The migrant crisis along the Poland-Belarus border is a highly contentious issue.
Downey added that Holland and the entire team behind the film would not be cowed by the political backlash.
The response by the Polish regime is business as usual for them, he said.
‘Green Border’Metro Lato
He said the online haters were attempting to deter people in Poland from seeing the film.
The universal text and subtext is, that Agnieszka Holland is a traitor to the nation, he said.
Downey said that the production would then focus on the Polish release on September 22 by Kino Swiat.
Fred Bernstein, Agnieszka Holland, Jeff Field and Marcin Wierzchoslawski at theTIFFGreen Border premiere
A number of reviews including that of Deadline have suggested thatGreen Borderwould make a worthy candidate.
We watch carefully for the result, said Downey.
She also represented the country in 2017 withSpoor.
Agnieszka will be back in Poland after Toronto to campaign for regime change.
We hope that the film can be a positive signal that resistance is possible, he said.
Their contempt for the creative communities and their bully-boy tactics will not work.
The election is coming and we will take the fight back to them.
