GREEN BORDER

Agnieszka Holland |
Poland, Czech Republic, France, Belgium |
2023 |
147Min |
Polish, Arabic, English, French
16 DLNV
In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the ‘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. Pawns in this hidden war, the lives of Julia, a newly minted activist, Jan, a young border guard, and a Syrian family intertwine. 30 years after EUROPA EUROPA, three-time Oscar Nominee Agnieszka Holland’s poignant new feature opens our eyes, speaks to the heart, and challenges us to reflect on the moral choices that fall to ordinary people every day.
Agnieszka Holland
Marcin Wierzchoslawski, Fred Bernstein, Agnieszka Holland
Tomasz Naumiuk
Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko, Agnieszka Holland
Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati-Atai, Mohamad Al Rashi, Dalia Naous, Tomasz Włosok, Jaśmina Polak, Joely Mbundu, Monika Frajczyk, Taim Ajjan, Talia Ajjan

Screenings

21 July 16:30 Gateway 8
26 July 19:30 Pavilion 12
GREEN BORDER
GREEN BORDER - Agnieszka Holland

Agnieszka Holland

Agnieszka Holland is a Polish film director and scriptwriter, born in Warsaw in 1948. After graduating from FAMU in Prague in 1971 she began her film career working as an assistant director of Krzysztof Zanussi and was mentored by Andrzej Wajda. She has been nominated three times for the Academy Award: in 1985 for Angry Harvest, in 1990 for Europa Europa and 2012 for In Darkness. Holland’s numerous features include Olivier, Olivier (1992), The Secret Garden (1993), Total Eclipse (1995), Julie Walking Home (2001), Spoor (2017), Mr. Jones (2019) and Charlatan (2020) among others. She also directed episodes of many notable TV series, including Treme and House of Cards.