On Friday, a trial against erstwhile president Andrzej Duda will begin in the Warsaw territory Court. It is about the controversial message of September 2023 regarding the movie "Green Border" by Agnieszka Holland.
The Racist and Xenophobic Behaviour Monitoring Centre filed a suit last September. It concerns the words of Duda spoken on 20 September 2023 in the "Guest of News" program on TVP Info.
The President’s Controversial Words
Andrzej Duda then defended the usage by the Border defender of the slogan "Only pigs sit in the cinema" in relation to people watching the Holland film. "I am sorry for the fact that specified a movie is being made, which - as I have heard, due to the fact that I have not seen this movie - powerfully slanders Polish officers. I read specified an opinion that it shows them as almost sadists" - said the erstwhile president.
Duda argued that Border defender officers "do their duty" and "guard the border of Poland and the safety of Poles". He added that "they besides defender the EU-Schengen border" and defend against "hybrid action carried out by abroad state authorities".
Film awarded in Venice and Gdynia
The "Green Border" premiered on 5 September 2023 at the 80th Venice global movie Festival. The movie was honored with the peculiar Jury Award, and in 2024 received Golden Lions at the 49th Polish movie Festival in Gdynia.
Agnieszka Holland explained at a conference in Venice: "The movie tells about what is happening on the Polish-Belarusian border. It presents the responses of politicians, armed forces, refugees, activists and residents of the region to this challenge. We wanted to capture this subject in all its complexity. We besides wanted to give the level to those who were deprived of it." The manager added: "We did not want to cultivate propaganda of justice. We wanted the movie to reflect how hard the choices we made are."
The proceeding will be held remotely at 9:00. It's the first time.
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