WARSAW: The Last Family by Jan P. Matuszyński was sold in Hungary, where it will be distributed by Mozinet. The film was showcased during Warsaw Screenings at the 12th edition of CentEast Market Warsaw, which took place within the 32nd Warsaw Film Festival from 14 to 16 October 2016.
WARSAW: Jacek Kurski won the competition organised by the National Media Council and will head the Polish public broadcaster TVP in the next four years. This decision finalises his term as acting President after he replaced Janusz Daszczyński in January 2016.
WARSAW: Wojciech Smarzowski’s drama Hatred, about the massacre in Volhynia in 1943, topped the Polish box office with 230,000 admissions in the opening weekend. The film was released by Forum Film Polska on 7 October 2016.
WARSAW: Master of Polish cinema Andrzej Wajda died on 9 October 2016 at 90. He was one of the most prominent Polish filmmakers with a career spanning more than 65 years and being part of the Polish history itself.
WARSAW: Jan P. Matuszyński’s debut feature The Last Family had 210,000 admissions during the first week in Polish cinemas. The winner of Best Film Award at the 41st Gdynia Film Festival was released by Kino Świat on 30 September.
WARSAW: The 12th edition of CentEast Market Warsaw will present works-in-progress of documentary and fiction films from Slovakia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Poland, Latvia, Georgia and Estonia from 14 to 16 October 2016. CentEast Market Warsaw is part of the 32nd Warsaw Film Festival, which will run from 7 to 16 October 2016.
GDYNIA: Tomasz Wasilewski’s United States of Love will vie in the main competition of the 41st Gdynia Film Festival taking place from 19 and 24 September 2016. This Polish/Swedish coproduction was awarded with Silver Bear for Best Script at the 2016 Berlin Film Festival.
GDYNIA: The Happiness of the World directed by Michał Rosa and shot by acclaimed Marcin Koszałka will have its Polish premiere in the main competition of the 41st Gdynia Film Festival taking place from 19 to 24 September 2016.
GDYNIA: Ryszard Bugajski’s Blindness will have its Polish premiere in the main competition of the 41st Gdynia Film Festival taking place from 19 to 24 September 2016. The main character of this Polish/American coproduction is a Stalinist criminal.
GDYNIA: All These Sleepless Nights by Michał Marczak will have its Polish premiere in the main competition of the 41st Gdynia Film Festival taking place from 19 to 24 September 2016. This first feature film by the internationally recognised documentary filmmaker portrays a new generation of Polish people.
