Warsaw Film Festival to Celebrate New Polish Films, ‘EO’ Director Jerzy Skolimowski as ‘Green Border’ Controversy Rages On
variety.comMarta Balaga Warsaw Film Festival sets out to spotlight a slew of new local releases, from “Anxiety” by Sławomir Fabicki – Oscar-nominated for his short “A Man Thing” – to this year’s opener “Song of Goats” by Andrzej Jakimowski.
The latter, featuring “EO” star Mateusz Kościukiewicz and set in Greece, will show characters living close to an active volcano, exploring the question of how “each of us is responsible for maintaining our fragile heritage,” says the director. “We are witnessing a war in a neighboring country [Ukraine], threats from a barbarian empire and rapidly growing populism that is devastating politics.
It’s a dreadfully worrying mixture.” As Poland braces for parliamentary elections on Oct. 15 and the controversy over Agnieszka Holland’s “Green Border” refuses to die down, emotions run high. “What happened went beyond the accepted framework.
There was no shortage of absurdity, like the attempt to force cinema managers to screen propaganda material before the film,” says fest’s director Stefan Laudyn. “I don’t know what can and should be done, but I called Agnieszka Holland, expressing my support.
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