{{Short description|Polish film production company}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox company | logo = | image = Opus Film biurowiec Łódź.JPG | foundation = {{start date and age|1991}} | founder = {{ill|Piotr Dzięcioł|pl}} | location_city = Łódź, Poland | products = {{ubl|Films|Television series}} | website = {{URL|opusfilm.com}} }} '''Opus Film''' is a Polish film production company based in Łódź. It was founded by {{ill|Piotr Dzięcioł|pl}} in 1991.
==History== Opus Film was founded by {{ill|Piotr Dzięcioł|pl}} in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hartwich |first=Dorota |title=Piotr Dzięcioł • Producer |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/64294/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=13 November 2024 |date=2 May 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Frąk |first=Michał |title=Od zera do milionera. Historia sukcesu producenta "Idy" |url=https://wyborcza.biz/biznes/7,147582,18859031,od-zera-do-milionera-historia-sukcesu-producenta-idy.html |url-access=subscription |website=Gazeta Wyborcza |access-date=13 November 2024 |language=pl |date=21 September 2015}}</ref> Few Polish films were being made in the 1990s, so the company initially only produced commercials.<ref name="Wiewiórski-2019">{{cite web |last=Wiewiórski |first=Jakub |title=Oscary 2019. Od reklamy piwa do Hollywood. Droga Opus Film po Oscary |url=https://lodz.wyborcza.pl/lodz/7,44788,24479662,oscary-2019-od-reklamy-piwa-do-hollywood-droga-opus-film-po.html |url-access=subscription |website=Gazeta Wyborcza |access-date=13 November 2024 |language=pl |date=22 February 2019}}</ref> After achieving financial success in the advertising industry, the company bought land from the {{ill|Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych w Łodzi|lt=Łódź Feature Film Studio|pl}} and produced Piotr Trzaskalski's debut feature film, ''Edi'', which premiered in 2002.<ref name="Frąk-2017">{{cite web |last1=Frąk |first1=Michał |last2=Wesołowski |first2=Piotr |title=Od studiów prawniczych do Oscara |url=https://lodz.wyborcza.pl/lodz/7,35136,21483551,od-studiow-prawniczych-do-oscara.html |url-access=subscription |website=Gazeta Wyborcza |access-date=16 May 2025 |language=pl |date=13 March 2017}}</ref>
The company co-produced Paweł Pawlikowski's ''Ida'' (2013), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gwiazda |first=Urszula |title=Piotr Dzięcioł z Opus Film o "Zimnej wojnie": Oscar? Trudno powiedzieć |url=https://www.rmf24.pl/raporty/raport-oscary/2019/news-piotr-dzieciol-z-opus-film-o-zimnej-wojnie-oscar-trudno-powi,nId,2849378 |website=RMF FM |access-date=13 November 2024 |language=pl |date=22 February 2019}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- style="text-align:center;" ! Year ! Title ! Director ! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2002 | ''Edi'' | Piotr Trzaskalski | <ref>{{cite web |last=Elekes Szentagotai |first=Blanka |title=Poland selects foreign-language Oscar contender |url=https://www.screendaily.com/poland-selects-foreign-language-oscar-contender/4010950.article |website=Screen Daily |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=24 October 2002}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" | 2005 | ''Your Name Is Justine'' | Franco de Peña | <ref>{{cite web |last=Hartwich |first=Dorota |title=Retrieval, surprise candidate |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/67777/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=27 September 2006}}</ref> |- | ''The Master'' | Piotr Trzaskalski | <ref>{{cite web |last=Young |first=Deborah |title=The Master |url=https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/the-master-2-1200521172/ |website=Variety |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=12 October 2005}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" | 2006 | ''{{ill|Hi way|pl}}'' | {{ill|Jacek Borusiński|pl}} | <ref>{{cite web |last=Wiewiórski |first=Jakub |title=Po wyjściu z kina będziecie w lepszym nastroju |url=https://lodz.wyborcza.pl/lodz/7,35135,3277883.html |url-access=subscription |website=Gazeta Wyborcza |access-date=13 November 2024 |language=pl |date=13 April 2006}}</ref> |- | ''Retrieval'' | Sławomir Fabicki | <ref>{{cite web |last=Hartwich |first=Dorota |title=FilmPolska showcases New Polish cinema in Berlin and Potsdam |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/143064/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=14 April 2010}}</ref> |- | ''The Boy on the Galloping Horse'' | Adam Guziński | <ref>{{cite web |last=Hartwich |first=Dorota |title=Krauze and Guziński make truthful film |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/66982/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=14 September 2006}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4" | 2007 | ''{{ill|Aleja gówniarzy|pl}}'' | {{ill|Piotr Szczepański (filmowiec)|lt=Piotr Szczepański|pl}} | |- | ''Tricks'' | Andrzej Jakimowski | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Senjanovic |first1=Natasha |title=Jakimowski's simple tricks for defying fate |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/79808/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=6 September 2007}}</ref> |- | ''Spring 1941'' | Uri Barbash | <ref>{{cite web |last=Hartwich |first=Dorota |title=First co-production with Israel |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/79024/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=17 July 2007}}</ref> |- | ''The Loneliness of the Short-Order Cook'' | Marcel Sawicki | |- | 2008 | ''{{ill|Lekcje pana Kuki (film)|lt=Lekcje pana Kuki|pl}}'' | Dariusz Gajewski | <ref>{{cite web |last=Hartwich |first=Dorota |title=Principal photography begins on Lekcje pana Kuki |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/66353/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=28 August 2006}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" | 2009 | ''{{ill|Moja krew (film 2009)|lt=My Flesh, My Blood|pl}}'' | Marcin Wrona | <ref>{{cite web |last=Hartwich |first=Dorota |title=Wrona's boxing saga My Flesh, My Blood hits screens |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/134440/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=29 January 2010}}</ref> |- | ''Zero'' | {{ill|Paweł Borowski|pl}} | <ref name="Wiewiórski-2019" /> |- | rowspan="3" | 2010 | ''{{ill|Cudowne lato|lt=Wonderful Summer|pl}}'' | {{ill|Ryszard Brylski|pl}} | <ref>{{cite web |last=Simon |first=Alissa |title=Wonderful Summer |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/reviews/wonderful-summer-1117943963/ |website=Variety |access-date=13 November 2024 |date=1 November 2010}}</ref> |- | ''King of Devil's Island'' | Marius Holst | <ref>{{cite web |last=Rossing Jensen |first=Jorn |title=Norway expands at Poland's New Horizons in Wroclaw |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/207404/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=18 July 2011}}</ref> |- | ''{{ill|Nie ten człowiek|pl}}'' | {{ill|Paweł Wendorff|pl}} | |- | rowspan="2" | 2011 | ''The Mill and the Cross'' | Lech Majewski | |- | ''Courage'' | {{ill|Grzegorz Zgliński|pl}} | <ref>{{cite web |last=Hartwich |first=Dorota |title=Four Polish films at the Leipzig Filmkunstmesse |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/225853/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=14 September 2012}}</ref> |- | 2012 | ''{{ill|De ce fierbe copilul în mămăligă|lt=Aglaja|ro}}'' | {{ill|Deák Krisztina|lt=Krisztina Deák|hu}} | |- | rowspan="2" | 2013 | ''The Congress'' | Ari Folman | <ref>{{cite web |last=Lemercier |first=Fabien |title=The Congress for the opening |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/236808/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=19 April 2013}}</ref> |- | ''Ida'' | Paweł Pawlikowski | <ref name="Pham-2021">{{cite web |last=Pham |first=Annika |title=Motor's Danish Stone Age Thriller 'Stranger' Attracts 'Cold War' Producers & Scanbox (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/festivals/cold-war-producers-mads-hedegaard-stranger-1234899594/ |website=Variety |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=3 February 2021}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4" | 2014 | ''{{ill|Obietnica (film 2014)|lt=Obietnica|pl}}'' | Anna Kazejak-Dawid | <ref>{{cite web |last=Hartwich |first=Dorota |title=Berlinale: The Word showcased in the Generation section |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/252087/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=7 February 2014}}</ref> |- | ''{{ill|Powstanie Warszawskie (film)|lt=Powstanie Warszawskie|pl}}'' | Jan Komasa | |- | ''The Cut'' | Fatih Akin | <ref>{{cite web |last=Vourlias |first=Christopher |title=Polish Producers Aim Beyond Borders |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/polish-producers-aim-beyond-borders-1203217954/ |website=Variety |access-date=16 May 2025 |date=16 May 2019}}</ref> |- | ''{{ill|Obywatel (film 2014)|lt=Citizen|pl}}'' | Jerzy Stuhr | <ref>{{cite web |last=Dalton |first=Stephen |title='Citizen' ('Obywatel'): Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/citizen-obywatel-film-review-793741/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=16 May 2025 |date=5 May 2015}}</ref> |- | 2015 | ''The Here After'' | Magnus von Horn | <ref>{{cite web |last=Rosser |first=Michael |title=Cannes title 'The Here After' sells to UK, Korea |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/cannes-title-the-here-after-sells-to-uk-korea/5088694.article |website=Screen Daily |access-date=16 May 2025 |date=27 May 2015}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" | 2016 | ''Memories of Summer'' | Adam Guziński | <ref>{{cite web |last=Petković |first=Vladan |title=Warsaw's CentEast introduces financial award, new section |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/318445/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=11 October 2016}}</ref> |- | ''Dark Crimes'' | Alexandros Avranas | <ref>{{cite web |last=Petković |first=Vladan |title=True Crime: Shooting yourself in the foot |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/318568/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=14 October 2016}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4" | 2017 | ''November'' | Rainer Sarnet | <ref>{{cite web |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |title=Estonian Folk Tale 'November' Acquired By Oscilloscope – Tribeca |url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/november-rainer-sarnet-oscilloscope-1202076519/ |website=Deadline |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=24 April 2017}}</ref> |- | ''Animals'' | {{ill|Grzegorz Zgliński|pl}} | <ref>{{cite web |last=Del Don |first=Giorgia |title=Animals, a surreal fairy-tale mixing poetry and terror |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/323227/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=14 February 2017}}</ref> |- | ''The Captain'' | Robert Schwentke | <ref>{{cite web |last=González |first=David |title=The Captain and the morality of the pack |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/337761/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=30 September 2017}}</ref> |- | ''Beyond Words'' | Urszula Antoniak | <ref>{{cite web |last=Moseguí |first=Carlota |title=Beyond Words: The limitations of language |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/337757/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=30 September 2017}}</ref> |- | 2018 | ''Cold War'' | Paweł Pawlikowski | <ref name="Pham-2021" /> |- | rowspan="2" | 2019 | ''I Am Lying Now'' | Paweł Borowski | <ref>{{cite web |last=Poglajen |first=Tina |title=REPORT: Warsaw Works in Progress 2018 |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/362191/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=30 October 2018}}</ref> |- | ''The Taste of Pho'' | Mariko Bobrik | <ref>{{cite web |last=Scarpa |first=Vittoria |title=Review: The Taste of Pho |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/378628/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=25 September 2019}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" | 2020 | ''Sweat'' | Magnus von Horn | <ref>{{cite web |last=Bałaga |first=Marta |title=Review: Sweat |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/389609/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=23 June 2020}}</ref> |- | ''Dear Ones'' | Grzegorz Jaroszuk | <ref>{{cite web |last=Mizerska |first=Dominika |title=Łódź przed kamerą czuje się świetnie. Z powodzeniem gra Paryż i Wiedeń |url=https://lodz.wyborcza.pl/lodz/7,44788,24481786,lodz-przed-kamera-czuje-sie-swietnie-z-powodzeniem-gra-paryz.html |url-access=subscription |website=Gazeta Wyborcza |access-date=13 November 2024 |language=pl |date=22 February 2019}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" | 2021 | ''Invincible'' | Tom Koliński | <ref>{{cite web |last=Nowecka |first=Natalia |title="Niezwyciężona": zwiastun dokumentu o Joannie Jędrzejczyk. Kiedy premiera w HBO? - Rozrywka Radio ZET |url=https://rozrywka.radiozet.pl/filmy/Niezwyciezona-zwiastun-dokumentu-o-Joannie-Jedrzejczyk-Kiedy-premiera-w-HBO |website=Radio ZET |access-date=13 November 2024 |language=pl |date=8 June 2021}}</ref> |- | ''Anatomia'' | Aleksandra Jankowska | <ref>{{cite web |last=Bałaga |first=Marta |title=Review: Anatomia |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/410389/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=11 September 2021}}</ref> |- | 2022 | ''Fools'' | Tomasz Wasilewski | <ref>{{cite web |last=Lewandowska |first=Aleksandra |title=Sukces Polaków: Filmowcy na prestiżowej liście "Variety" |url=https://www.vogue.pl/a/polscy-filmowcy-na-liscie-variety-500 |website=Vogue Polska |access-date=13 November 2024 |language=pl |date=31 December 2020}}</ref> |- | 2023 | ''Feast of Fire'' | {{ill|Kinga Dębska|pl}} | <ref>{{cite web |last=Zając |first=Krystian |title=Film, który zmienia na lepsze. Jest zwiastun głośnej polskiej produkcji |url=https://film.interia.pl/wiadomosci/news-swieto-ognia-film-ktory-zmienia-na-lepsze-zwiastun,nId,7023034 |website=Interia Film |access-date=16 May 2025 |language=pl |date=13 September 2023}}</ref> |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- style="text-align:center;" ! Year ! Title ! Network ! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2014–2015 | ''{{ill|Zbrodnia (serial telewizyjny)|lt=Zbrodnia|pl}}'' | AXN | |- | 2017–present | ''Ultraviolet'' | AXN | <ref>{{cite web |last=West |first=Wendy |title=Art Mirrors Life in Polish 'DIY CSI' Drama 'Ultraviolet' |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/wendy-west-guest-column-ultraviolet-polish-crime-drama-dexter-1202631619/ |website=Variety |access-date=13 November 2024 |date=11 January 2018}}</ref> |- | 2018–2022 | ''Raven'' | Canal+ Premium | rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite web |last=Barraclough |first=Leo |title=Polish Crime Thriller 'The Teach' Greenlit for Season 3, Studiocanal Sells Show Wide (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/the-teach-studiocanal-1235306815/ |website=Variety |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=30 June 2022}}</ref> |- | 2021–present | ''Klangor'' | Canal+ |- | 2022 | ''Queen'' | Netflix | rowspan="2" | <ref name="Szostak-2023">{{cite web |last=Szostak |first=Sylwia |title=Dzięki niemu powstały najlepsze polskie seriale |url=https://swiatseriali.interia.pl/newsy/seriale/informacja-zwrotna-1669/news-lukasz-dzieciol-o-produkcji-serialu-informacja-zwrotna-ide-z,nId,7174452 |website=Świat Seriali |access-date=13 November 2024 |language=pl |date=29 November 2023}}</ref> |- | 2022 | ''{{ill|Pewnego razu na krajowej jedynce|pl}}'' | Netflix |- | 2023–present | ''The Teacher'' | Canal+ Premium | <ref>{{cite web |last=Jankowska |first=Marta |title=Maciej Stuhr na planie trzeciego sezonu kultowego serialu kryminalnego BELFER, produkcji CANAL+ |url=https://media.pl.canalplus.com/203606-maciej-stuhr-na-planie-trzeciego-sezonu-kultowego-serialu-kryminalnego-belfer-produkcji-canal |website=Canal+ Premium |access-date=13 November 2024 |language=pl |date=30 August 2022}}</ref> |- | 2024 | ''Feedback'' | Netflix | <ref name="Szostak-2023" /> |- | 2024 | ''Gra z Cieniem'' | TVP1 | <ref>{{cite web |last=Adamczewska |first=Izabella |title="Prison Break" po polsku. Nowy serial Opus Filmu dla TVP |url=https://lodz.wyborcza.pl/lodz/7,35136,31284271,prison-break-po-polsku-nowy-serial-opus-filmu-dla-tvp.html |url-access=subscription |website=Gazeta Wyborcza |access-date=13 November 2024 |language=pl |date=6 September 2024}}</ref> |}
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==External links== * {{Official website}}
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