I would be wary of "Polish" film distributors as the ones I know in the US don't really have rights though some of them have legal imports. I can't imagine any have exhibition rights. I think Kino -Lorber has some "newish" ones and some older ones. Janus probably has the best classics selection.
Good luck On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Cecilia Cygnar <ccyg...@nileslibrary.org> wrote: > Hello! > > > > Even though I select films to show at my medium-sized public library > outside of Chicago, I’m getting a little out of my depths with this new > demand: Showing newer Polish films. For our “new releases” (in English) > movies, we have MPLC and Movie Licensing USA which covers pretty much > anything we want to show. But, I’ve mostly exhausted all of those two > licensing companies’ Polish selections (NOT MANY!). I have tried to > contact individual distributors that I’ve found through specific Polish > films I’m interested in showing but they either never get back to me or do > not want to deal with a public library. > > > > Does anyone know of a good Polish film distributor/licensing company who > is willing to work with libraries? Or at the very least, a good foreign > film distributor that might have access to more than just one or two newer > Polish films? > > > > Money is not necessarily the issue here. We have a decent programming > budget. It is more the obstacle that I really do not know where to turn > next. Everything I try seems to be a brick wall. > > > > The librarian who would be hosting these works part-time but, if need be, > she does speak, read and translate Polish. > > > > Thanks much, > Cecilia Cygnar > > Adult Services Librarian > > Niles Public Library District > > 6960 Oakton Street > > Niles, IL 60714 > > 847-663-6616 > > ccyg...@nileslibrary.org > > Views expressed by the author do not necessarily represent those of the > Trustees or Staff of the Niles Public Library District > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as > an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > >
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