Film History of Łódź
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1896
first film screening
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1899
first stationary cinema theatre
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1912
oldest preserved film made in Łódź
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1945
establishment of the Feature Film Studio in Łódź (WFF), the first and the biggest film studio in Poland
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1946
first Polish post-war feature film Forbidden Songs produced at WFF
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1948
establishment of the Higher Film School in Łódź
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1949
establishment of the Educational Film Studio
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1953
first Polish colour film Adventure in Marienstadt produced at WFF
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1956
establishment of Se-ma-for animation studio
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1959
establishment of the first Polish film research centre at the University of Łódź
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1970
establishment of the first Polish film research centre at the University of Łódź
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1983
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: “Tango”, dir. Zbigniew Rybczyński
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1985
establishment of the Central Film Education Cabinet
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1986
establishment of the Film Museum, the only Polish museum devoted to film filmowi
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1991
establishment of Opus Film
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1994
establishment of the Łódź Film Fund
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2000
Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement for Andrzej Wajda, graduate of the Łódź Film School
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2007
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: Peter and the Wolf, dir. Suzie
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2009
establishment of the Łódź Film Commission
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2015
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: “Ida”, dir. Paweł Pawikowski
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2015
establishment of the National Centre for Film Culture
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2017
designation of UNESCO Creative City