FNE Exclusive: Interview with Andrzej Wajda
{mosimage}On the eve of the 10th anniversary* of the Wajda School, FNE speaks exclusively with founder Andrzej Wajda. The Wajda School starts to celebrate its first decade with a special…
Integration Trip Tops Polish Box Office
WARSAW: The Polish comedy Integration Trip, which opened on 4 November 2011, recorded the best 2011 domestic opening weekend at the Polish box office with 277,451 viewers.
EKRAN Training Programme Announced Deadline
WARSAW: The Wajda Studio (www.wajdastudio.pl) has announced a 31 January 2012 deadline for the 2012 EKRAN Training Program for Film Professionals. Nine participant teams of three persons each will be…
FilmBox Poland Reports Record Growth
WARSAW: The Polish niche channel Filmbox (www.spi.pl ) noted a 75.3% audience increase in October 2011, the company reported, relying on data from the Nielsen ratings.
PRODUCTION: Polish Documentary Paradise Lost, Paradise Won in Postproduction
WARSAW: Beata Gołembiewska is in post-production with her documentary Paradise Lost, Paradise Won, the story of Polish aristocracy emigrating to Canada. The film will premiere in Poland in November 2012.
American Film Festival Announces Competition
WROCLAW: Eleven films will compete in the Spectrum section of the 2nd American Film Festival, which takes place in Wroclaw 15-20 November 2011. An additional 12 films will screen in…
Popławska Wins Cybulski Prize
WARSAW: The Cybulski Prize (www.nagrodacybulskiego.pl), an annual award for best performance from a Polish actor under age 35, was given to Magdalena Popławska for her role in A Simple Story…
PRODUCTION: TVP in Production with Just My Luck
WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster TVP is moving into production with a family series, Just My Luck. The show is based on an original Polish script and will replace family.pl, a…
EDN Hosts Online Session with Paparazzi Director
WARSAW: The European Documentary Network www.edn.dk will host an online session on 8 November 2011 (10am -12) with Piotr Bernas, director of the documentary film Paparazzi produced by Wajda Studio.…
Canal+ Merges with TVN DTH Platform
WARSAW: The Polish arm of France's Canal+ (www.canalplus.pl) will merge its pay TV with Poland's TVN (www.tvn.pl) in a single DTH platform, TVN parent company ITI (www.iti.pl) announced.
FESTIVALS: Polish Focus at Mar del Plata
WARSAW: Agnieszka Holland's Polish Oscar hopeful In Darkness (www.zebrafilm.pl) and Paula Markovitch's debut film El Premio, a Mexican/French/Polish/German coproduction, will screen in the main competition of the 26th Mar del…
Flying Machine 3D Opens in Poland
WARSAW: Flying Machine 3D a major Polish-Chinese co-production opens in Polish cinemas on 4 November 2012. The film inspired by Chopin's music will be distributed in China in 2012.
Canal Plus Takes Stake in TVN
WARSAW: France's Canal Plus will acquire what is described as a "significant minority stake" in leading commercial Polish broadcaster TVN. TVN stock fell more than 10%, to 12.73 zloty on…
Poland Discusses Film Agreement with India
The Polish Minister of culture met with India's Minister of Information and Broadcasting on 2 November 2011 to discuss increasing cooperation on film coproductions.
PRODUCTION: Mission: Afghanistan Wraps First Shoot
WARSAW: Grzegorz Kuczeriszka has finished the first part of the shoot for Mission: Afghanistan, an original Polish series produced by Akson Studio for Canal+. The production will resume in April…
PRODUCTION: TVN Medical Series Alicia's Hospital
TORUN: Polish private broadcaster TVN had moved into production with Alicia's Hospital, a new medical drama series. The show will premiere in 2012.
POLAND: New must-carry/must-offer regulation may lead to copyright infringement
On the basis of the latest amendment of the broadcasting law which came into force on August 10, 2011, the must-carry obligation imposed on the operators was significantly reshaped. Eventually,…
POLAND: Collective rights management organizations wants tariffs authorized by Copyright Commission
At the moment there are several proceedings pending before the Copyright Commission initiated by collective rights management organizations ("CRMOs") like: ZAiKS, SFP, ZASP, which are aim to have their table…
FNE at Regiofun: Polish Documentary on Jewish Culture Completes Filming
KATOWICE: Paweł Gula has moved into post-production with his film Jewish Shtetle, a project exploring the coexistence of Jewish and Polish culture in Świętokrzyskie Province.
FNE at Jihlava Film Festival: Polish-Italian Doc Pays Tribute to Venice
JIHLAVA: Polish documentary director Agnieszka Magdalena Podkowka fell in love when she came to Venice the city where she met her Italian husband Giuseppe Trevisin. Serenissima is her tribute to…
