the government’s latest extra Covid-19 restrictions, announced this morning, will have caused brows to furrow among those looking at the wider northern map.
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Christopher Vourlias Just when it felt like spirits might be flagging during this summer’s virtual edition of Polish Days—the industry program of the New Horizons Intl. Film Festival—the organizers turned to the unlikeliest of heroes: Wirginia Szmyt, better known by her stage name D.J.
Wika, an 82-year-old icon of the Warsaw music scene, and the subject of director Agnieszka Zwiefka’s forthcoming documentary “Wika!”D.J. Wika put on a rousing online set for the directors, producers, sales
.the government’s latest extra Covid-19 restrictions, announced this morning, will have caused brows to furrow among those looking at the wider northern map.
After a long social media hiatus, with Love Island 2016 star Terry Walsh having deleted Instagram and deleted himself from public life, the tanned hunk is back. The 32 year old, who famously caused controversy after having sex with Emma-Jane Woodhams while the other contestants were in the room, has seemingly grown up a lot in his absence and is now set to be a father.
Sure, Donald Trump is president of the United States, but in Chris Rock’s opinion, he’s not the one with the real power.
cocaine into the UK in a van delivering toy bricks. Marek Wisniewski, 45, was jailed for eight years after admitting attempting to import 80 kilos (176lbs) of Class A drugs.
Ozzy Osbourne collectable figure – check out the images below.The toy is based on the artwork for the former Black Sabbath icon’s latest album, ‘Ordinary Man’, on which he dons a pair of bat wings, a bowler hat and a black jacket.Following this look, Osbourne’s Pop alter-ego also features the musician’s hand jewellery and black nail polish.Coming soon: Pop! Rocks: Ozzy Osbourne (Hot Topic Exclusive).
Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Venice Film Festival hit Apples has scored more European distribution deals for Paris-based Alpha Violet.Deals have closed with Lucky Red (Italy), Filmfreak (Netherlands), Fivia MCF (Ex-Yugoslavia), New Horizon (Poland) and Filmladen (Austria).Andrea Occhipinti, CEO, Lucky Red told us: “We were very impressed by Apples. It’s a strong and original film.
Emptiness and longing afflict the sad residents of a wealthy gated community outside an ugly Polish city, until a mysterious visitor arrives offering massages with his strong, healing hands. At that point they realize what is missing from their lives and find it almost within their grasp.
Guy Lodge Film CriticHow much healing can a good massage provide? A fast-fading hour or so of relaxation, or a more sustained sense of general well-being and peace with the world, so long as it’s topped up with repeat appointments? In “Never Gonna Snow Again,” a searching, cryptic satire of bourgeois insularity in modern Poland, the magic hands of an immigrant Ukrainian masseur are tasked with easing a litany of woes, from middle-class guilt to climate change anxiety to terminal cancer — though
Christopher Vourlias For nearly two decades, the Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival has helped to grow and support Poland’s documentary community through an event that takes place simultaneously across seven cities each May.
Christopher Vourlias The closure of Polish cinemas earlier this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, dealt a temporary blow to the 17th edition of the Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, which was slated to take place in May. But the organizers were determined to hit the ground running as they geared up for a fall reboot, which will unspool across seven Polish cities between Sept.
It’s getting harder to be gay in Poland in 2020 as Marek Jędraszewski, Archbishop of Kraków (the second largest city in Poland) suggested in a statement that a solution to the so called ‘rainbow plague’ in Poland could be the establishment of clinics to “cure” homosexuals.The statement came during a plenary meeting of the Polish Episcopal Conference (KEP) at the end of August, where they also said it is:“Necessary to create clinics (including with the assistance of the church) to help people who
Animal Crossing: New Horizons reaches its September update, Nintendo have outlined what players can expect to find in-game during the beginning of the Fall season.In a brief video titled ‘Exploring September’, the new additions for the change in seasons for Animal Crossing: New Horizons were outlined, starting with a palette change. As the Summer period comes to a close, leaves on trees will begin to change colour to mark the start of Fall.
Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin young U.K. directors get a powerful new resource in Director Now from “Humans” director Lewis Arnold, Endemol Shine Poland starts shooting “The Crack,” Starzplay gets “High Fidelity” in Latin America and parts of Europe, plus Australia Media House and Leonine announce major hires.DIRECTORSMore than 100 emerging U.K.
Christopher Vourlias A host of emerging independent American filmmakers will get an introduction to the European market this November during U.S. in Progress, an event hosted each year during the American Film Festival (AFF) in Wrocław, Poland.The online edition of this year’s event will unspool from Nov.
Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterThe death of Chadwick Boseman from colon cancer is causing many people to sound the alarm for earlier screening for colorectal cancers.According to his family, Boseman, who died at 43, had been undergoing surgeries and chemotherapy for for the past four years.The American Cancer Association reports that cancers of the colon and rectum are the third-most common type in the U.S., after lung and breast cancer, and the second-deadliest for men and women
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Christopher Vourlias Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales has acquired world sales rights for “The Peasants,” the latest feature from BreakThru Films, the animation studio behind Oscar nominee “Loving Vincent.” Variety has been given exclusive access to the film’s international teaser.Principal photography has begun on a film based on the novel from Nobel Prize-winning Polish author Wladyslaw Reymont.