The Polish Federation of Film Debating Clubs (Polska Federacja Dyskusyjnych Klubów Filmowych) gathers a large number of debating clubs active across Poland. It provides them with programme and methodology assistance, by facilitating access to some valuable films, supplying materials, etc. The organization also provides assistance in organizing events, seminars and lectures, meetings with film critics and filmmakers and finally by organizing central training sessions and seminars for the Federation members.

The Polish Film Institute (Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej) is the newest film institute in Europe, established in 2005 in accordance with the new cinema law, passed by the Polish Parliament. The Institute's principal task is to provide the Polish film industry with modern support mechanisms - from the development of projects and production, to promotion, distribution and circulation of Polish and European films. We support films from a concept to the screen, with particular emphasis on international co-productions. The Polish Film Institute wants to draw Polish viewers back to the theatres to watch Polish films and, at the same time, to make them worth of seeing and accessible to international audiences, particularly in Europe. The Institute welcomes all foreign partners - producers, distributors and filmmakers alike - interested in any forms of collaboration with the Polish film industry. We provide all necessary information and guidance regarding Poland, its film potential, legal regulations, locations and help to find the film professionals to collaborate with as well as potential partners for co-productions.

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The Polish Filmmakers Association (Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich) is Poland’s largest organisation of film professionals. The Association promotes Polish film domestically and abroad, supports talented young filmmakers, and produces debut films. The Association is a member of the leading international audiovisual organisations. As an entity involved in collective copyright management, it cooperates with similar institutions around the world.

Munk Studio functions within the structures of Polish Filmmakers Association and was set up to focus exclusively on producing directorial debut films. The goal of the studio is to discover and support talented young directors in making creative, art-house cinema. Apart from long feature debuts, Munk Studio is producing 30 minutes-long live-action debuts, 10-15 minutes length documentary debuts and 3-5 minutes length animation debuts. Our short films are present at various international festivals and two of them were nominated to European Film Award: “Glass Trap” the short documentary directed by Paweł Ferdek(2009) and “Hanoi-Warsaw” the short feature directed by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, which won the EFA this year. Up until now Munk Studio has developed an omnibus film „Demaquillage” consisting of three half-hour episodes directed by young female directors. Bartek Konopka's debut entitled „Fear of Falling” is the first long feature film, entirely produced by the Studio. Bartek Konopka is 2010 Oscar-nominee for his short Documentary „Rabbit a la Berlin”. Another full-length feature is, Maria Sadowska's Women's Day. The Studio is currently working on the development of further full-length feature debuts to be made by Poland's most talented young directors. Munk Studio is a joint initiative of the Polish Filmmakers Association, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Polish Film Institute and Polish Television (TVP). Their support guarantees Studio a stable budget for film production, while its experienced team ensures that the films produced by the young directors are of high artistic value.

The Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIiIZ), helps investors to enter the Polish market and find the best ways to utilise the possibilities available to them. We guide investors through all the essential administrative and legal procedures that involve a project; we also support firms that are already active in Poland. We provide rapid access to the complex information relating to legal and business matters regarding the investments, help in finding the appropriate partners and suppliers, together with new locations.

Polish history, science, film, theatre, music, fine arts - these are the activites of the Polish Institute in Prague which belongs among the oldest Polish institutions of its kind in Europe. Polish Institute in Prague is the follow-on of the Polish embassy cultural deprtment from the twenties, it ran as Polish Cultural Center after the second world war and became the Polish Institute in 1994.

The National Film School (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa Telewizyjna i Teatralna Łódż) was founded in Lodz in 1948. From the start there were two distinct departments within the school: Film Directing and Cinematography. Initially the tuition programme was limited to small, simple group productions, but soon films headed by individual students began to emerge - shot always on the professional standard 35 mm format. Amongst the first students were directors: Andrzej Munk, Andrzej Wajda, Janusz Morgenstern, who at the end of the fifties became famous as the founders of the Polish School in film, and cinematographers such as Jerzy Wojcik, Witold Sobocinski, Mieczysław Jahoda ,Wiesław Zdort, Adam Holender did the same in the field of cinematography. The teaching programme has always consisted of two parts: theoretical, technological and practical, consisting of excercises and films made by both directors and camera students.

Main Polish public broadcaster.

Politics on Film is a project of the Washington Political Film Foundation and is made possible by an alliance with the Bipartisan Policy Center. It is an annual, bipartisan film festival based in Washington DC dedicated to providing a platform for films that tell stories of America’s politics and policies. The festival celebrates the power of film to educate and motivate, as well as entertain. The Festival also celebrates the historic and ongoing legacy of films about American government and democracy, as well as related stories and themes from an international perspective.

polyeides was founded in 1998 by Matthias Zuber. Since that time the production company released over 50 films for tv-magazines, some thirty-minutes films and three 90-minutes-plus-documentaries. Next year polyeides will produce his first feature-film.

The foundation was established jointly by the Association of Polish Filmmakers, the City of Gdynia and the Pomeranian Voivodship, with the aim to promote film culture, particularly at the annual Polish Film Festival in Gdynia.

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Each year, Film POP presents a slate of nearly 20 music-related film events, including important premieres, retrospective screenings, expanded cinema performances, live film scores, short films, music videos and free family screenings at a variety of professional and unconventional spaces.

POP TV is a private television network in Slovenia that began broadcasting on December 15, 1995.

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This specialized film festival focuses on films capturing natural scenery, mountain areas and mountain sports. The competition categories include: alpinism, climbing and free climbing, skiing and ski-alpinism, life in the mountains, paragliding, mountain biking, river rafting, hiking, cave explorations, etc.

Port.hu is the most frequently used online movie database with over 40 000 titles and 40 000 visitors per day. The site was released in 1995. Besides the basic filmographical information most of the films have related articles and trailers in the original language, with Hungarian subtitles. The complete weekly movie schedule of Hungary and the listings of over 50 television channels can be found on port.hu.

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APIT - Portuguese Association of Independent TV Producers (Associaçao de Produtores Independentes de Televisao) is an association of Portuguese TV production companies. APIT represents all legal and economic interests of its members.