KOCHAM POLSKIE KINO (I LOVE POLISH CINEMA) DEBATE
It was an industry debate. Lots of support for arthouse or documentaries was expressed. Studio Munka was praised as producers and Cannes Festival as apolitical. A report on the condition of the audiovisual industry for the banking sector is vital so that they can credit-check the producers. KIPA (Polish Producers Alliance) is teaching producers how to test the audience at the development stage. "Delegacja" ("Delegation") or "Ultima Thule" were distributed by producers. Mostly niche arthouse has distribution issues. There's no stability, financing rules by public institutions change too often to adjust the production, especially documentaries need 3 years to collect funding. Microbudget programs are often used by production debutants. One of female producers was carried out by the PISF (Polish Film Institute) security guards. There's a problem with microbudget programs, because in result the film has no distribution or the scriptwriter gets no money. Netflix signs contracts in such a way they can exchange creators. There are no youth serials any more - the lead must be above 30 to attract bigger audience - the algorithms determine that. Film schools don't support enough, they tend to be hostile to students even more than the world afterwards. Most of the debate was grumbling by people destroyed by the system. No one from the film industry was at the Filmoteka Narodowa council. Rich Polish Television hired people on junk contracts even 8 years ago. Archives lost their competent employees. "Hunger Games" had 20 shooting days in Wrocław but Poland was unseen in promotion, no return on the investment.
Following the SAG-AFTRA strike last year, now a density of new releases is to be expected in the second half of 2024 and the first half of 2025. Budzyń, Pyrzowice etc. small town cinemas sell more than 45% tickets for Polish movies. There are 20 Polish cinema distributors in Poland, on paper anyway. Polish cinemas represent high standard. Cinema has survived video, DVD, Blu Ray - some of the technologies even aren't there any more. The promotion campaign of Święto Kina (Cinema Celebration Day - my own translation) which takes place twice a year costs Cinema City 300 million zlotys. All cinema groups were indebted after the pandemic. 2023 was 20% up in comparison with 2022, but still 20% lower than 2019. In 2019 more than 26% of tickets sold were Polish movies, though yearly it's less than 20%. 2022 saw 347 films, including 112 full-length films produced in Poland. 1.5 films a week premiere at the cinema.
MEDUSA DELUXE
Switched off. They just drone on and on about someone killed, walk down long corridors in betweeen and waffle again.
Reviewed from the distributor's screener, cinematic reception might differ.
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