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Tvp, Poland’s largest broadcaster, announced two series topping its MipTV slate: comedy-drama “We Shall Live Together” and period drama “Matylda.”

The six-episode “We Shall Live Together” is the first series produced in Poland that is set during the Russian-Ukraine war. In the series, Polish couple Basia and Tadeusz, who live in the mansion of Basia’s wealthy mother Magda, bring two Ukrainian refugees to live with them, turning their world upside-down. Although Magda reluctantly welcomes the guests, this unexpected situation creates numerous comedic but also touching moments. Tvp notes thatt he series focuses on the consequences of war in ordinary peoples’ lives.

“We Shall Live Together” stars Lena Góra and Oksana Czerkaszyna. Anna Maliszewska and Tadeusz Łysiak direct.

The 13-episode “Matylda” tells the story of a young rebel, the daughter of a participant in Poland’s 1863 January Uprising. The action takes place in the Lublin region dozens of years after the Uprising.

Polish Days runs July 23-25.

New films by Jan P. Matuszyński, Jakub Piątek, Agnieszka Zwiefka and the makers of Loving Vincent are among 22 projects being presented at the 2023 edition of Polish Days, the industry event for Polish cinema running during New Horizons International Film Festival (July 20-30) in Wrocław.

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The event runs July 23-25 and is aimed at sales agents, distributors and festival programmers.

The line-up includes four completed Polish films, including Marcin Koszałka’s historical drama White Courage, produced by Warsaw-based Balapolis, and Amp Polska’s production of Edward Porembny’s docudrama The Life...

With Jonathan Glazer’s Auschwitz-set Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” competing for the Palme d’Or and a host of Polish producers bringing buzzy upcoming projects to the Marché du Film, the Polish industry should again have Cannes talking. Here’s a rundown of some of the highlights:

The Zone of Interest

(Competition)

Director: Jonathan Glazer

Producers: James Wilson, Ewa Puszczyńska

Sales: A24

The veteran British filmmaker’s first film in nearly a decade, which will compete for the Palme d’Or, is a Holocaust drama loosely based on the novel by Martin Amis that’s sure to be among the festival’s most talked-about films.

In the Rearview

(Acid)

Director: Maciek Hamela

Producers: Piotr Grawender, Maciek Hamela, Jean-Marie Gigon

Sales: N/A

Filmed in the first days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Hamela’s documentary is a collective portrait of Ukrainians searching for a safe haven...

All of the projects will compete for the €6,000 ArteKino International Award.

New films from Oleg Sentsov, County Lines director Henry Blake and Austria’s Sandra Wollner are among the projects selected for the 14th edition of the Les Arcs Film Festival’s Co-Production Village.

All of the projects will compete for the €6,000 ArteKino International Award.

Ukraine’s Sentsov participates with new project Kai. The filmmaker was in Venice in 2021 with Rhino, before fighting on the front line following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Blake is attending with The Golden Radiance Of A Beetle, a 1919-set romance co-written by Xiao Tang...

France’s Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the 18 European feature film projects due to be presented in the 14th edition of its Les Arcs Coproduction Village, running December 10 to 13 against the backdrop of the French Alps.

The meeting, aimed at connecting projects with co-producers, financiers, sales agents and distributors, received 311 submissions this year, 40 more than in 2021.

Hailing from 13 territories, seven of the projects are helmed by female filmmakers, and 11 by men, a proportion equal to the applications received for the Coproduction Village.

Nine of them are first features, six are second features and three are by more established filmmakers.

They include U.K. director Henry Blake’s The Golden Radiance Of A Beetle, his second feature after buzzy debut County Lines. The 1919-set drama follows an English woman who falls in love with a Chinese docker and then morphs into a beetle due to societal hatred.

Ukrainian director Oleh Sentsov will attend with Kai,...

It would seem as though the Oscar race for Best Live Action Short is a done deal. According to our combined racetrack odds, “The Long Goodbye,” starring, produced by, and co-written by recent Oscar nominee Riz Ahmed is way out front to win. Those odds are calculated based on the predictions made by Expert industry journalists, Gold Derby Editors, our Top 24 Users, and the thousands of other users who have made their predictions.

But could a film other than “The Long Goodbye” pick up the prize? If so, which one would be able to do it? Let’s take a look at this year’s batch of nominees in order of their current odds.

SEEAneil Karia (‘The Long Goodbye’ director): ‘Horrific political circumstances aren’t so far away’ [Exclusive Video Interview]

“The Long Goodbye” (odds of winning: 16/5)

A Muslim family in the United Kingdom enjoys preparing for an upcoming wedding when a...

What is going on over at the Academy? For years, I have questioned whether it made sense for the organization to continue awarding short films, seeing as how they are no longer a routine part of the moviegoing experience (the category dates back to a time when newsreels and short subjects regularly preceded the main attraction). Except in rare cases, when an animation studio attaches one to its latest feature-length cartoon, it’s been decades since shorts got serious theatrical play. These days, they’re relegated to film festivals and small-screen formats — so why include them in the telecast, I wondered.

I was wrong. In recent years, as a rise in on-demand, at-home viewing points the way for the industry’s future, shorts are getting more exposure than ever. Streamers now embrace them: You can watch last year’s winner, “Two Distant Strangers,” on Netflix. And once the nominations are announced,...

Exclusive: WarnerMedia OneFifty has picked up this year’s Oscar-nominated live action short, The Dress from Polish filmmaker Tadeusz Lysiak.

The short will stream exclusively on HBO Max this month. Łysiak, who wrote and directed the short, is a student at the Warsaw Film School.

The Dress centers around short-statured protagonist, Julia, who struggles with social rejection and bullying as she looks for love and intimacy while working at a roadside motel. Julia doesn’t want to suppress her desire, sexuality, and longing for physical intimacy and when a handsome truck driver comes into her life, her unrealized fantasies begin to come true. The short isn’t simply a love story, but a universal one about longing that affects everyone, regardless of the barriers and differences that divide us. The University of Michigan says that 40% of women with disabilities are sexually or physically assaulted during their lifetimes, and The Dress...

The filmmakers behind some of this year’s Oscar-nominated live action shorts used their films as a platform to bring awareness about issues ranging from bride kidnappings in Kyrgyzstan, to the dehumanization of individuals in the U.S. correctional system.

The directors and screenwriters of “Ala Kachuu – Take and Run,” “The Dress” and “Please Hold” sat down for a conversation with TheWrap’s Brian Welk, to discuss the importance of presenting pressing issues to audiences despite obstacles such as having a low budget, tight deadlines and in some cases, a language barrier.

“I think it’s really important that the whole world try to watch this thing going on in countries like Kyrgyzstan. Only when the people are watching, when we’re aware of the fates of other people — things can change,” German-Swiss filmmaker Maria Brendle commented about her film “Ala Kachuu” about a young Kyrgyz woman named Sezim who dreams of attending college.

The five films nominated for live-action short at this year’s Oscars were shot and produced in five different countries around the world, and tell stories that have little in common with each other, from a satire to a romantic drama. But all were labors of love from talented directors who had to deal with numerous obstacles to get there, whether it was a limited budget or short-shooting times or harsh shooting conditions. The results are all deeply thought-provoking films, ones that reflect the issues and beliefs important to the storytellers behind them.

Ala Kachuu — Take and Run

Director: Maria Brendle

Zurich-based director Brendle was inspired after learning about the practice of ala kachuu in which thousands of women are kidnapped and forced into marriages in Kyrgyzstan, although it’s officially outlawed by the government. Brendle wanted to give a voice to these victims. Her short, “Ala Kachuu — Take and Run,...

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