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GREEN BORDER
ZIELONA GRANICA
AGNIESZKA HOLLAND
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GREEN BORDER
ZIELONA GRANICA
AGNIESZKA HOLLAND
Country
POLAND | CZECH REPUBLIC | FRANCE | BELGIUM
language
POLISH | ARABIC | ENGLISH | FRENCH
2023 year
152 Minutes

SCHEDULE

02.03.2024 / 07:45 PM/ Audi 10 PVR INOX ORION MALL
05.03.2024 / 07:30 PM/ Audi 10 PVR INOX ORION MALL

Synopsis

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. 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.

Producer(s) or Production Company: Marcin Wierzchoslawski, Fred Bernstein, Agnieszka Holland
Screenplay: Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko, Agnieszka Holland
Director of Photography: Tomasz Naumiuk
Editor: Pavel Hrdlička
Music: Frédéric Vercheval
Sound: Roman Dymny
Cast: Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Tomasz Włosok, Behi Djanati Atai, Mohamad Al Rashi, Dalia Naous
Awards - Winner: Venice FF (Special Jury Prize), Chicago IFF (Audience Choice Award - Best International Feature), Palm Springs IFF (Bridging the Borders Award), Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards (Best Polish Film)
Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection: Venice FF (Golden Lion), Valladolid IFF (Best Film), European Film Awards (Best European Film, Best European Director, Best European Screenwriter)
Director's Biography
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AGNIESZKA HOLLAND

Agnieszka Holland began her film career working with Krzysztof Zanussi as an assistant director and Andrzej Wajda as her mentor. Her first feature film was PROVINCIAL ACTORS (1978), one of the flagship pictures of the "cinema of moral disquiet" and the winner of the International Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1980. She directed ANGRY HARVEST (1985), which was nominated for a foreign-language Oscar. Her film EUROPA EUROPA (1990) also received a U.S. Academy Award nomination (Best Screenplay), and IN DARKNESS (2011) was again nominated as the best foreign-language film.