The Polish Connection UK: Polish Films in the UK

Cake battle at the end of shooting of a new Polish comedy ‘Ciacho’
The shooting for a new Polish comedy “Ciacho” has just finished. The film stars Marta Żmuda Trzebiatowska, Tomasz Karolak, Paweł Małuszyński, Marcin Bosak and Tomasz Kot.On the set of a crazy story about three brothers and a sister the director, Patryk Vega,  had decided to celebrate [...]

KINOTEKA MAKES CULTURAL SPLASH, SPRING 2009
The KINOTEKA Polish Film Festiwal returns for its 7th edition presenting the best of Polish cinema. The flagship project of the Polish Cultural Institute in London. The Festival, which opens at the Riverside Studios with the highly anticipated 33 Scenes from Life by Małgorzata Szumowska, also features the UK premiere of Jerzy Skolimowski’s latest [...]

Rafał Kapeliński, a young Polish director and scriptwriter living in London won a prestigious scholarship in Cannes, France. The scholarship is meant to cover costs of work on his latest Project „Up on the Roof”.
The screenplay is one of the six screenplays that have been awarded the scholarship. They were selected from amongst many hundreds [...]

5. International Original Cinema Festival Quest Europe

The following films have been selected for the competition of the 5th International Original Cinema Festival Quest Europe.
1. If it shouldn’t, by Alexandru Gherman, documentary, 14.51′ Romania
Obsessions and rituals are part of our everyday life. Let us not be driven by them, though…
2. Ania’s treasures, by Małgorzata Gryniewicz, documentary, 13′ Poland
Documentary tale [...]

Artists without borders – Festival for an evolving Europe.
Poland, its culture and its recent entry to the European Union make it central to the Edinburgh International Festival’s theme for 2008. Jonathan Mills has extended the prestigious invitation to appear to TR Warszawa, and director Marius Treliński and singers Andrzej Dobber and Elizbieta Szmytka who will star in Król Roger conducted [...]