New Warsaw Regional Film Commission Bows at CentEast
WARSAW: Poland’s capital district is enhancing its growing reputation as a film center with the introduction of the Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, presented at the CentEast (www.centeast.org) meetings held in…
Tango Libre Wins Warsaw Grand Prix
WARSAW: Tango Libre, a musical drama by Frédéric Fonteyne, won the international competition of the 28th Warsaw Film Festival (www.wff.pl) which finished on 21 October 2012.
FNE at Warsaw FF: Punk in Africa Picks up Euro Sales
WARSAW: The Czech-South African documentary Punk in Africa has been sold to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden, with more European countries pending.
FNE at Warsaw FF 2012: Dogwoof Picks up Marczak Documentary
WARSAW: A controversial Polish-German documentary about fighting for the environment with erotic films will receive broad distribution in the UK, Germany and Poland.
Poles Look at AV Training
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl) and the Centre for Open Multimedia Education are sponsoring a conference on the situation of audiovisual education in Poland on 23 November 2012.
PRODUCTION: Polish Doc Albert Cinema in Production
WROCŁAW: Albert Cinema, an experimental document about homelessness which was developed during the Dragon Forum International Academy of the Document, is nearing the end of production.
Twelve Projects Selected for ScripTeast
WARSAW: Twelve feature film projects from eight countries are participating in the 7th edition of ScripTeast, a year-long programme for experienced writers from Central and Eastern Europe.
PRODUCTION: Prize-winning Polish Script Goes into Production
WARSAW: Director and scriptwriter Łukasz Barczyk has begun filming Hiszpanka, a story set during the Greater Poland Uprising in 1918, in Warsaw.
Theatrical release for Polish doc The Lord of Carpathians
WARSAW: Polish cinematographer, screenwriter and director Krystian Matysek’s wildlife documentary Lord of Carpathians (Niedźwiedź – Władca Gór) is hitting Polish TV screens after three years in production.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: IDF Hosts Ex-Oriente Session at Jihlava
JIHLAVA: The Institute of Documentary Film has announced the programme for its second Ex-Oriente workshop to take place during the Jihlava IDFF (www.dokument-festival.com), 23-28 October 2012.
PRODUCTION: The Marcin Różycki Story in Postproduction
LUBLIN: La la la the Marcin Różycki Story (La la la Rzecz o Marcinie Różyckim), a documentary from director Grazyna Stankiewicz about a popular Polish bard, is in the final…
PRODUCTION: Królikiewicz Developing Historical Drama
WARSAW: The acclaimed avant-garde Polish film director and screenwriter, Grzegorz Królikiewicz is in development with Samuel Zborowski, a historical costume feature drama based on a seventeenth century adventurer.
European Sales Agents Attend Warsaw Meetings
WARSAW: Over 60 new Polish film projects were presented to international sales agents during meetings held in Warsaw on 26 - 27 September 2012.
You are God tops Polish Box Office
WARSAW: You are God (Jesteś Bogiem), a Polish drama about a legendary hip hop band, has recorded the best opening weekend for a Polish film in 2012, with 373,796 admissions.
PRODUCTION: Agnieszka Holland starts work onThe Death's Cold Hand
WARSAW: The Oscar-nominated director of In Darkness (2011), Agnieszka Holland is starting work on The Death's Cold Hand (Zimna pięść śmierci), a thriller based on Olga Tokarczuk’s recent novel Drive…
PRODUCTION: Waldemar Krzystek shooting The Photographer
WROCŁAW: Waldemar Krzystek, director of the Polish Oscar candidate 80 Million, is filming a thriller entitled The Photographer.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Doc Maker Hanna Polak talks about her new film Svalka- Yulia's Journey
IDF interviews Polish documentary filmmaker Hanna Polak about her film Click HERE to read full article on DokWeb
Yuma dominates the Polish box office
WARSAW: The Polish-Czech coproduction Yuma directed by Piotr Mularuk has posted one the strongest openings for a domestic film opening in the last 10 years.
HBO Poland nabs production chief Lopuch from TVN
WARSAW: HBO Poland (www.hbo.pl) has appointed Izabela Lopuch as Head of Original Production effective 1 October 2012.
Production: New Polish doc Everything is Possible Completes Production
WARSAW: Polish director Lidia Duda (Entangled) is working on a documentary, Everything is Possible (Wszystko jest możliwe), about a 78-year old female hitch-hiker, who – speaking almost no foreign languages…
