LOS ANGELES: Nominations for the upcoming Academy Awards were announced on 15 January 2015. Ida by Paweł Pawlikowski was nominated in two categories, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography. Two Polish short documentaries, Joanna by Aneta Kopacz and Our Curse by Tomasz Śliwiński, received nominations in the Best Short Subject category. Polish costume designer Anna Biedrzycka-Sheppard (Maleficent) was nominated for Best Costumes.
WARSAW: The Polish section of FIPRESCI together with the Polish Filmmakers Association announced the winners of The Golden Tapes awards for best films screened in Polish cinemas in 2014. The Golden Tapes prizes went to Łukasz Palkowski's Gods and Andrey Zvyagintsev's Leviathan.
WARSAW: Poland is mourning the loss of two of Poland’s greatest filmmakers, writer, director and screenwriter Taduesz Konwicki and director and screenwriter Krzysztof Krauze.
WARSAW: The drama Gods by Łukasz Palkowski has become the most popular Polish film of the year, with 2.03m tickets sold to date.
WARSAW: Good Morning, I Love You, a romantic comedy directed by Ryszard Zatorski recorded over 520,000 admissions since it premiered in Poland on 7 November 2014.
WARSAW: Indian director Vikas Bahl is shooting an elaborate group wedding scene for his new movie Shaandaar at the Zamoyski Palace.
WARSAW: Renowned Polish film director, screenwriter and producer Jacke Bromski was named the Head of the Polish Film Institute Board by Minister of Culture and National Heritage Małgorzata Omilanowska.
WARSAW: The biggest art-house in Europe celebrated its 1 million viewer this week.
WARSAW: Danish director Mads Matthiensen is filming on his second feature, a Danish-Polish coproduction entitled The Model.
TALLINN: Katrin Maimik’s coming-of-age debut film Cherry Tobacco (Kirsitubakas), written by Andres Maimik, screens in the Estonian Tridens Film Award competition at the Black Nights Film Festival running through 30 November 2014 in Tallinn.
