Poland, renown for its accumulation worth and 1 of Europe¡s biggest markets extracurricular its Top 5, enjoyed immoderate limelight Astatine Conecta Fiction whee it received a state focus. 

Six of its apical autarkic Producers – including Dariusz Jablonski astatine Apple Film, Anna Rózalska, co-founder and shaper of Match and Spark), Telemark’s Maciej Kubicki, a producer-writer and Ryszard Sibilski, caput of EndemolShine Polska, debated cardinal issues, of which the hottest is IP ownership.  

Producer-director Lukasz Bluszcz a co-owner of Vision House, and Agnieszka Knysak-Sandecka, caput of accumulation astatine Viaplay-owned Paprika Studios, besides spoke astatine the sheet whose expertise ranged from premium TV bid similar Telemark’s “The Pact” and the Polish adaptation of “In Treatment,” to factual shows, which is Vision House speciality.

Panel moderator Alicja Grawon-Jaksik, astatine Maxfilm explained that galore of Poland’s 150-200 accumulation companies nutrient some diagnostic films and series. Most bid are modestly priced, astatine astir €300,000-€400,000 ($327,000-$436,000) for a 40-minute episode, rising to $545,000-$872,000) for premium series. Netflix dominates the streaming market, and invests importantly successful Polish series, Grawon-Jaksik said.  

Currently, Poland is facing an 18% ostentation rate. Independent producers obsession, however, is IP. 

When streaming platforms entered the market, determination were hopes of shaking up the accepted market, Dariusz Jablonski observed.

“I deliberation that the Polish marketplace is simply a small spot traditional, a small spot remote. Streaming platforms coming to the aforesaid level each unneurotic tin alteration that. My anticipation is that if platforms connection producers the accidental to make premium bid and springiness them the accidental to gain wealth from success, everybody volition win. IP successful information dominated discussions astatine the Conecta Fiction panel.

To clasp IP, 1 solution is to present an planetary element to the accumulation process, transforming an idea into a format. “There is simply a precise wide borderline between local creativity and overseas creativity. When we travel with a Polish thought to the Broadcasting Corporation it is not uncommon for america to beryllium asked to permission the rights behind early connected successful the process,” said Sibilski. “However, retaining rights to our IP is precise important to us in bid to maximise avenues for exploitation.”

This is wherefore Polish producers are anxious to enactment connected co-productions. However, this is not the lone solution; producers privation to spot changes that let them to gain wealth and put successful their accumulation companies for further development. Lukasz Bluszcz emphasized that “Poland has go the 2nd largest importer of formats down Germany.” 

He added, “It shows the spot of the marketplace financially, but besides the weakness of not processing a batch of home formats and hazard aversion of the broadcasters. And we would truly emotion to alteration that, possibly starting with the nationalist broadcaster. But that’s a dream.” 

Although Poland whitethorn lag down successful presumption of IP ownership, cardinal producers bring a upwind of change. Some are already up of the game, similar Dariusz Jablonski, who has follows his ain way to independency by processing “series formatting work astatine my ain outgo and lone past suggest it to the broadcasters due to the fact that past I person the feeling that I power what I’m offering and what I’m doing.” 

One of the champion examples is the transgression play bid “The Pleasure Principal,” which was astir wholly developed astatine his ain outgo and structured arsenic a co-production betwixt Poland, Ukraine, and the Czech Republic. It was sold to European countries, generating revenue, with Jablonski portion retaining ownership.