Polish presence at the American Film Market

The Polish Film Institute (PISF) is presenting Polish films for the first time at the AFM, running through November 12.
10-11-2008

Rupert Murdoch drops TV Puls

After the withdraw of the News Corporation from the stations shareholders group, TV Puls is looking for a new investor.
10-11-2008

Polish local film funding spreads to the Westpomeranian Region

Poland's newest film fund has been established at the Westpomeranian Province, a region with a strong need for a cinema industry development.
04-11-2008

Polish Tricks in French distribution

Tricks directed by Andrzej Jakimowski had gone into regular cinema release in France, gathering enthusiastic reviews.
03-11-2008

Jerzy Hoffman loses copyrights in Ukraine

Polish director Jerzy Hoffman has lost a court case against the Ukrainian government over Hoffman's hit movie With Fire and Sword.
03-11-2008

PISF celebrates 100 years of Polish cinema

Celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the first Polish feature film, the Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl) had prepared a series of events including gallery shows, retrospectives and a DVD collection.
02-11-2008

Rome win for Zanussi film

Krzysztof Zanussi's competition film, With a Warm Heart, earned the best actor prize for Bodhan Stupka at the awards ceremony of the Rome International Film Festival on October 31.
02-11-2008

Krakow film fest invites entries

The 49 Krakow Film Festival, running May 29-June 4, announced its call for competition films in three categories.
30-10-2008

Polish films win top Tokyo prize

Two Polish productions won the Grand Prix and the Special Jury Prize at the 21st Tokyo Film Festival.
30-10-2008

Polish Pixels in four perspectives

Pixels, an absurd comedy about contemporary Poland will finish shooting on October 30.
27-10-2008

Directing duo wraps road movie

The shoot for Miracle Seller, a Polish road movie from a pair of music video directors, wraps filming on the 30th of October 30.
27-10-2008

Polish dramatist debuts in 30 Minutes

Krzysztof Bizio moves from scriptwriter to director with All of Anna's Lies, which began filming October 20.
23-10-2008

Bollywood movies drive Polish newspaper sales

After finding marketing success by offering movie collections along with the daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, the newspaper has found a new marketing tool: Bollywood movies.
23-10-2008

Strawberry Wine reaps festival success

Dariusz Jablonski's Strawberry Wine took home the audience award from the 16 Trzyniec film festival in the Czech Republic before screening at the Haifa film festival.
22-10-2008

BooBoo in the Land of Bears and Palms

Agencies selling films abroad, institutions common in the West, are still as rare in Poland as snow in Havana.
21-10-2008

Opus Film Sees Potential in Young Artists

The films presented at this year's CentEast Market included My Flesh, My Blood by debuting director Marcin Wrona, a project involving Opus Film, one of Poland's largest production companies.
21-10-2008

Festival winners also market winners in Warsaw

Three award winners at the 24th Warsaw International Film Festival were also screened in the CentEast Market Warsaw programme, which ran during the latter half of the Warsaw festival.
20-10-2008

Polish films: still finding a way to the international market

Although more full-length features are being made in Poland in recent years, still very few of them find their way to distribution in other countries.
20-10-2008

Two Polish films will vie for Golden Globes

Jerzy Skolimowsk's Golden Globe hopeful Four Nights with Anna could find competition at home: recently announced Oscar candidate Tricks is also hoping to be entered in the Golden Globe foreign…
19-10-2008

The Polish Film Institute: first production, then promotion

"The Warsaw International Film Festival is one of our priorities when it comes to film-related events," says Jacek Fuksiewicz, Deputy Director for Film Production at the Polish Film Institute.
19-10-2008