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Poland’s Ministry Of Culture Dismisses Polish Film Institute Director Radosław Śmigulski
Radosław Śmigulski Dismissed As Director Of Polish Film Institute
The dismissals come amid a wider drive by centre-right Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s four-month-old government to restore the independence of state institutions that it says was eroded under the rule of the Law and Justice Party. The appointment sparked protest from cinema professionals in Poland and across Europe, with then European Film Academy President Wim Wenders publishing an open letter to Culture Minister Piotr Gliński condemning the move. “Several thousand filmmakers appealed to me to dismiss director Śmigulski due to the use of censorship, restrictions on artists, difficulties in settling applications and subsidies, as well as lack of transparency in the decisions made,” Sienkiewicz was quoted as saying.
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