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Polish director's 'Charlatan' on Oscars shortlist

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A film directed by renowned Polish director Agnieszka Holland has been shortlisted for the 93rd Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category.

Polish director named president of European Film Academy

Polish award-winning film director, Agnieszka Holland, has been named president of the European Film Academy (EFA) and will replace her German colleague, Wim Wenders, EFA said on its website.

Piotrków Trybunalski - a town of mystery and delight

Tenderly renovated and charmingly subdued, it’s not difficult to see why  Piotrków Trybunalski’s Old Town vies with Łódź as one of the country’s most filmed cities: among others, Robin Williams worked here (Jakob the Liar) as too have heroes of Polish kino such as Agnieszka Holland (In Darkness) and the legendary Andrzej Wajda (Pan Tadeusz).

Polish films nominated for European Film Awards

Two Polish films, Corpus Christi and Charlatan, have picked up a slew of European Film Award nominations.

Agnieszka Holland’s powerful new film Charlatan chosen for 2021 Oscars

Set against the region’s dramatic 20th century history, the film, “Charlatan”, which will represent the Czech Republic at the 93rd Academy Awards in April 2021, is based on the true story of Czech healer Jan Mikolášek, who lived from 1887 to 1973.

Polish film-makers appeal for European solidarity over Belarus

Polish film-makers, including award-winning directors Agnieszka Holland, Paweł Pawlikowski and Andrzej Jakimowski, have demanded that the Belarusian authorities immediately cease violence and called on Europe to show solidarity with Belarusians.

Coffee cup clue hints at new Netflix production with Nikodem Rozbicki

A hint about the new movie, Netflix’s third original Polish production, came from actor Nikodem Rozbicki’s Instastory after he posted a photo of a coffee machine labelled ‘only for Netflix crew’.

Ukraine honours two Poles for presenting truth about The Great Famine

Polish film director Agnieszka Holland and the American-Polish journalist and publicist Anne Applebaum have been honoured with high state distinctions by Ukraine for their work on portraying the truth about The Great Famine of 1932-33.

Three Polish films recommended for nomination for European Film Awards

The European Film Academy has announced its list of 46 films recommended for nomination for the 2019 European Film Awards. Finding a place on the list were Wojciech Smarzowski's "Clergy," Agnieszka Holland's "Citizen Jones" and Adrian Panek's "Werewolf."

Premiere of Agnieszka Holland’s powerful new film ‘Charlatan’ revealed

Inspired by a true story and set in mid-20th Century Europe against the backdrop of totalitarianism, the film focuses on the almost forgotten life of Czech healer Jan Mikolášek who cured millions even as he suffered under both Nazi and Communist rule.

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Song and dance group revives unique traditions of Poland’s Lemko culture

Historically from the Beskid and Pieniny highlands around Beskid Sądecki, Beskid Niski and parts of the Pienin mountains, the Lemkos were displaced from their native lands in 1947 and resettled in Western Poland as part of ‘Operation Vistula’, the Communist authority’s forced resettlement of several Polish minorities from the south-east of post-war Poland to the reclaimed territories in the west of the country.

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‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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