The Polish Film Institute every year backs the production of a wide range of short films.
Some of this year's best have been collected into the programme Polish Shorts. Polish Shorts are available to screen on demand at the Short Film Corner at the lower level…
PinoTV introduces 2.0 television to Poland
Pino Group had just launched the first 2.0 television platform on the Polish market, providing users with a chance to produce and broadcast their own TV channels.
Cyfrowy Polsat sees strong first quarter gains
Cyfrowy Polsat, Poland's leading DTH provider, posted first quarter gains on the strength of a 28% growth in its subscriber base.
Production: Kolski casting Venice
Polish director Jan Jakub Kolski is in casting for a young boy to play the lead in his film Venice, about an 11-year-old who builds an imaginary city in his…
TVN posts first quarter loss
Commercial Polish broadcaster TVN posted a first quarter 2009 loss of PLN 29 million (6.5 million Euro), compared with a PLN 63 million profit in first quarter 2008.
Production: Polish-Slovenian jazz documentary in development
Polish Film Studio KALEJDOSKOP will be working with Slovenian Arcus Film on a musical documentary.
Esterhazy locks up German distribution
At least one of the Polish short films presented at Cannes has been guaranteed a theatrical afterlife: Esterhazy, from director Izabela Plucinska.
Polish films at Cannes
The Polish Film Institute (PSIF) hosts an ambitious presentation of features and short films on Wednesday, May 20, following the Lars von Trier co-production, Antichrist, which premiered in Cannes.
EFP Producer on the Move: Poland's Andrzej Jakimowski
Independent Polish filmmaker/producer Andrzej Jakimowski, will arrive in Cannes for EFP's Producers on the Move with his new project The Touch, now in development.
Regional fund plans September launch
Poland's Masovian region will launch a 1 million zloty (€230,000) regional film fund in September, 2009, after officially signing the fund in late April.
Production: New "30 minutes" film wraps
Andrzej Munk Studio is wrapping up Demakijaż, a feature composed of three short movies produced for its "30 minutes" program
FESTIVALS: Triple Win in Houston for Polish director Jacek Bromski
God's Little Garden by Polish director Jacek Bromski (Produced by Studio Filmowe Oko www.sfoko.com.pl) won three prizes at the 42. International Film Festival in Houston: Special Award of the Jury,…
Polish media bill introduced
Poland's hotly debated new media bill, which could shift public broadcasting financing from TV households to the government budgert, had its first reading at the Polish Sejm (parliament) on April…
First Polish Film Commission launches in Łódź
The Association of Film Commissioners International (www.afci.org) has established its first unit in Poland, based in Łódź, to assist local and international filmmakers and encourage them to work in the…
Production: Stuhr duo stars in Mystification
Father and son Jerzy and Maciej Stuhr will appear in Mystification, a film about the mysterious "supposed" death of Polish artist Stanisław "Witkacy" Witkiewicz.
