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Agnieszka Holland's Charlatan won five Czech Lions, including the top prize for best film, at theCzech Film and Television Academy Awards, held this weekend. The based-on-a-true-story tale of Jan Mikolasek, a Czech herbalist and healer persecuted by Communist authorities in the late 1950s, also won best director for Holland, best actor for Czech star Ivan Trojan, as well as best cinematography and best sound.

If you’re searching for a filmmaker who has seen every part of the industry for over forty years, look no further than Agnieszka Holland. She shot films and TV movies in her native Poland during the Cold War.

You may not recognize her name, but actress Barbara Sukowa has pretty much seen it all over her long career. She was the muse of acclaimed filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder and has worked with directors such as David Cronenberg, Lars von Trier, Sebastián Lelio, and Agnieszka Holland.

Christopher Vourlias When Polish lawmakers tabled a contentious new bill last fall that would all but make abortion illegal, tens of thousands took to the streets across the country in protest, voicing their anger at the steady erosion of women’s rights in the conservative, Catholic nation led by a right-wing government.Among the demonstrators on the front lines was Agnieszka Holland, the three-time Oscar-nominated director, who has become almost as recognized in recent years for her staunch

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentMatthijs Wouter Knol took over as director of the European Film Academy at the start of the year, having served as director of the European Film Market since 2014.

Natalie Oganesyan editorMiami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival announced its shortlist of international feature film submissions that will screen during its 10-day hybrid event, with virtual and in-theater presentations, March 5-14.

“Charlatan” seems too harshly definitive a term to apply to the fascinating protagonist of the new film with the self-same title, given that the Middle European physician titularly accused of medical deception successfully plied a busy career treating eager patients across more than three decades under three vastly different political regimes.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentAgnieszka Holland’s “Charlatan,” the Czech Republic’s official entry in the International Feature Film category of the 93rd Academy Awards, has been acquired for distribution in the U.K. and Ireland by AX1 from international sales agency Films Boutique.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentStrand Releasing has acquired all North American rights to Agnieszka Holland’s critically acclaimed “Charlatan” from Berlin-based company Films Boutique.“Charlatan” competed at the Berlin Film Festival this year in the Special Gala section, and was most recently selected at Telluride.

Will Tizard ContributorThe dizzying mosaic of periods and plot twists in Agnieszka Holland’s “Charlatan,” submitted by the Czech Republic to the Oscars race this year, offered Slovak DP Martin Strba (“Sekal Must Die,” “Burning Bush”) some daunting challenges. The story of an unorthodox master of folk medicine, who runs afoul of both Nazis and the Soviet-backed regime, called for visual styles as thoughtfully concocted as the potions of the protagonist, Jan Mikolasek.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentThe Czech Film and Television Academy has selected Agnieszka Holland’s “Charlatan” to be its official entry in the International Feature Film category of the 93rd Academy Awards.Its decision follows recent submissions by Singapore, Kosovo and Georgia.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Here’s a cool-sounding Euro package. Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska, who will helm her English-language debut Silent Twins starring Letitia Wright this fall, has been set to direct dystopian crime drama Hot Spot.Producers are Klaudia Smieja-Rostworowska at Poland’s Madants, who produced Claire Denis’ High Life and Agnieszka Holland’s Mr Jones, alongside Before Midnight producer Christos V.

In a climate where the leader of the free world habitually presents lies as facts on an almost daily basis, attacks any criticism as “fake news,” demonstrates open hostility to the media, while currying favor with fringe organizations that push his agenda, fighting for the values of truth in reporting seems like a Sisyphean struggle. While the battle for the necessity of clear-eyed journalism has never seemed more fraught, Agnieszka Holland’s no-nonsense “Mr.

Woody Harrelson, Agnieszka Holland and Hirokazu Kore-eda are among the industry figures headlining the 27th edition of the Prague International Film Festival, which is set to go ahead despite fears around the coronavirus.

Who today has heard of Jan Mikolasek (1887-1973), once revered as a celebrated faith healer who is said to have helped millions (including the Communist president of Czechoslovakia and Nazi bigwig Martin Bormann) with his herbal remedies? A figure of blinding light and darkest shadow, he springs ambiguously to life in director Agnieszka Holland’s fascinating period drama Charlatan, in a dazzling perf by top Czech actor Ivan Trojan.

Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer for Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland’s “Charlatan,” which premieres in the Berlinale Special Gala section of the Berlin Film Festival.

By Andreas Wiseman

“Minamata,” starring Johnny Depp, Nanette Burstein’s documentary series about Hillary Clinton, “Hillary,” and Agnieszka Holland’s “Charlatan” have been selected to play at the Berlin Film Festival, the event said Tuesday.