FNE at Berlinale 2017: Review Spoor
BERLIN: Polish director Agnieszka Holland’s Spoor / Pokot arrives in the main competition in Berlin with the considerable weight of Holland’s international reputation behind it not least her current stint…
Art of Loving Dominates Polish Box Office
WARSAW: Art of Loving, a biopic of the famous Polish sexologist Michalina Wisłocka, is on track to be the top Polish title in 2017 with over 800,000 admissions in the…
CANAL+ to Broadcast Polish Eagles
WARSAW: CANAL+ will be the first official private broadcaster for the Polish Film Awards Polish Eagles, which has its 19th gala edition on 20 March 2017. CANAL+ stepped in after…
FNE at Berlinale 2017: Polish Film in Berlin
February 9 marks the launch of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. The festival lineup features several films co-financed by the Polish Film Institute and a number of events dedicated…
Showmax Enters Polish Market
WARSAW: VoD service provider Showmax will premiere in Poland on 15 February 2017.
Volhynia Tops Polish Eagles Nominations
WARSAW: The Polish box office hit of 2016, Volhynia directed by Wojciech Smarzowski, got the most nods at the 2016 Polish Film Award - The Eagles nominations.
Leszek Kopeć to Head Gdynia Film Festival
WARSAW: Polish Director and producer Leszek Kopeć will have a double role as both Festival Director and Programme Director of the Gdynia Film Festival, the most important event for Polish…
POLAND: Country Report 2016
Polish cinema had another strong year in 2016, with record breaking box office results, international success of feature and documentary films, worldwide distribution for domestic titles, as well as a…
Poland Receives Gift of Pre-WWII Films
WARSAW: Poland’s National Film Archives has received a collection of pre-WWII films from London’s Sikorski Museum and the Polish Institute. The rare films date to the 1930’s and 1940’s
Poland's Regulation Plans for Public and Private Media
WARSAW: The Polish government is working on a bill that would decrease the monopoly of foreign companies in the private media sector and a separate project that will increase the…
Polish Filmmakers Raise Record Charity Sum
WARSAW: Polish filmmakers gathered 13,300 EUR / 58,000 PLN for charity during an event put up by the Polish Film Institute to support the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (WOŚP).…
Łódź Will Participate in UNESCO City of Film Contest
ŁÓDŹ: The Polish city of Łódź plans to apply for inclusion in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a City of Film.
Poland Plans to Expand Film Funding by Launching Polish Audiovisual Fund
WARSAW: Polish government is working on a new bill that will introduce a Polish Audiovisual Fund with 23.8 m EUR /104.5 m PLN of annual budget to spend on production…
Strong Opening for Wajda's Last Film in Poland
WARSAW: Andrzej Wajda's last film Afterimage sold over 100,000 tickets since its opening on 13 January 2016. This is the first film distributed by Akson Distribution, a new venture of…
Agnus Dei Will Hit Finnish Cinemas
WARSAW: Anne Fontaine's drama Agnus Dei will be released in Finland on 20 January 2017. The film, co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, had more than 720,000 admissions in France…
The Lure Distributed in the US
WARSAW: Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s debut feature The Lure will be released by Janus Films in US cinemas in February 2017. This horror-musical hybrid is the winner of the Special Jury Award…
Record Year for Polish Box Office with over 51 m Admissions
WARSAW: It was a great year for Polish cinema, with an all-time record of 51 m total admissions, 12.8 m admissions to domestic films and 219 m EUR total gross.
PRODUCTION: German/Polish Coproduction in Casting Stage
WARSAW: The Adventures of the Mathematician / Przygody matematyka directed byThorsten Klein and produced by Germany’s Dragonfly Films in coproduction with Poland’s Shipsboy, is currently in the casting stage for…
The Last Family Wins Distribution in Four Territories at Scope100
WARSAW: Jan Matuszynski’s drama The Last Family won distribution in France, the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Austria at the second edition of Scope100, an initiative of the French digital cinema…
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Jakub Mróz, Tongariro Releasing
This month we speak with Jakub Mróz, the president of Tongariro Releasing, the first distribution company in Poland specialised in LGBT cinema (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender).
