Wielkopolska

Rogalin Landscape Park. Fot. Tomasz Gębuś / Polska Organizacja Turystyczna

The Film Fund
The mayor of Poznań announced his intent to establish a regional film fund in 2007. The agreement between municipal and regional authorities was signed in September 2008 and two weeks later the first edition of the Wielkopolska Film Support Competition was announced, with Estrada Poznańska responsible for its organization. Six applications were submitted – five documentaries and one animation. Two projects were subsequently financed – the documentary Zrabowane dzieciństwo by Jacek Kubiak and animated film Jedyne udane powstanie by Grzegorz Grześkowiak.

Contact details   
Instytucja Kultury Miasta Poznania
Estrada Poznańska
61-767 Poznań, ul. Masztalarska 8
tel. +48 61 852 88 33, fax +48 61 852 88 35
sekretariat@estrada.poznan.pl
www.estrada.poznan.pl

Budget
The regional and municipal authorities allocated 1 million PLN (260,000 EUR) to supporting film production in 2008. They have also announced that in 2009 and following years this support for film production will continue based on the same criteria, aims and financial conditions. Details will be put forth as soon as the current edition of the competition is closed. Auxiliary activities are in preparation, including the publication of a regional guide for filmmakers.

Entry Conditions
The purpose of the competition is supporting production of feature films, TV series, documentaries and animated films. Financing is available to projects related to the region through subject matter, shooting locations or participation of residents and businesses from the region. The financial participation of Estrada Poznańska cannot exceed 50% of the budget, with at least 10% of the budget being covered by funds other than public funding. Furthermore, at least 50% of the budget must be spent in the Wielkopolska region.

In assessing applications, experts focus on a few key criteria: relating to the region, artistic, humanist and ethical values of the project, structuring of the text, complexity of characters, quality of dialogue, innovativeness, originality, filmography of the director and producer (artistic and financial results), the financial situation and expected economic results of the project.

Wielkopolska
The region lies in western Poland, along the Warta river. It is considered to be the cradle of Polish nationality. But it is more than the birthplace of the Polish state. Poznań is home to the Muza cinema – Poland’s oldest running cinema, where the first screenings took place less than one year after the Lumière brothers launched their film in Paris. One of the first Polish films, recently found in the Bois d’Arcy film archive, dates back to 1908 and was filmed in Wielkopolska.

The history and beauty of the region were immortalized in the historical series Najdłuższa wojna nowoczesnej Europy and in the films of Filip Bajon. In Biedrusk (near Poznań), the director Jerzy Hoffman filmed several scenes of his blockbuster With Fire and Sword. The town of Kwilcz is home to the foundation established by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek.

Landscape
The region is dominated by lowlands with rolling hills, vast river valleys, lakes, meadows, forests and wetlands. The northern part of the region is home to almost 800 lakes, and nearly 26% of the total area of the region is forested. The most interesting natural sites include Morasko – home to craters resulting from a meteor crash, and Rogalin – Europe’s largest preserve of oak trees.

National Parks and Landscape Parks

Wielkopolska National Park
62-050 Mosina, Jeziory
tel. +48 61 898 23 00, tel./fax +48 61 898 23 01

www.wielkopolskipn.pl

sekretariat@wielkopolskipn.pl

Drawa National Park
73-220 Drawno, ul. Leśników 2
tel. +48 95 768 20 51, fax +48 95 768 25 10
dpn@dpn.pl
www.dpn.pl

Lednica Landscape Park
Warta River Landscape Park
Barycza Valley Landscape Park
General Chłapowski Landscape Park
Promno Landscape Park
Zielonka Forest Landscape Park
Powidz Landscape Park
Przemęt Landscape Park
Pszczew Landscape Park
Rogalin Landscape Park
Sieraków Landscape Park
Żerków-Czeszew Landscape Park

Cities and Sites
The region has 109 cities, the largest of which are Poznań, Konin, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Piła, Gniezno and Kalisz, Poland’s oldest city. Examples of pre-Romanesque and Romanesque architecture from the 10th century A.D. can be found in Poznań, Gniezno, Kalisz and in archeological preserves in Giecz and Ostrów Lednicki. Poznań is also home to Ostrów Tumski – an ancient fort on the Warta river which houses the tombs of the first Polish kings, a spectacular church and Renaissance town hall. Other key sites in Poznań include the Castle District, and art nouveau townhouses in the district of Jeżyce.

The entire region is studded with castles, palaces and manor houses of varying ages and architectural styles. It is also home to a number of sanctuaries and monasteries, as well as significant examples of wooden sacral and secular architecture, including Poland’s only wooden town hall in Sulmierzyce. Other attractions in the region include the salt mine in Kłodawa, old breweries in Poznań and Czarnków, steam engine factory in Wolsztyn, weaver house in Chodzież and several narrow gauge railways.

 

Old Town in Poznań. Fot. Dariusz Zaród / Polska Organizacja Turystyczna

Museums and Heritage Parks

Historical Museums

City of Poznań Historical Museum
 61-772 Poznań, ul. Stary Rynek 1
tel. +48 61 856 81 93
ratusz@mnp.art.pl
www.mnp.art.pl/oddzialy/ratusz

Regional Museum in Leszno
64-100 Leszno, ul. Plac J. Metziga 17
Judaist Section: 64-100 Leszno, al. Jana Pawła II 14
tel. +48 65 529 61 40, fax +48 65 529 29 86
muzeum@muzeum.leszno.pl
www.muzeum.leszno.pl

Museum of The Origins of The Polish State in Gniezno
62-200 Gniezno, ul. Kostrzewskiego 1
tel. +48 61 426 46 41, fax +48 61 426 48 41
info@mppp.pl
www.mppp.pl

Gołuchów Castle
63-322 Gołuchów
tel./fax +48 62 761 50 94
goluchow@mnp.art.pl
www.mnp.art.pl/oddzialy/goluchow

Rogalin Palace
62-050 Mosina, ul. Arciszewskiego 2 
tel. +48 61 813 80 30
rogalin@mnp.art.pl
www.mnp.art.pl/oddzialy/rogalin

Opaliński Castle
64-410 Sieraków, ul. Stadnina 3a
tel./fax +48 61 295 23 92
sierakow_muzeum@wp.pl
www.muzeum-sierakow.pl

Art Museums

National Museum in Poznań
61-745 Poznań, Al. Marcinkowskiego 9 
tel. +48 61 856 80 00, fax +48 61 851 58 98
mnp@mnp.art.pl
www.mnp.art.pl

Technology Museums

History of Industry Museum
62-860 Opatówek, ul. Kościelna 1
tel. +48 62 761 86 26, fax +48 62 761 80 78
muzeum@opatowek.pl
www.muzeum.opatowek.pl

Wolsztyn Steam Engine Factory
64-200 Wolsztyn, ul. Fabryczna 1
tel./fax +48 68 419 17 93
info@parowozowniawolsztyn.pl
www.parowozowniawolsztyn.pl

Other

Museum of Musical Instruments
61-772 Poznań, ul. Stary Rynek 45
tel. +48 61 856 81 78, fax +48 61 856 81 77
muzinstr@mnp.art.pl
www.mnp.art.pl/oddzialy/mim

Museum of Applied Art
61-768 Poznań, ul. Góra Przemysława 1 
tel. +48 61 856 81 83
teresa.michalowska@mnp.art.pl
www.mnp.art.pl/oddzialy/msu

Wielkopolska Military Museum
61-772 Poznań, ul. Stary Rynek 9
tel. +48 61 852 67 39
etyszkiet@mnp.art.pl
www.mnp.art.pl/oddzialy/wmw

Soplicowo Film Heritage Park
Marek Pinkowski
64-010 Krzywiń, Cichowo 11
tel. +48 65 517 71 77

Ethnographic Museums and Heritage Parks

Museum of the Founders of the Piast Dynasty in Lednica
62-261 Lednogóra
tel. +48 61 427 50 10, fax +48 61 427 50 20
sekretariat@lednicamuzeum.pl
www.lednicamuzeum.pl
 
Gosławice Heritage Park
62-505 Konin/Gosławice, ul. Muzealna 6
tel. +48 63 242 75 99, fax +48 63 242 74 31
lech.stefaniak@muzeum.com.pl
www.muzeum.com.pl

Museum of Folk Culture
89-333 Osiek nad Notecią
tel. +48 67 289 60 90
muzeum@muzeum.pila.pl
www.muzeum.pila.pl

Museum of Rural Architecture
64-200 Wolsztyn, ul. Bohaterów Bielnika 26
tel. +48 68 384 26 19
www.muzea-wolsztyn.com.pl

skansen@muzea-wolsztyn.com.pl

 
Archeological Museum
61-781 Poznań, ul. Wodna 27
tel. +48 61 852 82 51
aprinke@man.poznan.pl
www.muzarp.poznan.pl

Libraries and Archives

Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences

62-035 Kórnik, ul. Zamkowa 5
tel. +48 61 817 00 81, fax +48 61 817 19 30
bkpan@bkpan.poznan.pl
www.bkpan.poznan.pl

Raczyński Library
61-739 Poznań, ul. Plac Wolności 19
tel. + 48 61 852 94 42, +48 61 852 94 43
www.bracz.edu.pl

sekret@bracz.edu.pl

National Archive in Poznań
60-967 Poznań, ul. 23 Lutego 41/43
tel. +48 61 852 46 01-3, fax +48 61 851 73 10
archiwum@poznan.ap.gov.pl
www.poznan.ap.gov.pl

National Archive in Kalisz
62-800 Kalisz, ul. Poznańska 207
tel./fax +48 62 767 10 22
sekretariat@kalisz.ap.gov.pl
www.kalisz.ap.gov.pl

National Archive in Leszno
64-100 Leszno, ul. Solskiego 71
tel. +48 65 526 97 19, fax. +48 65 529 97 56
info@archiwum.leszno.pl
www.archiwum.leszno.pl

Local Authorities and Organizations

Wielkopolska Voivodship Marshal Office
61-713 Poznań, al. Niepodległości 18
tel. +48 61 854 17 99, fax +48 61 852 60 07
info@umww.pl
www.wielkopolska.mw.gov.pl