WARAW: Polish sociologist, professor and university lecturer Piotr Gliński will replace Małgorzata Omilanowska as the new Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage.

WARSAW: Kino Polska TV S.A. has signed a contract with The Walt Disney Company Ltd. that will allow the broadcaster to air the newest Disney programming in Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia.

WARSAW: Polish studio Platige Image is working on a Polish/American live action coproduction based on Andrzej Sapkowski's bestselling saga about The Witcher. The premiere is planned for 2017.

WARSAW: US distributor The Orchard plans to release the Polish horror film Demon directed by the late Marcin Wrona in 2016.

WARSAW: Andrzej Wajda revealed the details of his new film Afterimages at a special press conference held in Warsaw after the principal photography wrap on 3 October 2015.

WARSAW: The US crime drama True Crimes directed by Alexandros Avranas will start shooting on 7 November 2015 in Krakow. Opus Film is the Polish co-producer. Jim Carrey and Christopher Waltz star.

WARSAW: Bartosz Prokopowicz's debut feature Chemo is one of two Polish films in the main competition of the 25th Cottbus Film Festival which opened on 3 November 2015.

WARSAW: Body, Małgorzata Szumowska’s 2015 Berlinale Silver Bear winner, will open in Italian cinemas on 5 November 2015 distributed by Cine Club Internazionale.

WARSAW: Demon, Marcin Wrona's adaptation of Piotr Rowiecki's play about a paranormal case, will screen in the main competition of the 25th Cottbus Film Festival running 3-8 November 2015, following its international premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and its screening in the competition of the 40th Gdynia Film Festival.

KRAKOW: A Polish court has decided that the US claim to extradite Roman Polański from Poland is unwarranted. The decision, which is not legally binding, was announced on 30 October 2015. The prosecutor's office can appeal the ruling.