In Brief: Escapee returns on his own; Gdynia film festival; DT Centrum sale

The criminal explained that he ran away because he made a zl. 1,000 bet with his friends that he could succeed. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 5) ... The 23rd annual Polish Film Festival opened yesterday in Gdynia with showing of famous comedies and a short piece from Jerzy Hoffman's "Ogniem i Mieczem" ("Fire and Sword"), which is currently in production. (Zycie Warszawy, page 9) ... Warsaw Consulting Group (WGK), which advised the sale of the DT Centrum stores chain, said that they do not agree with the Supreme Board of Inspection's (NIK) complaints regarding the privatization of the chain. NIK claims the sale was conducted using inaccurate value estimation methods. (Zycie Warszawy, page 1)