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Poland reopens cinemas, culture institutions from Friday

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Polish cinemas, theatres, hotels and swimming pools can open again on Friday as part of a gradual loosening of lockdown restrictions.

Polish hotels to reopen in mid-February - PM

Hotels in Poland can reopen from mid-February but will not be allowed to exceed 50-percent capacity, Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister, said on Friday.

Poland relaxes restrictions on retail, but keeps some sectors closed

Poland will allow shopping centres to reopen from next Saturday but will keep restaurants, fitness clubs, cinemas, and theatres closed at least until December 27, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told a press conference on Saturday.

Celebrating its 50th birthday today, Warsaw’s first wide-format cinema still taking centre stage

The capital’s Relax cinema which hosted premieres such as ‘Star Wars’ and Andrzej Wajda’s ‘The Promised Land’ has been reborn as Scena Relax, a venue for comedy, concerts and theatrical productions and is once again the cultural centre at the heart of Warsaw.

Polish cinema in London named best in the UK

The POSK Cinema based at the POSK Polish Centre in London’s King Street, was given the award at the Film Society of the Year’s annual award ceremony for impressing judges with its ‘matchless creativity’.

An uncertain future for one of Warsaw's oldest cinemas?

In this edition of The Debrief, we take a look at the Atlantic cinema which opened its doors to the public in 1930.

‘Some people say this place is unlike any other cinema’: the history and the uncertain future of Warsaw’s famous Atlantic cinema

It survived the Second World War and communism, but will it survive the next few years?

The show must go on! Locals rally round to save ‘oldest cinema in the world’ from closure

In 2015, the arthouse Kino Pionier 1907, which describes itself as an “ambitious cinema for people who see film as more than just entertainment”, was officially recognised as the oldest cinema in the world, with a certificate from Guinness World Records.

New movie-viewing experience takes off in Poland

Over 20 planes parked up on Saturday to watch a screening of the 2017 crime drama Loving Pablo starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem.

Drive-in cinema to bring film magic to lockdown Warsaw

The Warsaw public will soon be able to take in some of the magic of the silver screen thanks to a drive-in cinema.

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Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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