GREEN BORDER

| 2024 – 152′ – Drama. A Poland/France/Czech Republic/Belgium Co-Production.
Written by: Agnieszka Holland, Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Lazarkiewicz-Sieczko.
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland.
Starring: Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati Ataï, Mohamad Al Rashi, Dalia Naous, Thomasz Wlosok, Taim Ajjan, Monika Frajczyk.
Official Selections: Venice International Film Festival 2023 (Special Jury Prize winner), Toronto International Film Festival 2023, New York Film Festival 2023, Chicago International Film Festival 2023 (Best International Feature Award winner, Audience Award winner).
In Polish, Arabic, French with English subtitles. In English.
A Kino Lorber release. |

In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so-called “green border” between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union are trapped in a geopolitical crisis cynically engineered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko. In an attempt to provoke Europe, refugees are lured to the border by propaganda promising easy passage to the EU. Finding themselves pawns in this hidden war, the lives of Julia, a newly minted activist who has given up her comfortable life, Jan, a young border guard, and a Syrian family intertwine. Thirty years after her Oscar-nominated film Europa Europa, Agnieszka Holland’s poignant and essential Green Border opens our eyes and speaks to the heart, challenging viewers to reflect on the moral choices that fall to ordinary people every day.

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