15-12-2015

GRANTS: Polish Film Institute Announces Call for Grants in 2016

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    WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute announced the dates for applications in 2016 and a new list of experts who will judge the projects.

    The Polish Film Institute continues to be the main source of production and film promotion funding in Poland. In 2015, the Institute granted 102 m PLN (23.4 m EUR) for film production. The first session for the Operation Programme Film Production launched on 14 December and will be open till 7 January 2016. The second session will take place between 1 and 15 April 2016 and the third between 1 and 15 August 2016. The Institute also provides funding for education and film culture popularization, cinema development and promotion of Polish cinema abroad. The Institute announced a full list of experts who will judge the projects applying for financing, approved by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage Piotr Gliński.  

    The list of leaders of expert committees includes:

    Leaders of Polish Film Institute expert committees: 

    Production : Feature film

    Committee 1
    Ryszard Bugajski

    Committee 2
    Mariusz Grzegorzek

    Committee 3
    Jan Jakub Kolski

    Committee 4
    Alessandro Leone

    Committee 5
    Wojciech Nowak

    Committee 6
    Magdalena Piekorz

    Committee 7 - minority international co production
    Andrzej Jakimowski


    Production and project development: feature films and animated films for young and family audiences

    Committee 1
    Maciej Wojtyszko

    Production: Documentary film

    Committee 1
    Jacek Bławut

    Committee 2
    Maria Dłużewska

    Committee 3
    Anna Ferens

    Committee 4
    Marcel Łoziński

    Committee 5
    Wojciech Staroń

    Committee 6
    Andrzej Wyrozębski

    Production: Animated film

    Committee 1
    Tomasz Bagiński

    Committee 2
    Andrzej Gosieniecki

    Committee 3
    Krzysztof Kiwerski

    Scholarships and project development: feature film

    Committee 1
    Joanna Kos-Krauze

    Committee 2
    Jarosław Sokół

    Committee 3
    Wojciech Tomczyk

    Scholarships and project development: documentary film

    Committee 1
    Andrzej Gajewski

    Committee 2
    Paweł Woldan

    Scholarships and project development: animated film

    Committee 1
    Piotr Dumała

    Committee 2
    Wojtek Wawszczyk

    The full list of PFI experts is available here:  http://www.pisf.pl/files/dokumenty/po_2016/po_produkcja_filmowa/Lista_ekspertow_PISF_w_2016_roku.pdf