Yeşil Hudut

Zielona Granica

Green Border

Turkey Premiere

DCP / Siyah Beyaz B&W  / 152’

Polish, Arabic, English, French With Turkish And English Subtitles

Poland, Czech Republic, France, Belgium, 2023

Director

Agnieszka Holland

Cast

Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Tomasz Włosok, Behi Djanati Atai, Mohamad Al Rashi, Dalia Naous

/ Awards

2023 Venice Film Festival, Best Film, Special Jury Prize, Arca CinemaGiovani Award, Premio CinemaSara Award, Green Drop Award

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.

30 years after EUROPA EUROPA, three-time Oscar Nominee Agnieszka Holland’s poignant new feature THE GREEN BORDER opens our eyes, speaks to the heart, and challenges us to reflect on the moral choices that fall to ordinary people every day.