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World premiere of long-awaited film Chłopi sends viewers wild as it receives standing ovation during screening at Toronto film festival

Described by critics as ‘outstanding’ the new film uses painting-based animations to tell the classic story of life in the Polish countryside over a century ago. Press materials

Described by critics as ‘outstanding’ the new film uses painting-based animations to tell the classic story of life in the Polish countryside over a century ago.

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’.

Polish film director wins jury prize at Cannes Film Festival

Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski and two Belgian filmmakers have received ex aequo a jury prize at the 75th Cannes Film Festival.

Polish film director jury president of 65th BFI London Film Festival

Malgorzata Szumowska has been named the Official Competion Jury President of this year's BFI London Film Festival.

Polish avant-garde movie finally sees light of day

In this episode of The Debrief, we find out more about a Polish film dating from the 1930s which has just been unearthed at the German Bundesarchiv in Berlin.

Avant-garde masterpiece lost for 80 years to get world premiere at London Film Festival

Made in 1931 by surrealist Warsaw artists Stefan and Franciszka Themerson, the anti-fascist film ‘Europa’ was intended to reflect an atmosphere of horror and all-pervading societal decline as Hitler rose to power in Germany.

Cinema’s juiciest secret explored in fascinating new documentary

VIDEO: Dubbed the ‘greatest sci-fi never made’, with a star cast and exotic locations, filming on Andrzej Żuławski’s science fiction epic began in 1976. A year later, production was halted following government intervention. Speculation and rumours have circulated ever since…

Fascinating documentary capturing thoughts of passersby from a balcony wins top film award

VIDEO: ‘The Balcony Film’ by Pawel Łoziński which won a prestigious Grand Prix Award at the International Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, is comprised of conversations with random people passing below his balcony in Warsaw and was filmed over the course of two years

Polish Film Festival in New York opens with Szumowska’s Oscar-nominated ‘Never Gonna Snow Again’

At this year's Polish Film Festival, which starts on Wednesday in Manhattan, film fans will be able to see Malgorzata Szumowska's 'Never Gonna Snow Again', as well as films by Agnieszka Holland and Jan Komasa.

Harrowing documentary examining fate of refugees takes top award

VIDEO: Filmed in the Colombian border town of Cúcuta, Dominika Kulczyk’s ’For Our Children’ is ‘a tribute to the heroism of people fighting for survival and a dignified life’ as they flee neighbouring Venezuela.

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