Florida Premiere. Urgent, clear-eyed, and helmed with incredible conviction, Green Border finds master filmmaker Agnieszka Holland training her camera on a real-life geopolitical crisis. Set on the border of Poland and Belarus, the film offers a glimpse into the lives of refugees fleeing to the European Union and the humanitarian activists working to help them reach safety. When a family of Syrian asylum seekers is left stranded in the forest, a group of Belarusian border guards shepherds them into Poland. When they encounter the Polish military, they’re forced back over into Belarus. Julia, a psychologist who lives alone near the border, witnesses this cyclical, inhumane back-and-forth and joins up with a group of activists working to rectify the situation. This harrowing, urgent drama constructs an intricate account of the contemporary global humanitarian crisis, expanding out to encompass the interconnected lives of security patrol officers, activist lawyers, and civilians who put themselves on the line for strangers. Director Agnieszka Holland reaffirms both her unyielding commitment to political filmmaking and the ability of immersive storytelling to illuminate the darkest corners of the world.
Agnieszka Holland, Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko
Producer:
Agnieszka Holland, Fred Bernstein, Marcin Wierzchoslawski
Executive Producer:
Mike Downey, Jeff Field, Daniel Bergmann, Emir Külal Haznevi
Co-Producer:
Diana Elbaum, Marek Kłosowicz, Anna Spisz, David Ragonig, Maria Blicharska, Šárka Cimbalová, Dominika Kulczyk, Aleksandra Leszczyńska, Małgorzata Seck , Magdalena Ulejczyk, Beata Ryczkowska, Michał Kosmala
Cast:
Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati Atai
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