WARSAW: Czech director Jiri Mendel is the subject of a 14-film retrospective taking place 6 – 12 May in Warsaw. 

Menzel will also be the center of a panel discussion led by Grażyna Torbicka on the TVP 2 program I Love Cinema (Kocham kino) on 12 May 2013.

WARSAW: ATM Grupa will produce a new drama series about the lives of border guards for HBO Polska.

WARSAW: Europa Cinemas granted 370,000 EUR in financing to 24 Polish cinemas in the Europa Cinemas network.

WARSAW: Polish private broadcaster Polsat will increase locally produced content with two new dramatic series scheduled to premiere in spring 2014.

WARSAW: Polish director Małgorzata Brama will start shooting the WWII docudrama Radosław at the end of April 2013.

WASHINGTON: Polish director Władysław Pasikowski began filming the final segment of his spy biopic feature film Jack Strong on 21 April 2013 in Washington, D.C.

WARSAW: The Congress, a major sci-fi Israeli Polish coproduction from Israeli director Ari Folman based on Stanislaw Lem's novel is set to open the Directors’ Fortnight section in Cannes this year.

WARSAW: Wojciech Smarzowski’s drama Traffic Police is the first domestic film of 2013 to reach one million admissions in Poland.

WARSAWA: Olena, a short feature directed by Elżbieta Benkowska, will compete in the main short film competition at the 2013 Cannes film festival.

WARSAW: The Polish drama The Closed Circuit has passed the 250,000 admissions mark since its 5 April 2013 opening, outperforming its Hollywood competition.