“Green Border” won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month.
Government officials in Poland have harshly criticized the film for weeks, although most of them acknowledge not having seen it.
He said he believed that Poland's border guards, army and police “were portrayed shamefully."
Polish officials say security personnel have risked their lives to protect Poland from an attack they view as directed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
She and producer Marcin Wierzchoslawski issued a statement Friday saying “Green Border” shows that all humans, whether uniformed officers, refugees or helpers, can behave in different ways in different situations.
Persons:
Agnieszka Holland, “, Border ”, Holland, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Vladimir Putin, Kaczynski, Putin’s, ” Holland, Marcin Wierzchoslawski, Wierzchoslawski, Kaczynski's, Zbigniew Ziobro, Andrzej Duda, Ziobro, Poland, Russia's
Organizations:
Border, Venice Film, Government, Roman Catholic, Interior Ministry, European Union, EU, of America
Locations:
WARSAW, Poland, Belarus, Venice, France, Russian, “, Holland, Asia, Africa, Nazi, East, Polish