Kolkata, Nov 13 (IANS): Conceding that public grants in her country have made filmmaking easier, Polish filmmaker Joanna Kos-Krauze Wednesday lamented the Americanised format of films churned out in Europe and India.

According to her, both Poland and India are seeing productions that cater to the Hollywood format. However, she said things are changing in the central European nation.

"This is a problem in Europe... I think even in India too. People want the same format ... producers and distributors also want Americanised films," Krauze told reporters here.

She was speaking at an interactive session on contemporary black and white films that are being screened as part of the 19th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) that began Sunday.

Krauze's latest film "Papusza", co-directed with her husband Krysztof Krauze, is a modern black and white film that portrays a biographical piece of Romany poet Bronislawa Wajs, known as Papusza. She is hailed as the first gypsy poet in her country.

"I wanted to do something different...we don't have to make the same thing. Even audiences are able to watch different movies. It creates an emotional as well as intellectual connect...but its difficult to find distributors for such a film."

Defending her chosen theme, she said: "We don't have to make movies for everybody. Respecting the audience is important."

She revealed that earlier Polish cine-goers were more into Hollywood movies, however lately they are "watching more and more Polish movies".