SPI’s Study on the Economic Impact of Screen Production in Poland Published

Olsberg•SPI’s (SPI) new economic impact study The Economic Impact of Screen Production in Poland has been published.

Supported by the Polish Producers Alliance (KIPA) and academic Marta Materska-Samek, PhD from Jagiellonian University in Kraków, the report is a quantitative assessment of the economic impact of the film and television production industry in Poland. The report also includes micro-impact measures in the form of vendor heat maps and ripple analyses of four film and television productions produced in Poland that demonstrate the geographical spread of expenditure and the impact of film and television productions on other business sectors in Poland.

SPI estimates that expenditure by producers in Poland in 2022 was at least 2.5 billion PLN (US$569 million). This estimate includes broadcaster and SVoD spend but does not include spend on Polish theatrical releases, and is, therefore, a conservative estimate of the total expenditure spent in Poland in 2022.

This level of production expenditure generates a significant impact on the Polish economy. This expenditure resulted in a total economic output of 8.67 billion PLN (US$2 billion), 3.42 billion PLN (US$800 million) in gross value added (GVA) and more than 21,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs in 2022.

Managing Director Leon Forde will present key findings from the study and participate in a panel titled Market Debate: State of Play and Development Prospects at the Annual KIPA Summit on 8th December 2023. More details about the event are available on the KIPA website here.

The report can be downloaded here.

Further information on SPI’s impact studies can be found here.

For more information on this study, please contact Kayleigh Hughes at kayleigh@o-spi.com