WARSAW: Marcin Latallo, son of director Stanisław Latallo, will make his directing debut with The Sailor’s Stories, one 11 new works-in-progress pitched during the 9th CentEast Warsaw Market.

WARSAW: TVN Finance Corporation II AB has repurchased its own Senior Notes bonds for 656m EUR as a means of refinancing the company's debt.

WARSAW: Ida by Paweł Pawlikowski won the Warsaw Grand Prix, and Estonia’s Zaza Urushadze was honoured with Best Director at the closing ceremony on 19 October 2013.

WARSAW: WIFF hosted the launch of China-Eastern Europe Film Promotion Programme. Munk Studio will produce a Polish-Chinese romantic comedy.

WARSAW: Polish actor and director Jerzy Stuhr has begun production on The Citizen, a drama in which he stars along with his son.

WARSAW: Gods, a drama about the Polish heart transplant pioneer, is in production in Warsaw.

WARSAW: The 29. edition of the festival launched on 11 October 2013 in Warsaw with a screening of an intimate drama from Uberto Pasolini

WARSAW: Polish Oscar candidate Walesa. Man of Hope topped the Polish box office with an outstanding number of 150,000 viewers during its opening weekend (beginning 4 October 2013). The biopic by Andrzej Wajda holds the title of the best domestic premiere of 2013.

WARSAW: Dariusz Glazer starts shooting his debut drama with Mur (Wall) starring Tomasz Schuchardt on 8 October 2013 in Warsaw.

WARSAW: Multikino, one of the biggest Polish cinema chains, has been sold to Vue-Entertainment for 48 m EUR. It is Vue-Entertainment’s first venture in CEE.