September 21, 2023
Los Angeles – The DGA has released a statement in support of highly acclaimed filmmaker and DGA member Agnieszka Holland who has been criticized by the Polish Minister of Justice and received hundreds of threats by extremists regarding her film The Green Border and its depiction of the negative treatment of immigrants in Poland.
"The Directors Guild of America champions creative expression through the art of filmmaking and decries the recent attacks by the Polish Justice Minister and extremists on our member director Agnieszka Holland for her depictions of the brutality faced by refugees to Poland in her film The Green Border. We firmly believe Directors like Agnieszka have a vital role to play in fostering discussion and reflecting societal problems through their work. We echo the statements by the Federation of European Screen Directors (FERA) and the European Film Academy in support of Agnieska and her Venice Film Festival award-winning film and will continue to support the free speech rights of all Directors.”