Polish Film Institute

Story of Wojtek the Bear to be turned into delightful animated film

Careful to ensure the story is awarded the respect it warrants, the directors have worked closely with their Polish colleagues so as not to misrepresent the bear. (Illustrations are only concept development artwork). Iain Gardner/ Press materials

Written by Wojciech Lepianka and directed by Iain Gardner, the project is a Polish-British initiative financed by the Polish Film Institute, Screen Scotland and the UK-government supported Young Audience Content Fund.

Polish animated film takes top prize at AniFilm 2021 in Czechia

'Kill It and Leave This Town', an animated feature film by Mariusz Wilczyński awarded as the best full-length film at the International Animated Film Festival AniFilm in Czechia, the Polish Film Institute announced on Monday.

Twelve Polish films to be screened at IDFA festival

A dozen Polish documentaries will be shown at this year's IDFA documentary film festival in Amsterdam, the Polish Film Institute announced on Thursday.

Powerful documentary The Wall of Shadows takes top prize at Norwegian film festival

VIDEO: The film by Eliza Kubarska and Monika Braid tells the story of Sherpa family which breaks a sacred taboo by agreeing to lead a group of westerners up the Kumbhakarna Mountain so that they can earn money for their son's school.

New ‘lockdown charge’ on video-on-demand platforms to help support film industry

​​​​​​​​The new charge, which would be paid to the Polish Film Institute, could bring in an estimated 15 million złoty (3.3 million euros) this year, and at least 20 million złoty a year in subsequent years, most of it from a handful of major players on the VoD market in Poland. ​​Small providers would be exempt from the charge.​​​​​

Warner Bros turns powerful best-selling novel into gritty big screen adaptation

A ‘vibrant and engaging story of modern love and lack of love’, award-winning director Aleksandra Terpińska’s Other People is set against the backdrop of modern-day Warsaw.

Kot’s back as he shoots new sci-fi film with all-star cast in Warsaw

The Cold War star is currently filming in the capital alongside Rupert Everett, Thomas Jane, and Patrick Schwarzenegger, among others, in a sci-fi drama which ’explores the meaning of life when vastly disparate lives collide in interweaving stories set in the near-future earth’.

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