FNE Podcast: Visegrad YR 2021: Patrycja Blindow: Kino Żeglarz
FNE’s Georgian correspondent Alexander Gabelia spoke to Patrycja Blindow, who together with two other women runs the oldest studio cinema in Poland Kino Żeglarz. She talks about how they survived…
FNE Oscar Watch 2022: Polish Minority Coproduction Lamb to Represent Iceland in Oscar Race
WARSAW: The Polish minority coproduction Lamb directed by Valdimar Johansson has been selected as Iceland’s candidate for the 94th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best…
FESTIVALS: Miracle Wins 2021 Warsaw Film Festival
WARSAW: Romanian/Czech/Latvian Miracle / Miracol by Bogdan George Apetri has received the Grand Prix in the International Competition of the 37th Warsaw Film Festival, 8-17 October 2021. The award for…
BOX OFFICE: Wedding by Wojciech Smarzowski Tops Polish Box Office
WARSAW: Wojciech Smarzowski's new drama Wedding / Wesele had 139,536 admissions in its opening weekend, making it the best opening for a local production in 2021. The film was released…
Submissions to 7th Kids Kino Lab Open Until 15 October 2021
WARSAW: The call for projects for the next edition of the international script development workshop Kids Kino Lab is open till 15 October 2021.
Watch the recording of the FNE YR2021 Warsaw Kids Industry Livestream
The livestream took place on 29 September 2021 when distributors and exhibitors from Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic discussed how the cinema industry is recovering, shared their experiences, and…
FNE Visegrad 2021: Q&A with Daniel Ratuszniak, Director of New Horizons Cinema in Wrocław
WARSAW: Daniel Ratuszniak, Director of the New Horizons Cinema in Wrocław, the leading Polish art house cinema, talks to FNE about the state of Polish cinemas as they are recovering…
Kids Kino Industry 2021 Announces Winners
WARSAW: Kids Kino Industry, the pitching and coproduction forum for feature films and series (live-action, animation and documentaries) for young audiences, has announced its winners. The forum started on 28…
FNE Visegrad YR2021: Q&A with Frédéric Berardi, Head of The Board of Kino Świat and CFO at CANAL+ Polska
WARSAW: Frédéric Berardi, Head of The Board of Kino Świat, the leading Polish distributor, and CFO at CANAL+ Polska, talks to FNE about the Polish cinema industry recovering from the…
Deadline Approaches for Golden Fruit Plan 2021
WARSAW: Documentary projects at any stage of production can apply to Golden Fruit Plan until 30 September 2021. The pitching programme is focused on projects from Europe and China, meant…
FNE Visegrad YR2021: Polish Exhibition: Cinema Operators Making Up for Lost Time
WARSAW: Facing the threat of the fourth nationwide lockdown in the autumn of 2021, Polish cinema operators are eager to make up for lost time and to not repeat the…
FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival 2021: Prize Winners
GDYNIA: The 46th Polish Film Festival Gdynia, which took place 20-25 September 2021, awarded its top prize of Golden Lion for Best Film to Fears / Wszystkie nasze strachy directed…
FNE at Gdynia Polish FF 2021: Hitler's Aunt
GDYNIA: Michał Rogalski’s WW2 drama Hitler’s Aunt, produced by TVP, was showcased in the main competition of the Gdynia Film Festival, which took place 20-25 September 2021.
FNE at Gdynia Polish FF 2021: Death of Zygielboym
GDYNIA: Death of Zygielboym, the new drama from Ryszard Brylski, was showcased in the main competition of the Gdynia Film Festival, which took place 20-25 September 2021. The film follows…
FNE at Gdynia Polish FF 2021: Mosquito State
GDYNIA: The Polish/American coproduction Mosquito State directed by Filip Jan Rymsza was showcased in the main competition of the Gdynia Film Festival, which took place 20-25 September 2021. Rymsza’s debut…
FNE at Gdynia Polish FF 2021: The Passage
GDYNIA: Dorota Lamparska’s debut feature The Passage will be showcased in the main competition of the Gdynia Film Festival, taking place 20-25 September 2021. The film deals with the issues…
FNE at Gdynia Polish FF 2021: Fears
GDYNIA: Fears, the new drama directed by Łukasz Ronduda and Łukasz Gutt, and inspired by the life of the artist Daniel Rycharski, will be showcased in the main competition of…
FNE at Gdynia Polish FF 2021: The Tenant. You Can’t Burn Us All
GDYNIA: The Tenant. You Can’t Burn Us All, a drama from Michał Otłowski based on a true story of an unsolved murder connected to real estate, will be showcased in…
FNE Visegrad 2021 Year of Recovery: FNE Teams Up With Warsaw Kids Kino Industry With Live Panel and Online Podcast With Visegrad Decision Makers
WARSAW: FNE Visegrad YR2021 has teamed up with Warsaw Kids Kino Industry for a live panel discussion on distribution and exhibition in Warsaw hosted by Film New Europe (FNE) in…
FESTIVALS: Warsaw Film Festival 2021 Announces Lineup
WARSAW: Fifteen titles including new films by Lech Majewski, Algimantas Puipa, Oleg Sentsov and Bogdan George Apetri have been selected for the International Competition of the 37th Warsaw Film Festival,…