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Agnieszka Holland is the most internationally recognized Polish filmmaker. There is a significant gap in contemporary research on Holland in both Polish and international film and media studies. The proposed project will undertake this task. The proposed research program aims at examining Agnieszka Holland’s films and television works within three main theoretical frameworks: the concept of authorship in film and media, transnational film and media culture, and global women’s cinema and its correspondence with transnational feminism. These three theoretical frameworks will help to chart a concrete and nuanced approach to Agnieszka Holland’s large and complex body of work. The point of departure for the analyses will explanation of the impasse of using traditional concept of authorship in relation to Holland’s work. Holland’s films and television projects do not offer stylistic and semantic consistency and, thus, they do not fit the traditional concept of authorship. In order to contribute to the research in the field of transnational cinema and media, the project will analyse the noticeable evolution of Holland’s work from politically determined migration to economically conditioned transnational projects. Analysis of her work from the perspective of women’s cinema will demonstrate necessity of critical reconsideration of transnational feminism. The main product of this research project will be the first full-length monograph of Agnieszka Holland in English published in an international academic publisher and two full-length articles published in international peer-reviewed journals. Its original approach to the problem of authorship will be a significant contribution to Polish film studies, whereas its importance for international research lies in redressing the absence of Eastern European production in academic discourse.