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EC1 project is part of the Łódź center municipal development plan involving the construction of a New City Center in the vicinity of Łódź Fabryczna Railway Station and EC1 historical heat and power generating plant.
Among major tasks of the program there are:
- creation of available, safe, citizen and tourist attractive public spaces,
- revitalization of post-industrial and railway areas,
- creation of new investment spaces,
- strengthening the city's metropolitan functions,
- strengthening the city's cultural function,
- preservation of the essential elements of the urban structure (including the buildings of one hundred year old EC1 power and generating plant) giving the area its identity and reminding of its history.
The area covering 90 hectares, in which the NCC will be built, was divided into two zones with the first focusing on a cultural function and the second one on commercial undertakings.
The central spot in the first zone (the zone of culture) will be Katarzyna Kobro Market Place, where mass events such as concerts and shows will be held. New Jewish, German, Russian and Polish streets will come into being near the place. Thus the project authors wish to commemorate the four nations that created Łódź.
There are also plans for the 10th Muse spaces in the EC1 area. In 2009 the revitalization project of the EC1 East building will start with the plans for locating film studios (and David Lynch studio including), sound studios and other filmmaking projects there. Across the Katarzyna Kobro Market Place a Festival and Congress Center will be built to hold festivals and film reviews – both large commercial ones as well as small and niche type ones.
www.ec1lodz.pl
The Łąkowa Project
Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych (Feature Film Production Company) in Łódź came into being in 1945. Its main location site was in a complex of buildings in 29 Łąkowa Street but in fact the company had some other facilities spread all over the City. For many years WFF was the largest film production center in the country creating a piece of Polish cinematography history; in the years 1945 – 1992 the company produced hundreds of films, which accounted for about 75% of all productions made in Poland. The Company was in operation until the beginning of the 1990's but following the changes in film production financing rules it encountered difficulties of the the same nature as all industry faced. In effect of this situation its bankruptcy was declared and all its assets were sold. New film-related firms purchased the buildings in Łąkowa and the site is still associated with the film production. Now in the facilities of the former Feature Film Production Company the following firms owning the buildings operate:
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Opus Film Sp. z o.o.: one of the largest producers of feature, documentary and advertising films. It has produced many award-winning films and has established cooperation with a group of leading Polish and European specialists in film industry. Opus, whose seat is in one of the most modern office buildings in Łódź, owns production facilities, studios and technical rooms with their full equipment.
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Toya Studios Sp. z o.o.: the largest in Poland complex of sound studios comprising two modern production facilities, numerous studios, a jazz club, projection rooms, dead room, reverberation room, switch room, well equipped supporting technical and production rooms, make-up rooms, wardrobes, restrooms i hotel rooms. The company provides production and post-production services, also television and theatre and music services; it is also involved in film production as a coproducer.
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The Łódź Film Center: came into being following the transformation of WFF in Łódź. It provides services relating to production of feature and advertising films, theatre performances, television programs and artistic events. The Center has an indoor photography room with full equipment and supporting facilities. It also provides services in pyrotechnic effects and has weapons, costumes, props and wig products on hire (the whole collection comprises about 300 000 items).
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Łódź Branch of the National Film Library: it has operated since June 2000 being located in the buildings of the former WFF Department of Tape Processing. The Branch is in charhe of the archives taken over from WFF in Łódź and dating back to the years 1945 – 1989, as well as resources and production documents of the former Studio of Animated Forms "Semafor" and archives of the WFF in Wrocław. Now the materials comprise picture and sound negatives, masters, sound tapes and documentation of approximately 2700 film titles.
In addition to the foregoing firms located at 29 Łąkowa Street there are also other film industry-related lease holding companies such as Anima – Pol Sp. z o.o., Animator Film, Brutus Film P.H.U., Logos Sp. z o.o., Movie Max Sp. z o.o., RMJ Film s.c., Tempus Sp. z o.o., Studio Filmowe Indeks and Studio Filmowe Camera 94.
Media Cluster
Media Cluster is a cooperation network that was set up by mutual efforts of various Łódź firms, organizations and academic institutions in order to support the local audiovisual industry. The Łódź PWSFTviT took such an initiative and was supported by the representatives of the local audiovisual firms and local authorities.
Media Cluster major objectives are:
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increase effectiveness and competitiveness of the regional media industry
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create platforms for exchanging ideas and support business undertakings
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incubation and development of innovative media undertakings
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acquisition of the EU funds on the Media Cluster initiatives
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provide young employees with training and create interesting jobs in media industry
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development of modern infrastructure and background for making most advanced film, television and multimedia productions
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create the image of Łódź as the city friendly to film and media investment
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