ŁÓDŹ: The Polish city of Łódź plans to apply for inclusion in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a City of Film.
According to Radio Poland quoting the Łódź-based National Centre for Film Culture, an official application will be send to UNESCO in the middle of 2017.
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network has 116 members in 54 countries. Two Polish cities are among them: Kraków is a UNESCO City of Literature, while Katowice is a UNESCO City of Music.
The Film New Europe (FNE) Association is the networking platform for film professionals in the CEE/SEE/Baltics region. The webportal and FNE newswire was chosen as the MAIN TOOL to achieve the network’s objectives of the sharing of know how, visibility of regional cultural diversity and finally the VOICE of the region.
FNE’s objectives include VISIBILITY for the region and AUDIENCES for films by providing a special focus on the region.