When shooting wrapped last February on Poland's Oscar entry Never Gonna Snow Again, its filmmakers and production team could never have predicted the bizarre physical and emotional journey that the indie title would undergo across the next 11 months as it was finished and then unveiled amidst a global pandemic.
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Poland has generated some fresh class distinctions since communist days, a development examined with a shrewd and merciless eye in the country's Oscar-submitted feature Never Gonna Snow Again. The central figure is a mysterious private masseur, played by the UK-based actor Alec Utgoff, who goes door-to-door carrying…
UPDATED with video: Never Gonna Snow Again co-directors and co-writers Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert's professional collaboration is an unusual one — the pair are ex-husband and wife. But Szumowska says their enduring partnership shows "collaboration is possible.”
"In these difficult times I think it's a…
Filmmaking duo Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert first met at Poland's celebrated Lodz Film School, which has alumni including Roman Polanski and Andrzej Wajda. Their latest entry in a successful partnership, now spanning multiple acclaimed films, is Never Gonna Snow Again, the surreal story of a…
Wealthy, curtain-twitching suburbanites have formed the basis for many a TV show, but the Polish feature Never Gonna Snow Againproves the setting can be profoundly cinematic and esoteric, as well as darkly funny. Co-directing and writing with director of photography Michal Englert, Malgorzata Szumowska revels in…
Kino Lorber has picked up North American rights to Never Gonna Snow Again, Malgorzata Szumowska's Polish drama which is representing the country in this year's International Oscar race. The distributor is lining up a theatrical release in Spring, 2021.
The film debuted in competition at Venice this year. It stars Alec…
EXCLUSIVE: And they're off! Poland is first out of the blocks this year by naming its submission to the 2021 International Oscar race – Malgorzata Szumowska's Never Gonna Snow Again.
The comedy drama is set to premiere in Competition at this year's Venice Film Festival. The Italian event is pressing on with plans to…