“Green Border” by Agnieszka Holland wins Polish Film Awards

Refugee drama by Agnieszka Holland Green border It won the Grand Prize for Best Film at the Polish Film Awards. The black-and-white film, which deals with the inhumane treatment of refugees trying to cross the natural border between Belarus and Poland, premiered at the Venice Film Festival last year, but came under attack from Poland’s far-right government, which called the film “Nazi propaganda” due to… His supposedly negative portrayal of Polish police and border guards. It is believed that political attacks influenced the Polish Oscar Committee’s decision not to offer the award Green border Forward as the best international film contender in Poland this year, instead of DK and Hugh Welshman’s choice for the animated literary adaptation Peasants (who was not nominated).

But a lot has changed in Poland since then. Parliamentary elections last October ousted the nationalist Law and Justice Party, which had ruled for eight years, and put a centrist pro-European coalition led by Donald Tusk in power.

Holland, Oscar-nominated director Angry harvest (1985), Europe Europe (1992) and Into the Dark (2011), he also received the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Polish Eagles Gala, held in Warsaw on March 4.

“You can only make good films if you are free, if you are not afraid,” Holland said when accepting her award. “And even if you feel afraid, know that the greatest victory is to overcome it. Today we live in a world where monsters have begun to rule. A large part of the world is already ruled by monsters. These monsters are faced by politicians who are kind and very afraid. And we cannot be filmmakers who are kind and somewhat afraid.” “If we want to be more than just providers of escapist entertainment in this world, we have to really face this world.”

He was another big winner Scarbourne, directed by Pawel Maslona, ​​is an 18th-century epic about General Tadeusz “Kos” Kosciuszko, who rallies Polish nobles and peasants to lead an uprising against the Russians. The film won six Eagle Awards, including Best Director and Best Screenplay. In TV honors, Netflix 1670 It won the Best Polish Drama Series award. Robin Östlund Triangle of sadness It won the Best European Film award.

Complete list of Polish Film Awards winners

the best movie

Green border monastery. Agnieszka Holland

Best director

Paul Maslona L Scarbourne

Best scenario

Michal A. Zielinski L Scarbourne

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Magdalena Celica in anxiety

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Eric Colm Jr. V Philip

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Agnieszka Grochowska Scarbourne

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Thomas Schuchardt in Similar…a similar person. Dual

Best cinematography

Mikhail Sobocinsky Philip

Best music

Lukasz “LUC” Rostkowski L Peasants

Best editing

Nikodim Shabior L Philip

Best production design

Katarzyna Sobanska, Marcel Slawski Philip

Best fashion

Dorota Roqueblo Scarbourne

Best makeup

Anita Brzosowska Scarbourne

Best sound

Radoslav Ošenio, Adam Szlinda, Filip Krzemy Scarbourne

Audience Award

Peasants monastery. D. K. Welshman, Hugh Welshman

Best Documentary Film

Pianoforte monastery. Jacob Piatek

Best drama series

1670 monastery. Maciej Buchwald, Kurdian Kadzilla

Best European Film

Triangle of sadness monastery. Robin Östlund

Discover the year

Grzegorz Deboski directs next to nothing

Eagle Lifetime Achievement Award

Agnieszka Holland