Holland’s latest film to run for Oscar

Acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland’s thriller Pokot (Spoor) has been selected as Poland’s official entry for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign-Language Film category. The chairman of the selection committee, filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski, called Spoor is “a universal, carefully crafted story that certainly increases our sensibility.” The movie, which some call dark comedy, some murder mystery has a strong anti-hunting message and won the Silver Bear award at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival for “opening new perspectives on cinematic art.” If nominated, this would be Holland’s fourth Academy Award nomination after 1985’ Gorzkie Żniwa (Angry Harvest), 1991’ Europa, Europa, and 2011’ In Darkness.