Agnieszka Holland

Extraordinary story of hiding places used by WWII Jews revealed in powerful new exhibition

Five of the nine hideouts featured in the exhibition ‘Hideouts. The Architecture of Survival’are in today’s Ukraine, with Russia’s invasion of the country giving the exhibition an added poignancy. Kalbar/TFN

Five of the nine hideouts featured in the exhibition ‘Hideouts. The Architecture of Survival’ are in today’s Ukraine, with Russia’s invasion of the country giving the exhibition an added poignancy.

Researchers discover WWII sewers where Jews hid to escape Holocaust

Made famous by Agnieszka Holland’s film In Darkness, archaeologists in the city of Lwów also found the remains of personal belongings leading one to exclaim: “I immediately had the impression I had broken into someone's apartment." 

MFA to take "appropriate action" over disruption of Holland film

Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said it will take "appropriate action" after a group of masked intruders disrupted the screening of an Agnieszka Holland film on Thursday at the Moscow Memorial Society.

Film depicting true life story of poet’s murder by communist police nominated for Oscars

VIDEO: Directed by award-winning Jan P. Matuszyński, the film Leave No Traces tells the story of the murder of Grzegorz Przemyk, a teenage who died shortly after receiving a severe beating in a police station in 1983.

Agnieszka Holland among activists calling on US vice president over TVN

A group of six Polish women including film director Agnieszka Holland have written to US Vice-President Kamala Harris to raise the alarm over what they call "a serious threat to freedom of speech in Poland" over TVN's struggle to renew its licence.

Polish Film Festival in New York opens with Szumowska’s Oscar-nominated ‘Never Gonna Snow Again’

At this year's Polish Film Festival, which starts on Wednesday in Manhattan, film fans will be able to see Malgorzata Szumowska's 'Never Gonna Snow Again', as well as films by Agnieszka Holland and Jan Komasa.

Polish director's 'Charlatan' on Oscars shortlist

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.

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