1、ECONOMIC IMPACT OF HEWELIUSZ IN POLANDA REPORT FOR THE MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATIONOCTOBER 2025Photo credit:Robert Paka/Netflix.All rights reserved.1Economic impact of Heweliusz in PolandTABLE OF CONTENTSExecutive summary 31.Introduction 52.Production spending 72.1Business spending 83.Economic impact
2、113.1Channels of impact 113.2Total impact 123.3Direct impact 133.4Indirect impact 143.5Induced impact 154.Wider impacts 17Appendix:Methodology 19Cover photo credit:Robert Paka/Netflix.All rights reserved.Photo credit:Robert Paka/Netflix.All rights reserved.3Economic impact of Heweliusz in PolandHewe
3、liusz is a Netflix Polish limited series from acclaimed Polish director Jan Holoubek,inspired by the story of the 1993 sinking of the ferry MS Jan Heweliusz.The five-episode series,produced locally by Telemark,depicts the dramatic events experienced by passengers and crew at sea,as well as the after
4、math on land,as families grappled with the consequences.Heweliusz is the largest television production in recent Polish history and has contributed significantly to economic activity in the country.The project engaged around 2,560 businesses nationwide.This spending supported economic activity in ev
5、ery region in Poland and across a wide range of industries,while also indirectly stimulating additional spending by the Polish residents employed by the production and its supply chain.This study,commissioned by the Motion Picture Association(MPA),analyses the productions total economic impacts in P
6、oland in 20242025.1 The study also considers the wider benefits to the Polish economy,such as supporting the local audiovisual industry.Similar production budgets and spending patterns in Poland are likely to produce similar economic impact results as those presented in this study.In 20242025,the pr