Polish Days 2017 titles announced

Polish Days titles announced for New Horizons IFF. Dorota Kędzierzawska’s Speedway, Borys Lankosz’s Dark, Almost Nighttime and Magnus von Horn’s Sweat among 25 projects in Poland’s most important industry showcase. Polish Days is co-organized by the Polish Film Institute. The 2017 edition of Polish Days will take place August 8-10 during the 17th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival (August 3-13, 2017). This year’s event will feature 5 completed films, 9 as part of a presentation of works in progress and 11 projects in development.

Full list of selected films:

Completed films

  • Panic Attack (Atak paniki), dir. Paweł Maślona
  • Wild Roses (Dzikie róże), dir. Anna Jadowska
  • Thrice Falls the Saint (Trzy upadki świętego), dir. Jacek Januszyk
  • Tower. A Bright Day (Wieża. Jasny dzień), dir. Jagoda Szelc
  • The Reconciliation (Zgoda), dir. Maciej Sobieszczański

Works in progress

  • Silent Night (Cicha noc), dir. Piotr Domalewski
  • A Coach’s Daughter (Córka trenera), dir. Łukasz Grzegorzek
  • The Man with the Magic Box (Człowiek z magicznym pudełkiem), dir. Bodo Kox
  • The Fastest (Najlepszy), dir. Łukasz Palkowski
  • The Mute (Niemy), dir. Bartek Konopka
  • Nina, dir. Olga Chajdas
  • Back Home (Powrót), dir. Magdalena Łazarkiewicz
  • The Art of Understanding (Sztuka zrozumienia), dir. Matej Bobrik
  • Speedway (Żużel), dir. Dorota Kędzierzawska

Pitchings

  • Bailout, Folks! dir. Marek Lechki
  • Corpus Christi (Boże ciało), dir. Jan Komasa
  • Dark, Almost Nighttime (Ciemno, prawie noc), dir. Borys Lankosz
  • Fisheye, dir. Michał Szcześniak
  • The Hunter’s Son, dir. Ricky Rijneke
  • Kalina, dir. Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
  • Neon Tears (Kolorowe łzy), dir. Karolina Bielawska
  • Lipstick on the Glass, dir. Kuba Czekaj
  • Pilot 9/11, dir. Norman Leto
  • Sweat, dir. Magnus von Horn
  • The War Has Ended, dir. Hagar Ben Asher

The latest Polish films at every stage of production

Some 150 professionals from Poland and abroad have already confirmed their participation, including programmers from numerous international festivals, sales agents, distributors and film producers.

As part of the event, industry representatives from around the world attend closed screenings to learn about the latest Polish films at every stage of production: they watch completed films and fragments at the post-production stage, and they also listen to pitchings about projects in production. Polish Days is an excellent opportunity for producers and filmmakers to promote their projects and to find foreign partners. During the selection process, the organizers choose the most interesting films currently being made in the Polish market. Projects presented in past years included, among others, Spoor, The Last Family, The Birds Are Singing in Kigali, All These Sleepless Nights, Warsaw ’44, Papusza, Floating Skyscrapers and Congress. This year, Polish Days offers guests an opportunity to learn about new projects by filmmakers such as Kuba Czekaj, Borys Lankosz, Dorota Kędzierzawska, Łukasz Palkowski, Magnus Von Horn, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz and Norman Leto.

Organized since 2013 in cooperation with the Polish Film Institute, Polish Days is the most important industry event at the T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival.

Polish Days is co-organized by the Polish Film Institute. Event partners include the Wrocław Film Commission, the Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, the Łódź Film Commission, the Krakow Film Commission, the Podkarpackie Film Commission, the National Audiovisual Institute, EAVE, Coloroffon and Aeroplan Studios. Media partners include Film Pro, Film New Europe and Film & TV Kamera.

More on New Horizons IFF Polish Days and other industry events can be found here.

18.07.2017