A year later , at the 2000 Academy Awards , Wajda was presented with an honorary Oscar for his contribution to world cinema ; he subsequently donated the award to Kraków 's Jagiellonian University . In 2002 , Wajda directed '' The Revenge '' , a film version of his 1980s comedy theatre production , with Roman Polanski in one of the main roles . In February 2006 , Wajda received an honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement at the Berlin International Film Festival . In 2007 , '' Katyń '' was released , a well-received film about the Katyn massacre , in which Wajda 's father was murdered ; the director also shows the dramatic situation of those who await their relatives ( mothers , wives and children ) . The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2008
Katyn massacre
Katyn massacre
Andrzej Wajda