Foreign Sales for Now, Forager and It Looks Pretty from a Distance
WARSAW: Polish film sales agent New Europe Film Sales (www.neweuropefilmsales.com) has sold Now, Forager: A Film about Love and Fungi by Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin to distribution companies Accent…
Wajda Studio Wraps Polish-Armenian Short
WARSAW: Milky Brother, the first Polish-Armenian coproduction, directed by Vahram Mkhitaryan and produced by Wajda Studio (www.wajdastudio.com) has completed production.
Polish Animation in the Spotlight at DOK Leipzig
LEIPZIG: DOK Leipzig, which runs through 4 November 2012, marks the centennial of Poland’s first puppet animation film with a retrospective of its creator, Władysław Starewicz, and a special programme…
FNE AVP Live ! Jakub Duszynski, Co-President of Europa Distribution and Artistic Director of Gutek Film, Poland.
FNE asks what are the most important issues facing European independent distributors today. Read more>>>
PRODUCTION: Animated Feature Magical Book of Adventure in Production
WARSAW: Co-directors Paweł Dębski and Mateusz Heldwein are in production with Magical Book of Adventure (Magiczna Księga Przygód), a feature-length animated film with a gripping story about brotherhood, tolerance and…
PRODUCTION: Animated Series Galaxy Taxi in Development
WARSAW: Fumi Studio (www.fumistudio.com) is in the early stages of development with a 13-episode animated series for adults and children, Galaxy Taxi.
FNE at CentEast: China-Europe Film Promotion Project Launched at Warsaw
WARSAW: The Warsaw Film Festival and the Chinese company Film Factory have announced a joint project to facilitate film exchanges between Europe and China.
New Warsaw Regional Film Commission Bows at CentEast
WARSAW: Poland’s capital district is enhancing its growing reputation as a film center with the introduction of the Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, presented at the CentEast (www.centeast.org) meetings held in…
Tango Libre Wins Warsaw Grand Prix
WARSAW: Tango Libre, a musical drama by Frédéric Fonteyne, won the international competition of the 28th Warsaw Film Festival (www.wff.pl) which finished on 21 October 2012.
FNE at Warsaw FF: Punk in Africa Picks up Euro Sales
WARSAW: The Czech-South African documentary Punk in Africa has been sold to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden, with more European countries pending.
FNE at Warsaw FF 2012: Dogwoof Picks up Marczak Documentary
WARSAW: A controversial Polish-German documentary about fighting for the environment with erotic films will receive broad distribution in the UK, Germany and Poland.
Poles Look at AV Training
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl) and the Centre for Open Multimedia Education are sponsoring a conference on the situation of audiovisual education in Poland on 23 November 2012.
PRODUCTION: Polish Doc Albert Cinema in Production
WROCŁAW: Albert Cinema, an experimental document about homelessness which was developed during the Dragon Forum International Academy of the Document, is nearing the end of production.
Twelve Projects Selected for ScripTeast
WARSAW: Twelve feature film projects from eight countries are participating in the 7th edition of ScripTeast, a year-long programme for experienced writers from Central and Eastern Europe.
PRODUCTION: Prize-winning Polish Script Goes into Production
WARSAW: Director and scriptwriter Łukasz Barczyk has begun filming Hiszpanka, a story set during the Greater Poland Uprising in 1918, in Warsaw.
Theatrical release for Polish doc The Lord of Carpathians
WARSAW: Polish cinematographer, screenwriter and director Krystian Matysek’s wildlife documentary Lord of Carpathians (Niedźwiedź – Władca Gór) is hitting Polish TV screens after three years in production.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: IDF Hosts Ex-Oriente Session at Jihlava
JIHLAVA: The Institute of Documentary Film has announced the programme for its second Ex-Oriente workshop to take place during the Jihlava IDFF (www.dokument-festival.com), 23-28 October 2012.
PRODUCTION: The Marcin Różycki Story in Postproduction
LUBLIN: La la la the Marcin Różycki Story (La la la Rzecz o Marcinie Różyckim), a documentary from director Grazyna Stankiewicz about a popular Polish bard, is in the final…
PRODUCTION: Królikiewicz Developing Historical Drama
WARSAW: The acclaimed avant-garde Polish film director and screenwriter, Grzegorz Królikiewicz is in development with Samuel Zborowski, a historical costume feature drama based on a seventeenth century adventurer.
European Sales Agents Attend Warsaw Meetings
WARSAW: Over 60 new Polish film projects were presented to international sales agents during meetings held in Warsaw on 26 - 27 September 2012.
