“Sløborn 2” TV series is back

ZDF TV series “Sløborn”, directed by Christian Alvart, has boarded a second season. Since it was launched online on July 23, 2020, ZDF’s entire online offering of “Sløborn” has generated a total of 6.36 million views. Of this, the streaming videos from the whole series have achieved 5.75 million views (719,000 views on average/0.44 million viewers on average per episode). This corresponds to 90% of the total usage, making “Sløborn” the most successful ZDFneo series in the ZDFmediathek.

The production service in Poland was conducted through Tempus Film on behalf of Syrreal Entertainment GmbH from Germany. Sylwia Szczechowicz-Warszewska from the Film Office worked on the project as Production Coordinator. Working on the series lasted from the beginning of May to the end of July. 43 shooting days out of a total of 49 were made in Poland, in the vicinity of Puck and Gdynia. The project received funding from the incentive program implemented by the Polish Film Institute.

As we love new challenges & adventures, we had to follow this new gaming & filming path. Sylwia Szczechowicz-Warszewska from the beginning of this year started her cooperation with Techland Company (one of the biggest gaming studios in Poland). She is responsible for production coordination in mocap studio for the coming “Dying Light 2” game. We enjoy this project a lot & can’t wait till the moment of the “Dying Light 2” premiere.

We are happy to announce that we are working on the 4th season of “Polish Murderes” TV documentary for Crime+Investigation Polsat. At the moment we are after shooting & editing 4 new episodes. Sylwia Szczechowicz-Warszewska from Film Office is a Production Manager in the project responsible also for postproduction. The production company on Polish side is Like Vision Co. The premiere of the next coming 4th season is planned for the 19th of March 2021.

With the end of the year we were happy to work with Producer Aleksandra Wojtaszek from touchFILMS production on the shooting schedule & budget for the “Christmas Wish” (Wigilijne Życzenie) feature film in development. We were responsible for shooting schedule in Movie Magic Scheduling & budget for the Polish Film Institute. We keep our fingers crossed for the project & hope to see us soon on the set.

The shooting for the Polish TV series “Dom pod Dwoma Orłami” (House under Two Eagles) directed by Waldemar Krzystek goes on. Agnieszka Kik-Czapla from Film Office is responsible for the Second AD function in this project. As the shooting will take place quite long for this historical project Agnieszka has to take care about perfect scheduling & planning. We are not worried though as we know that she is a real specialist in this field & big fan of Movie Magic Scheduling.

Sylwia Szczechowicz-Warszewska from Film Office is back on the set after covid lockdown. Already in the middle of shooting for the TV series “Masuren Krimi” directed by Anno Saul for ARD Degeto & Odeon Fiction GmbH as a Production Coordinator. The service production company is Tempus Film & the project is supported by the Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej incentives programme. The shooting started on the 12th of August in Gizycko & will last in the beautiful region of Mazuria lake district till 12th of October. We enjoy it a lot.

On the 18th of May Film Office Company became a member of Polish Audiovisual Producers Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw (KIPA).

KIPA is the only chamber of economy in the audiovisual sector in Poland, as well as one of the biggest independent business organisations with over 150 member entities. Among them are production companies that specialise in film, television and advertising, as well as film schools and regional film funds (RFF). Since its formation in 2000, KIPA has taken part in the development of Polish audio-visual industry. The main goal of KIPA is to represent economic interests of its members, especially before the government and the key players of the audio-visual market. The chamber facilitates the integration of producers, constitutes a platform for the exchange of experiences and cooperation, as well as delivers information about current amendments in legislation, including taxation, and about the most important events in the industry. It also provides access to legal services rendered by the best practitioners specialising in the issues pertaining to the audiovisual sector, and it shapes and popularises the principles of professional ethic. Moreover, it organises periodic trainings and workshops for professionals and promotes the work of its members.

We are happy to join such an honorable organisation. More about KIPA: http://kipa.pl/en/

Short  feature film “Maria is not alive” directed by Martyna Majewska will have it’s Polish premiere at the Krakow Film Festival. Film was shooted in June 2019 in Wroclaw in the area of Lower Silesia. Agnieszka Kik-Czapla from Film Office had a great pleasure to participate in this project as 2nd AD. “Maria is not alive” promises to be visually interesting & narratively afflictive art house film, with new meaning in current virus situation. More information about the project: http://mariaisnotalive.pl/

Between January 21 and 22, 2020, we had the opportunity to participate in a study visit to Studio Barrandov in the Czech Republic organized by the Wroclaw Film Commission and the Lower Silesian Film Center. During the visit, we took part in the meeting at the Polish Institute in Prague with representatives of the Czech regional film funds, the Czech Film Fund and the Czech Film Commission.

A very nice local accent was the evening meeting at a joint dinner in the restaurant “U Čiriny”, the owner of the restaurant used to be the former cook of Vaclav Havel.

A visit to one of the largest and oldest film studios in Europe Barrandov Studio and a meeting with Petr Tichy (CEO) was very inspiring. We had the opportunity to learn more about the possibilities of cooperation and organising the film shooting there. A visit to film studios, props and costumes magazines as well as film backlots during outdoor shooting fully revealed the possibilities of a Czech studio famous from such films as “Chronicles of Narnia”, “Oliver Twist”, “Jojo Rabbit” and “Underground”.

In December 2019 Sylwia Szczechowicz-Warszewska from Film Office finished the shooting as a Production Coordinator with Tempus Film for the TV series “Sloborn” directed by Christian Alvart (dir. “Dogs of Berlin”). The shooting took place in the area of Gdynia, Hel, Puck and Gdańsk, lasted 38 shooting days & was conducted by Tempus Film Company from Łódź and Syrreal Entertainment GmbH from Germany.

It was was one of the first 26 productions that benefited from the system of financial incentives for filmmakers in Poland from Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej in the first months of running the program & Tempus Film was one of the first production companies who applied and received the incentives for the project.