AMP Polska's blog

Based in Warsaw, AMP Polska focuses on quality and commercially viable European feature films and creative documentaries in co-production with other member states of the European Union using the world-renowned expertise of Polish crews. Founder Edward Porembny had a successful career making documentaries for leading broadcasters around the world before venturing into drama. ‘Spadek’, aka ‘Inheritance’ was their first collaboration with the leading national Polish broadcaster TVP as well as with other European production companies: Audley Films, Blue Sky Motion Pictures and Arcadia Moving Pictures. Starring Tomas Norström and Krzysztof Kolberger, the film was picked up by the English distributor Dogwoof Pictures and the English Sale Company, Centre Films Media and sold to Canal Plus and TVP. It was also selected for the LA Polish Film Festival, Gdynia International Film Festival, Victoria New European Film Festival, and Koszalin Film festival. In 2006, the company started to develop ‘Best Served Cold’, based on a script by Delphine Dewulf, the adaptation of ‘Plaisir en Bouche’, a French novel set in the world of Haute Cuisine. The project attracted the support of Media, the Polish Film Institute and Moonstone. This Polish-Austrian-Spanish co-production led by AMP Polska is due to be shot in 2009. The company also develop a collaboration with HBO for whom it recently delivered a first creative documentary ‘Men for Hire’, which has been screened on this channel in March 2009, and gained the highest viewing results. AMP Polska is presently developing another feature film project written by Delphine Dewulf, “Integrity” (provisional title), a series based on ‘Men for Hire’ for HBO, and a medieval thriller ‘The Devil’s Work’. As well as, Best Served Cold – a 90 minutes feature length film for theatrical release, based on a script by Delphine Dewulf, the adaptation of ‘Plaisir en Bouche’, a French novel set in the world of Haute Cuisine. Year of production: 2009. Production budget: 2.7 Million Euros. Co-production: AMP Polska - Poland (delegate producer); EIDOLON Entertainment – Austria, and Framestorming - Spain. The project attracted the support of Media, Polish Film Institute, Moonstone International and EAVE. Distribution territories: Poland, Austria, Germany and German speaking territories, Spain and Andorra, Central Europe including, (Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, Albania and Ex-Yugoslavia), France and Northern America.