A film director and screenwriter from Poland, considered to be one of the most significant filmmaker in modern European cinema. She graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, and worked with such film luminaries as Andrzej Wajda and Krzysztof Zanussi. She gained international recognition thanks to films exploring historic events, politics, and human condition. Among the many of her famous films, there is ‘Europa, Europa,’ ‘In Darkness,’ ‘Spoor,’ or ‘The Green Border.’ She has received numerous awards at the most important international film festivals, and was also nominated for Academy Awards. The film work by Agnieszka Holland is a combination of auteur cinema and a great dose of social engagement, the fruit of which is cinema with a deep human touch.
