FNE at Transatlantyk 2018: Transatlantyk Festival Announces Winners
ŁODŹ: Volte directed by Monika Kotecka and Karolina Poryzała was awarded Best Short Film Transatlantyk Golden Ark Award, while Swedish/Denmark coproduction Becoming Astrid, directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen, won the…
FNE at Transatlantyk 2018: Cercamon Picks up Winter Flies
ŁÓDŹ: Czech/Slovenian/Slovak/French/Polish coproduction Winter Flies, directed by Olmo Omerzu, has been picked up by sales agent Cercamon. The film had its Polish premiere at Transatlantyk 2018 Film Festival in Łódź.
FNE at Transatlantyk 2018: Q&A Polish Producer Kamil Przełęcki Talks About How to Get a Project Financed in Poland
LÓDŹ: Polish producer Kamil Przełęcki talked exclusively to FNE about the financial realities of film production and distribution in Poland during the 2nd edition of Lodolamacz / Icebreaker, an industry…
PRODUCTION: HBO and Netflix Sponsor Online Doc Series by Polish YouTubers to Be Shot in the USA
WARSAW: HBO and Netflix will sponsor the six-episode documentary series Traces of TV Series / Sladami seriali created by Polish YouTubers Kaja Szafrańska and Janusz Raczyński, for their jakbyniepaczec channel.…
FESTIVALS: 12th Film and Art Festival Two Riversides Ready to Kick Off
KAZIMIERZ DOLNY/JANOWIEC: The 12th edition of Film and Art Festival Two Riversides in Kazimierz Dolny – Janowiec will run from 28 July to 5 August 2018. The festival has an…
FESTIVALS: 8th Transatlantyk Festival Puts Spotlight on Myself, Freedom, Rebellion and Motherland
LODZ: Thirty Polish short films are competing at the 8th Transatlantyk Festival in Łódź, running from 13 to 20 July 2018. The themes of this edition are Myself, Freedom, Rebellion…
FESTIVALS: 9th New Horizons Studio+ Announces Selected Projects
WROCLAW: Ten participants from Poland and ten from Romania, Denmark, Austria, the Ukraine and the UK, have been selected for the 9th edition of New Horizons Studio+, taking place from…
PRODUCTION: TVP in Production with Costume Drama Series Century of the Guilty
WARSAW: The first season of the costume drama series Century of the Guilty, commissioned by the Polish public broadcaster TVP, is currently in production. It is one of the most…
International Sales for Agnieszka Smoczynska’s Fugue
WARSAW: Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s second feature film Fugue has been sold by Alpha Violet to the Czech Republic, Lithuania, China, Denmark, Canada and other territories.
FESTIVALS: New Horizons IFF Announces International Competition
WROCLAW: Twelve titles will screen in the International Competition of the 2018 New Horizons International Film Festival, taking place in Wrocław from 26 July to 5 August 2018.
British Chain Vue International Buys Polish Cinema3D
WARSAW: British cinema chain Vue International has bought Polish Cinema3D. The chain has 11 cinemas in Poland, which will be transformed into Multikino units. Additionally, Vue International will buy and…
Warsaw Kids Film Forum Announces 2018 Selection
WARSAW: The 2018 Warsaw Kids Film Forum will showcase 36 projects in the Pitching and Script Exchange sessions. The event takes place in Warsaw from 26 to 28 September 2018.
FESTIVALS: 18th New Horizons IFF Announces Polish Days Lineup
WROCŁAW: A showcase of domestic productions will be screened in the Polish Days programme of the 18th New Horizons IFF from 30 July to 1 August 2018.
FESTIVALS: Krakow FF on the Oscar Documentary Feature Qualifying Festival List
KRAKOW: Krakow Film Festival has been included in the Documentary Feature Qualifying Festival List. The Golden Horn laureates will now be eligible to submit for Oscar consideration.
Cold War Racks up International Sales
WARSAW: Cold War directed by Paweł Pawlikowski has been sold to over 15 countries in North America, Europe and Australia. The film which won Best Director for Pawlikowski in Cannes…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino Elektronik, Warsaw
This month we speak with Marlena Gabryszewska, the manager of Kino Elektronik. The cinema opened three years ago but it is already one of the most important cinemas in Warsaw.…
Open Call for New Technologies Film Workshop in Poland
KRAKOW: The Film Spring Open Foundation has announced an Open Call for the Film Spring Workshop 2018, organised with the support of the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme as well…
PRODUCTION: Patryk Vega Shooting Crime Film Plagues of Breslau
WROCŁAW: Polish box office hit director Patryk Vega is working on his new crime thriller entitled Plagues of Breslau and has announced that he has purchased rights to the Pitbull…
FESTIVALS: Skolimowski to Receive Gdynia’s Honourary Award
GDYNIA: Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski will receive the Platinum Lion at the closing ceremony of the 43rd Gdynia Film Festival, which runs 17 -22 September 2018.
PRODUCTION: Jan Komasa Shoots Corpus Christi
WARSAW: Jan Komasa is working on his new drama Corpus Christi, a Script Pro winning project about a convict posing as a priest.
