Poland wins Man Booker prize for first time
Polish author Olga Tokarczuk was last night awarded the Man Booker International prize for the best work of translated fiction for her novel ‘Flights’.
Motif film festival kicks off in Warsaw
The 14th edition of the “Jewish Motifs International Film Festival” begins tomorrow (Wednesday) in Warsaw.
Englishman’s home is his castle, literally!
The First News talks to Brit who turned Polish palace into family home – and more.
Kraków’s Jewish Community Centre celebrates 10th anniversary
Members of the Jewish community in Kraków have been marking the 10-year anniversary of the founding of the Jewish Community Center (JCC).
Katarzyna Kozyra: sculptor, installation and video artist in Poland’s ‘critical art’ movement
Controversial and shocking , Polish artist Katarzyna Kozyra has never shied away from breaking taboos.
Poznań’s croissant museum – 30 minutes of unhinged madness
Through combining life’s greatest unlikely pleasures, Poznań’s Croissant Museum achieves the impossible by managing to fit swords, food and mechanical goats into what amounts to thirty or so minutes of total, unhinged madness.
He did it! Polish director wins prestigious award
Palme d”Or for best director in Cannes. British-Polish film director Paweł Pawlikowski returns to the big screen with his new film ‘Cold War’ and wins!
Łódź Design Festival starts on Saturday
"Reflections" is the motto of the 12th Łódź Design Festival which opens on Saturday in Łódź, central Poland. Presented at the international event will be the latest in industrial and artistic design, as well as fashion and architecture.
Polanski to sue film academy for being expelled
Filmmaker Roman Polański has threatened to sue the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for being expelled "without a fair hearing.”
Read all about it!!! Warsaw book fair opens today
The annual Warsaw Book Fair has kicked off with book lovers, industry heavy weights, including Nobel laureates, descending on the National Stadium for four days of idle browsing and author book signings.