In 2019, she won the Golden Lions Award (Polish: "Złote Lwy") at the 44th Gdynia Film Festival for her historical film "Mr. Jones", which deals with the subject of the Great Famine in Ukraine. On 23 November 2019, Agnieszka Holland and Anne Applebaum were awarded Orders of Princess Olga, 3rd Class by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for their efforts in promoting the memory of the Holodomor.