Polish/Swedish Coproduction Sweat Acquired by MUBI

WARSAW: Magnus von Horn’s sophomore feature Sweat has been acquired by the streaming platform MUBI for USA, Latin America, India and Turkey. This Polish/Swedish coproduction was selected in Cannes 2020…
03-08-2020

Polish Box Office Drop to 92,000 admissions in June 2020

WARSAW: Only 92,000 viewers visited Polish cinemas in June 2020, when the government allowed their reopening. The films cashed in 334,663 EUR /1.48 m PLN. In comparison, at the same…
23-07-2020

PRODUCTION: End of The World or Kogel Mogel 4 in Production

WARSAW: The fourth part of the Polish box office hit comedy series Kogel Mogel started shooting in Warsaw mid-July 2020 with plans of release in Polish cinemas in January 2021.…
22-07-2020

GRANTS: Poland Supports Five Feature Films

WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute supported five new feature projects during the second session of funding in 2020 with a total of 2,568,615 EUR / 11.5 m PLN.
16-07-2020

FESTIVALS: Gdynia Sets Dates for 2020 Festival

GDYNIA: The hybrid 45th edition of the Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia will take place from 9 to 14 November 2020. Film screenings will take place without the participation…
16-07-2020

PRODUCTION: Agata Buzek To Star In Łukasz Grzegorzek's Drama

WARSAW: Łukasz Grzegorzek is working on his new drama Tak Ma Być starring Agata Buzek. The shooting will start in August 2020.
15-07-2020

PRODUCTION: Oleg Sentsov Preps Ukrainian/Polish/German Coproduction

WARSAW: Ukrainian writer/director Oleg Sentsov is in pre-production with the crime drama Rhinoceros, a coproduction between the Ukraine, Poland and Germany.
15-07-2020

PRODUCTION: Polish Broad Peak in Postproduction

WARSAW: Broad Peak by acclaimed Polish film director Leszek Dawid was presented at the First Cut+ Works in Progress in Karlovy Vary’s online edition Eastern Promises.
14-07-2020

Ten Projects Selected for New Horizons Studio+

WARSAW: The 11th edition of New Horizons Studio+, organised by the New Horizons Association and Creative Europe Desk Poland, has announced the ten projects which will participate in its training…
14-07-2020

KIDS KINO Industry Announces Online Programme

WARSAW: Kids Kino Industry (formerly known as the Warsaw Kids Film Forum) has unveiled the 26 projects to be pitched at the 4th edition, taking place online from 29 September…
13-07-2020

PRODUCTION: Polish Wiarołom in Postproduction

WARSAW: Writer/director Piotr Złotorowicz is in postproduction with the Polish drama Wiarołom for Munk Studio. The project was presented at the Karlovy Vary online Eastern Promises Works in Progress on…
09-07-2020

OBITUARY: Barbara Pec-Ślesicka

WARSAW: Barbara Pec-Ślesicka, production manager and long-time collaborator of Andrzej Wajda, died on 6 July 2020 at the age of 84. She supervised the production of the most important works…
07-07-2020

PRODUCTION: Jan Jakub Kolski Resumes Work on The Republic Of Children

WARSAW: Work has been resumed on The Republic of Children, a fantasy drama by Jan Jakub Kolski, after a break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
06-07-2020

Cinema City Postpones Reopening in Poland

WARSAW: Cinema City, one of Poland’s biggest exhibition chains, will not open its cinemas on 3 July 2020 after a break caused by the coronavirus epidemic as was previously announced.
03-07-2020

Polish Drama The Iron Bridge Is Opening in Norway and Denmark

WARSAW: The feature debut drama from Monika Jordan-Młodzianowska entitled The Iron Bridge opens in Norway and Denmark on 2 July 2020.
02-07-2020

PRODUCTION: Jan Komasa in Development with English-language Debut

WARSAW: Jan Komasa, the director of the Academy Award nominated film Corpus Christi, is working on his first English language film, Anniversary. The film will be a post-apocalyptic drama with…
30-06-2020

Polish Film School Launches Talent Resource Agency

KATOWICE: The Kieslowski Film School located in Katowice has announced the launch of Film Proxy, an initiative to promote Polish below-the-line talent.
29-06-2020

Polish Erotic Thriller 365 Days Is Netflix Global Hit

WARSAW: The Polish erotic thriller 365 Days is currently the most popular feature film in the British and US edition of Netflix and in second place worldwide.
23-06-2020

FNE Podcast: Festivals in Crisis: Barbara Orlicz-Szczypuła Head of Programming Krakow Film Festival

Barbara shares with us the reasons why the Krakow Film Festival's team decided to take the festival online this year and the results of the online event. She tells us…
22-06-2020

PRODUCTION: Shooting Wraps for Polish Drama Starring Katarzyna Figura

WARSAW: It is a wrap for Baptism / Chrzciny, the feature debut of Jakub Skoczeń, starring Katarzyna Figura. The production was one of the first feature films that wrapped after…
22-06-2020