
WARSAW: Celebrated Polish actor, director and educator Jerzy Stuhr passed away at the age of 77, after a long battle with cancer.
mBank New Horizons IFF 2024 Announces Full Programme
WROCLAW: A total of 285 films will screen at the 24th mBank New Horizons International Film Festival, which will be held in Wrocław 18 – 28 July and online 18…
Polish Days 2024 Announces Selected Projects
WROCLAW: Four completed films, eight works in progress and 10 projects in development will be showcased at the upcoming edition of Polish Days, which will take place 21 – 23…
Poland Passes Copyright Law Granting Creators Royalties for Online Use
WARSAW: In a significant move, the Polish Parliament has passed an amendment to the copyright law that secures royalties for creators and performers of audiovisual works, as well as those…
Karolina Rozwód Appointed Head of Polish Film Institute
WARSAW: Karolina Rozwód has been appointed as the new director of the Polish Film Institute (PISF). The decision, made after an extensive selection process, marks a new chapter for the…
Grzegorz Łoszewski Elected President of Polish Filmmakers Association
WARSAW: Grzegorz Łoszewski was elected as the new President of the Polish Filmmakers Association (SFP) during the Ordinary General Meeting held in Warsaw on 22 June 2024. He will serve…
Young Horizons Industry 2024 Announces Selected Projects
WARSAW: Young Horizons Industry, the international coproduction forum for films and series for young audiences, selected 11 films and 10 series for its 8th edition, which will be held in…
Polish Filmmakers Demand Fair Internet Royalties in Front of Parliament
WARSAW: On 11 June 2024 the Polish film community gathered in front of the Sejm, rallying under the slogan Enough waiting for internet royalties! This protest coincided with the first…
Why Artistic Freedom Matters: Bringing Order into Chaos
Article by director Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, who sits on the board of FERA, and Danish director Ida Grøn, deputy head of The Association of Danish Film Directors. A hungry person cannot…
FNE Podcast: Director Eliza Plocieniak-Alvarez
FNE together with German Films is launching the Year of German Central European Films 2024 with a special focus on German films in Central and Eastern European countries plus Cyprus…
FNE Board Member Dariusz Jabłoński Elected President of European Producers Club
PARIS: Polish producer and member of the executive council of FNE Association Dariusz Jabłoński has been elected president of the European Producers Club (EPC).
FESTIVALS: Awards for Apple Film Production at Mastercard OFF CAMERA Film Festival 2024
CRACOW: Polish production house Apple Film Production scooped several awards at the 17th edition of the Mastercard OFF CAMERA International Festival of Independent Cinema, held in Cracow 26 April –…
PRODUCTION: Agnieszka Holland Shoots Coproduction about Kafka
PRAGUE: The Czech/Polish/German/French film Franz directed by Agnieszka Holland is currently filming in Prague, including the area of the Old Town near Franz Kafka’s birthplace. The production in Prague started…
FNE at Cannes 2024: Polish Coproduction The Girl with the Needle Selected for Cannes’s Competition
WARSAW: The Girl with the Needle, which was shot mostly in Poland by Swedish director Magnus von Horn, will compete for the Palm d’Or in the 77th Cannes Film Festival’s…
Young Horizons Industry and Animond Establish Partnership - Submit Your Project till 19 April 2024!
WARSAW: The 8th international coproduction forum for films and series for young audiences Young Horizons Industry has announced a new partnership with Animond, the first European private investment fund for…
Radosław Śmigulski Dismissed as Director of Polish Film Institute
WARSAW: Radosław Śmigulski has been dismissed from his position of the director of the Polish Film Institute (PISF), as Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz, the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, announced on…
Young Horizons Industry 2024 Launches Call for Projects
WARSAW: The 8th international coproduction forum for films and series for young audiences Young Horizons Industry is inviting producers to submit long films and series projects for young audiences till…
