Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Erratum
In his feature film debut Erratum, Marek Lechki explores the issues of reliving ones past and changing the present.
Days of Chocolate wins Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award
Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award for the best Central and Eastern European Script was presented to Jakub P. Blawut of Poland for Days of Chocolate. The awards was announced during a…
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Venice
Jan Jakub Kolski, Polish master of magical realism, enters the main competition at the Gdynia Polish Film Festival with Venice, a coming-of-age tale of a journey that never took place.
Cannes IFF 2010 Party and Screening Alert: Today and Tomorrow: May 21
(All parties and events strictly require a personal invitation from the organizers)
FNE at Cannes IFF 2010: The World is Big Peddles to the Far East
CANNES: Stephan Komandarev's The World is Big and Salvation is Lurks Just Around the Corner was sold for theatrical release in Japan and Canada by sales outfit M-Appeal (www.m-appeal.com)s during…
FNE at Cannes IFF 2010: SCHASTYE MOE (MY JOY)
CANNES: Belarussian born documentary director Sergei Loznitsa's first venture into feature film was 10 years in the making. He has based his story on his own travels around provincial Russia…
PRODCTION: Slovak producer Biermann plans to shoot Tugendhat novel with Hřebejk
Prague-based Slovak film producer Rudolf Biermann said he would like to shoot a big-budget film adaptation of the novel The Glass Room by British writer Simon Mawer.
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Flying Pigs
After a promising debut, Anna Kazejak comes back with Flying Pigs, a moving story about honor and friendship tested in the brutal world of soccer fans.
PRODUCTION: Hungarian Istanbul in production
Hungarian director Ferenc Török is in production with Instanbul, a Hungarian/Turkish/Irish/Dutch coproduction starring Johanna Ter Steege.
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Mystification
Father and son Jerzy and Maciej Stuhr star in Mystification, a film about the mysterious "supposed" death of Polish artist Stanisław "Witkacy" Witkiewicz.
FNE at Cannes IFF 2010: Winners of Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award
CANNES: Polish scriptwriter Jacek Blawut has won the prestigious Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award for his script The Day of Chocolate. The awards ceremony took place 19 May on the Plage…
Cannes IFF 2010 Party and Screening Alert: Today and Tomorrow: May 20, 21
(All parties and events strictly require a personal invitation from the organizers)
Cannes IFF 2010 Party and Screening Alert: Today and Tomorrow, May 19
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Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Trick
Trick directed by Jan Hryniak is a brilliant and intelligent crime drama that has been nicknamed "the Polish Ocean's Eleven."
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: Made In Poland
Przemysław Wojcieszek creates a moving image of Poland in the adaptation of his highly successful play Made in Poland.
FESTIVALS: Krakow celebrates 50th jubilee
The 50th Krakow Film Festival (www.kff.com.pl), one of the oldest European documentary film events, celebrates its jubilee between May 31 and June 6.
FNE at Cannes IFF 2010: DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX (OF GODS AND MEN)
CANNES: French director Xavier Beauvois gives us one of the strongest competition entries from France in several years with Of Gods and Men. The film is based on the true…
PRODUCTION: Snow White: Turkish Photo Artist Selim Gunes Directs First Feature Snow White
ISTANBUL: Celebrated Turkish photo artist Selim Gunes is in production on his first feature film Snow White produced by Istanbul based Agustos Film (http://www.agustos.com/). The film was one of nine…
Cannes IFF 2010 Party and Screening Alert: Today and Tomorrow: 18 May
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Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition spotlight: The Christening
Marcin Wrona's second film, The Christening, earns a spot in the Gdynia Polish Film Festival's main competition.
