WARSAW: Oscar-winning Polish director Andrzej Wajda has announced plans to shoot a drama based on the life of a renowned Polish painter.

WARSAW: The Polish-Danish coproduction Ida has sold over 100 000 tickets in France during the opening weekend setting a record for a foreign, non-English film. The film was supported by the Polish Film Institute.

WARSAW: Jack Strong, the spy drama by Władysław Pasikowski, recorded the second best opening of the year.

WARSAW: National Geographic Channel Europe will produce its first series in Poland, the Polish edition of Taboo, a documentary series exploring unusual rituals and superstitions of different cultures.

WARSAW: Polish studio Grupa Smacznego/GS Animation is developing a film about freedom and totalitarianism through a story of hardworking mice and their oppressors, Mice on Strike. 

WARSAW: Employees of Polish public broadcaster TVP went on a one-hour warning strike on Friday, 7 February 2014, to protest outsourcing changes at the station.

WARSAW: Paweł Pawlikowski’s award-winning film Ida will premiere in Belgium on 12 February 2014.

WARSAW: Private broadcaster TVN has signed an agreement with public broadcaster TVP that will add content produced by TVP to their media agency offer.

WARSAW: Jack Strong, a new spy thriller by Władysław Pasikowski, will enter English and Irish cinemas on 14 February 2014.

WARSAW: The new film channel Stopklatka TV has bought broadcasting rights for productions distributed by Cinephil France S.A.S.