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Classic comic series Kajko and Kokosz to become Netflix’s first Polish animated series

Available on the platform from 2021, the comics follow the adventures of two Slavic warriors, who loosely resemble Asterix and Obelix. Netflix

Available on the platform from 2021, the comics follow the adventures of two Slavic warriors, who loosely resemble Asterix and Obelix.

Marcin Dorociński woos fans in Netflix hit The Queen’s Gambit, but who is he?

The series which was only released a week ago has already shot to the top of Netflix’s most watched charts and has fans around the world scrambling to find out more about the 47-year-old actor who plays nemesis Vasily Borgov.

CD Projekt Red teams up with Japanese studio for incredible new anime series on Netflix

Called Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, the series will be based on Projekt Red’s hotly anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 game.

If you go down to ‘The Woods’ today: chilling Polish-language thriller becomes Netflix hit

Based on a novel by Harlan Coben, ‘The Woods’ explores the mystery of a missing woman and how it still haunts a man 25 years later.

Up-and-coming filmmakers join top directors to create series of short movies reflecting life under lockdown for HBO

The anthology from some of Poland’s best directors promises to be ‘a stimulating and moving story about human struggle in a state of transition — the shift from a world which had a structure we were familiar with, to the need to redefine it anew.

A story with a bit of bite: did a vampire once prowl the night and bring horror to a sleepy Silesian village

TFN explores the legend of a vampire that terrorised a village in the shadow of Castle Książ over 300 years ago.

Fans go wild for Witcher-themed bar

The Edinburgh bar released a teaser video on social media featuring symbols from the video game with the caption “Toss a coin for another sneak peek! Blood, Wine & Monsters” and hashtags including #comingsoon and #witcher, prompting a wave of excitement among fans.

HBO takes on new series from acclaimed screenwriter Marta Szymanek

The Warsaw writer behind the sensational HBO series The Pack is now back with gripping crime thriller The Thaw, described as being “a deeply human and painfully relevant story.”

And here’s another one! Netflix announce new Polish series based on Harlan Coben’s bestselling book The Woods

Directed by Leszek Dawid and Bartosz Konopka with a screenplay by Agata Malesińska and author Wojtek Miłoszewski, the dual timeline mystery tells the story of a Warsaw prosecutor who for 25 years has not been able to come to terms with the mysterious disappearance of his sister, who vanished from a summer camp after going for a walk in the woods.

Netflix to turn ‘apocalyptic’ sci-fi novel in to new six-part series

The new series based on the 2015 book The Old Axolotl by Jacek Dukaj was written and created by Jason George, who is known for “Narcos” and “Scandal”, with Tomasz Baginski from The Witcher as executive producer.

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Art & Culture

Tokarczuk teams up with illustrator Joanna Concejo for latest book described as ‘an experiment with form’

The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

The first report:

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‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

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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