Polish Days is the New Horizons International Film Festival’s most important industry event, which has been co-organised since 2013 with the Polish Film Institute. The event aims to present an overview of Polish cinema at every stage of production to almost 200 professional guests, from Poland and abroad, including festival programmers, sales agents and producers. The 2018 edition of Polish Days will run from 30 July-1 August during the 18^th New Horizons International Film Festival (26 July-5 August) in Wrocław, presenting a total of 25 film projects – five completed films, nine works in progress and 11 projects in development.

Three of the five selected films that will be having closed screenings are sophomore features: the Middle Ages-set historical drama The Mute [+lire aussi :
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Some of the highlights from among the nine selected works in progress are: the eagerly awaited third feature by Jan Komasa (Warsaw 44 [+lire aussi :
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interview : Bartosz Bielenia
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The 11 projects that are currently at different stages of development or production and which will be pitched at Polish Days are 9:17 PM Incident by Tomasz Wolski, Before the Horizon Ends by Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal (The Sun, the Sun Blinded Me [+lire aussi :
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interview : Dawid Ogrodnik
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Besides the Polish Film Institute, other Polish Days partners include the Wrocław Film Commission, the Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, the Łódź Film Commission, the Krakow Film Commission, the Podkarpackie Film Commission, the Warmia - Masuria Film Fund, Coloroffon, Aeroplan Studios, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and EAVE.