{"id":3037,"date":"2026-07-04T12:07:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T12:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3037"},"modified":"2026-07-04T12:07:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T12:07:52","slug":"jesse-eisenberg-is-getting-polish-citizenship-and-wants-to-work-more-in-europe-in-the-u-s-the-kind-of-films-i-love-are-increasingly-difficult-to-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3037","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Eisenberg Is Getting Polish Citizenship and Wants to Work More in Europe: In the U.S., the \u201cKind of Films I Love Are Increasingly Difficult to Make\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jesse Eisenberg (<em>The Social Network<\/em>,\u00a0<em>A Real Pain<\/em>,\u00a0<em>When You Finish Saving the World<\/em>) will in the coming days receive Polish citizenship and hopes to spend more time making movies in Central Europe because the kind of films he likes to create are more and more difficult to make in Hollywood, he said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3035\">From \u2018Love Story\u2019 to \u2018Daylight\u2019 to \u2018Wi$h Li$t\u2019: Taylor Swift\u2019s Most Romantic Songs Through the Years<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The actor, writer and director shared the news as he received a standing ovation and massive collective hug, figuratively speaking, at the\u00a0Karlovy Vary\u00a0International\u00a0Film Festival\u00a0(KVIFF) in the Czech Republic on Saturday. The actor, writer and director was honored with the fest\u2019s President\u2019s Award before a screening of\u00a0<em>The Double<\/em>, directed by Richard Ayoade, in which Eisenberg plays the lead role.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Holding the award statuette in the Grand Hall of the Hotel Thermal, the \u201cheadquarters\u201d of the Czech festival, Eisenberg said: \u201dBeing here has particular meaning for me right now, because in exactly one week I am receiving my Polish citizenship. I pursued Polish citizenship because of my family\u2019s heritage, but also because I want to spend more time in my life and my career working in Europe, specifically Central Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eisenberg continued: \u201cIn America, many of the kind of films that I love so much \u2013 human scale, strange mid-budget films \u2013 have become increasingly difficult to make, but in Europe, those movies are thriving and celebrated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called it \u201cwonderfully strange\u201d to introduce <em>The Double<\/em>, \u201ca film we made over a decade ago that owes so much to Central European cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The star is one of many big names in the spotlight during the double anniversary 60th edition\u00a0in the 80th year of the Czech fest, which runs July 3-11.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3033\">Inside the $5 Million Betting Frenzy Over Taylor Swift\u2019s Wedding<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During Friday\u2019s opening night ceremony of KVIFF 2026, Dustin Hoffman (<em>The Graduate<\/em>, <em>Kramer vs. Kramer<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Rain Man<\/em>) was honored with the fest\u2019s Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contributions to World Cinema, while Maggie Gyllenhaal\u00a0(<em>The Bride!<\/em>, <em>The Lost Daughter<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Secretary<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Honourable Woman<\/em>) received its President\u2019s Award. Harvey Keitel (<em>Mean Streets<\/em>, <em>Taxi Driver<\/em>, <em>Reservoir Dogs<\/em>) was also among the famous names walking the expanded red carpet of the festival in the Czech spa town.<\/p>\n<p>Eisenberg\u2019s upcoming film as a writer and director,\u00a0<em>The Debut<\/em>, stars Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti. Eisenberg also co-stars in and wrote the music and lyrics for the film\u2019s musical-within-the-movie. The film will be released in the fall by A24. <\/p>\n<p>When KVIFF unveiled a month ago that Eisenberg would be honored this year, it called him \u201cone of the most multifaceted figures in contemporary cinema.\u201d It highlighted: \u201cHis first role was in the 2002 film\u00a0<em>Roger Dodger<\/em>, which earned him an award for most promising young actor at the San Diego film festival. His performance in Noah Baumbach\u2019s family drama\u00a0<em>The Squid and the Whale<\/em>\u00a0(2005) earned him nominations for the Independent Spirit Award and the Critics\u2019 Choice Award. The apocalyptic horror comedy\u00a0<em>Zombieland<\/em>\u00a0(2009) was a box office hit. \u2026 In 2010, Eisenberg played Mark Zuckerberg in\u00a0<em>The Social Network<\/em>, which earned him his first nominations for an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA Award.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Karlovy Vary also noted his work as a filmmaker. \u201cEisenberg made his screenwriting and directing debut with the feature film\u00a0<em>When You Finish Saving the World<\/em>, starring Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard as a mother and son trying to navigate their relationship,\u201d it highlighted. \u201cThe film had its premiere at the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals. Eisenberg subsequently aroused great attention with his second film,\u00a0<em>A Real Pain<\/em>\u00a0(2024), in which he and Kieran Culkin play cousins in search of their heritage. Eisenberg was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for best screenplay, and his screenplay won a BAFTA Award, the Waldo Salt Award at the Sundance Film Festival, an Independent Spirit Award, and numerous other prizes. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe for best actor, and Kieran Culkin\u2019s performance garnered an Oscar for best supporting actor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3031\">Yes, Adam Sandler Really Did Officiate Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce\u2019s Wedding<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesse Eisenberg received a Karlovy Vary 2026 honor at the Czech film festival, said he is getting Polish citizenship and wants to work more in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2,1211,945,1213],"class_list":["post-3037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-international","tag-jesse-eisenberg","tag-karlovy-vary-international-film-festival","tag-kviff-2026"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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