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Cold War and Ida cinematographer to receive Toronto Film Festival’s top achievement award

Łukasz Żal, who was the Director of Photography on Paweł Pawlikowski's 'Cold War' (2017) and 'Ida' (2014), both of which earnt him Academy Award and BAFTA nominations for cinematography, will be honoured with one of the Toronto International Film Festival’s ‘Tribute Awards’. Press materials

Łukasz Żal, who was the Director of Photography on Paweł Pawlikowski's 'Cold War' (2017) and 'Ida' (2014), both of which earnt him Academy Award and BAFTA nominations for cinematography, will be honoured with one of the Toronto International Film Festival’s ‘Tribute Awards’.

The Famous Five: Kulig and four other women from Poland’s film industry join prestigious Oscars award academy

The group of five who have been recognised for their remarkable contributions to the film industry will now have the privilege of voting for Oscar contenders.

Leica exhibition celebrates one of Poland’s finest photographers

In this episode of The Debrief, we take a look at the work of Bogdan Dziworski, a Polish photographer and cinematographer who has just turned 80.

Polish filmmakers win awards at Lepizig festival

A Polish cinematographer has won an award in the Best Long Documentary or Animated Film category of the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, while another Polish filmmaker won a prize in the Best Documentary Short Film category.

Read all about it! Cinematographer Wolski gets Oscar nomination for work on Tom Hanks’ News of the World

VIDEO: The 65 year old, who in the past has worked on films such as ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, and ‘Prometheus,’ has been put forward for Best Cinematographer at the 93rd Oscars which will be held on April 25.

New film explores work of a man dedicated to finding the untouched tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh

TFN speaks to the man on the hunt for a pharaoh’s tomb and the woman filming what could be one of the great archaeological discoveries.

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‘Tarantino-style western’ about Kościuszko Uprising wins coveted Golden Lion award for best film at Gdynia film festival

VIDEO: Dubbed a ‘Tarantino-esque Western in 18th century Poland’, the film’s compelling blend of grotesque violence and black humour is set against the tumultuous backdrop of Poland in 1794, when Tadeusz Kościuszko, the eponymous 'Kos', returns to Poland to with a freed slave to rally support among the peasantry for his insurrection against the Russians.

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Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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