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Dorota Hartwich


539 articles available in total starting from 02/06/2005. Last article published on 16/08/2017.

33 Scenes from Life wins Best Film Eagle

Presided by Agnieszka Holland, the Polish Film Academy presented the 11th Eagles Annual National Film Awards. Crowned Best Film, Malgorzata Szumowska’s 33 Scenes from Life – which received ten...  

10/03/2009 | Awards | Poland

Fabicki turns to family themes in Bonobo Jingo

Having won acclaim for his debut feature Retrieval – which was lauded in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes 2006 (see article) and enjoyed success on the festival circuit (Gdynia,...  

05/03/2009 | Production | Poland

Solidarity hero Popieluszko returns to life onscreen

Today sees the highly-anticipated domestic release of Rafal Wieczynski’s Polpieluszko. Wolnosc jest w nas ("Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us"). The film retraces the story of the chaplain of...  

27/02/2009 | Releases | Poland

Slawomir Idziak and “rustic” cinema in spotlight

Cinematographer Slawomir Idziak will be in the spotlight in his hometown of Katowice at the fourth edition of the festival Celuloid Człowiek Cyfra (“Celluloid, Man, Digital”), to be held from...  

26/02/2009 | Festivals | Poland

Wajda pays homage to women again in Sweet Rush

Andrzej Wajda’s new film Sweet Rush was presented in official competition today at the Berlinale. After Katyn – a political work that paid tribute to the women (wives, mothers, sisters…) of...  

13/02/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | Competition/Poland

Wajda’s Katyn released internationally

Andrzej Wajda’s Katyn – nominated last year for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar – will be released in theatres between January and April in Italy, Denmark, Norway, Ukraine and France. The...  

21/01/2009 | Distribution | Poland

2008: Record year for Polish film (2)

The 2008 season was marked not only by excellent audience figures (34.1m admissions - see news), but also by a dynamic domestic production. With almost 60 features films, 2008 seems very far from...  

19/01/2009 | Industry | Poland

2008: Record year at box office (1)

The 2008 season saw the highest audience figures in Poland for the past 20 years with 34.1m admissions. Moreover, Polish productions are the source of these excellent results, as in 2007. In 2004,...  

19/01/2009 | Industry | Poland

Tales from Auschwitz

Seven years passed between the birth of the original idea and the start of production on Andrzej B. Czulda’s documentary Bajki z krainy piecow (“Tales from the Land of Ovens”). Inspired by the...  

14/01/2009 | Production | Poland

PISF backs Lars von Trier’s Antichrist

At its last 2008 session, the Polish Film Institute (PISF) decided to support four international productions backed by Polish producers. The selected projects include Danish director Lars von...  

05/01/2009 | Funding | Poland

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