Agnieszka Holland received the lifetime achievement award at the 46th Polish Film Festival. Although she thanked the award, she did not hide that she was also surprised to be the first woman to receive this award. Then she gave an extremely emotional speech.
“I have produced films, a difficult, tragic and terrible time, about a time of contempt, cruelty and hatred. They talked about regimes that divide people into better and inferior, privileged and subhuman, and are doomed to death. They talked about opportunistic politicians who played They spoke about corrupt media with fear, not because I wanted to recall those times, to do justice to the victims, but because I was aware that this time was not over, but fell asleep “- Agnieszka Holland began her speech.
“The times of hate can easily come back and are even back”
“For some time now I have had the feeling that it is happening now, that the Holocaust and gulag vaccines are no longer working, and the times of hate can easily come back, and even come back. It’s not just about talking about the past, about the suffering of millions, but also to look around and realize where we are today “
“When I was making these films, I had to recreate an entire macabre theater […] Today it is difficult for me to enjoy our holiday when people on our border are dying whose only sin is that they are different and that they want to live safely. And it happens with our consent. We accept it with our fear, with our helplessness. I will not talk about politics, we know perfectly well that every state has the right to guard its borders. I also know for sure that no democratic state can allow innocent people to die on its borders “
“I hope that humanity will be the most important for us”
“I do not agree to cast Polish Border Guard soldiers as guards of the Berlin Wall. I do not agree to the local population playing the role of informers and calling the police before giving bread to the hungry. This is a burden for all of us as a community.”
“The past is happening now, and the absurd state of emergency has been introduced so that there are no traces. There has always been a human being at the center of Polish cinema. I hope that humanity will be the most important for us” – she concluded.
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