Agnieszka Holland | |
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_crop.jpg) Holland in 2017 | |
| Born | Agnieszka Holland 28 November 1948 Warsaw, Poland |
| Alma mater | Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague |
| Occupation(s) | film and television director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1973–present |
| Notable work | Europa Europa (1991) In Darkness (2011) Spoor (2017) Green Border (2023) |
| Spouse | Laco Adamík (divorced) |
| Children | Kasia Adamik[1] |
| Relatives | Magdalena Łazarkiewicz (sister) |
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Agnieszka Holland (Polish: [aɡˈɲɛʂka ˈxɔlant]; born 28 November 1948) is a Polish film and television director and screenwriter, best known for her political contributions to Polish cinema.[2] She began her career as an assistant to directors Krzysztof Zanussi and Andrzej Wajda, and emigrated to France shortly before the 1981 imposition of the martial law in Poland.
Holland is best known for her films Europa Europa (1990), for which she received a Golden Globe Award as well as an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination,[3] The Secret Garden (1993), Angry Harvest and the Holocaust drama In Darkness, the last two of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[4][5] In 2017, she received the Alfred Bauer Prize (Silver Bear) for her film Spoor at the Berlin International Film Festival. She is also a four-time winner of the Grand Prix at the Gdynia Film Festival. In 2020, she was elected President of the European Film Academy.[6][7] In 2023, her film Green Border won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival.[8]
In her films, Holland often focuses on the individual experiences of people who find themselves on the sidelines of political events. A recurring theme she explores is the critique of Nazi and communist crimes.
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- ^ "Polish director named president of European Film Academy". thefirstnews.com. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ Mouriquand, David (9 September 2023). "Venice Film Festival 2023: Yorgos Lanthimos' 'Poor Things' wins 80th edition's Golden Lion". Euronews. Retrieved 10 September 2023.