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Agnieszka Holland Calls Her Prize-Winning Refugee Drama ‘Green Border’ “Collective Psychotherapy” — Cannes Lions


Oscar-nominated director Agnieszka Holland's film 'Green Border' won the special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival.

Speaking at the Cannes Lions Festival, the thrice Oscar-nominated director said she was “a storyteller” and hopes the film touched people’s hearts, but when asked if it could change the world, she replied: “I don’t think so.” Growing up with all those paradoxes of history, I became sensitive to the danger of fear and hate which I think is imminent, involving crimes against humanity. Speaking at Cannes Lions, Holland referred to the government’s response to her film: “I was attacked violently by politicians and defended by the opposition.

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