Project Description

Details:

Drama, 152′

  • Screenwriters– Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Łazarkiewicz, Agnieszka Holland
  • Director – Agnieszka Holland
  • DOP – Tomasz Naumiuk
  • Producers – Marcin Wierzchosławski, Agnieszka Holland, Fred Bernstein
  • Production – Metro Lato Sp. z o.o.
  • Executive Production – Metro Films Sp. z o.o.
  • International Co-Producers – Blick Productions (FR), Marlene Film Production (CZ), Beluga Tree (BE)

Summary

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.

Festivals

  • 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (Italy) – Special Jury Prize🏆
    – ARCA Cinema Giovani Award – Best Film of Venezia 780 🏆
    – Premio CinemaSarà – Cineteca Italiana di Milano 🏆
    – Green Drop Award – Green Cross Italia 🏆
    – Leoncino d’Oro Award – Agiscuola – Cinema for UNICEF 🏆
    – “Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award” XI edition – Associazione studentesca UCL 🏆- Best Foreign Film 🏆
    – UNIMED Award – Prize for cultural diversity 🏆
  • 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (Canada)
  • 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗶 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁-𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (Georgia)
  • 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (Canada)
  • 𝗭𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (Switzerland)
  • 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (USA)
  • 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝘇𝗲𝗻 (Czechia)
  • 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (Greece)
  • 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (South Korea)
  • 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗼 𝗥𝗶𝗼 (Brazil)
  • 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹(USA)
  • 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (USA)
    – Audience Choice Award Best International Feature 🏆
  • 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗮 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (USA)
  • 𝗙𝗼𝗸𝘂𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 (Czechia)
  • 𝗔𝗙𝗜 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁 (USA)
  • 𝗟𝗮 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗲-𝘀𝘂𝗿-𝗬𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (France) – Audience Award 🏆
  • 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (Canada)
  • 𝗣𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗵 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (USA)
  • 𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗜 – 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱 (Spain)
  • 𝗞𝘆𝗶𝘃 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 (Ukraine)
  • 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗲 (Austria)
  • 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 (USA) – Grand Prix 🏆 Chicago Film Critics Award 🏆
  • 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (USA)
  • 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (USA)
  • 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗼 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁 (Italy) – Fuoricampo Award 🏆
  • 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (USA)
  • 𝗣𝘂𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (Puerto Rico)
  • 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗶 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (Taiwan)
  • 𝗔𝗻𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (USA)
  • 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (USA)
  • 𝗘𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (Canada)
  • 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹(France)
  • 𝗟𝗘𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧 – 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗯𝗼𝗮 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (Portugal)
  • 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (Turkey) – Audience Award 🏆
  • 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝘂 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗱’𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗰(France) – Students Jury Award 🏆
  • 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗶𝗻é𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 (France) – Best Film Award 🏆 Audience Award 🏆
  • 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗲́ 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗟𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗰 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗮 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲̀𝗿𝗲 (France)
  • 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (Maroko)
  • 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (France) – Univerciné Award🏆
  • 𝟯𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁 – 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹(Czechia) – Best Film Award 🏆
  • 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 – Nominee: European Film, European Director, European Screenwriter
  • 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (USA) – MOZAIK Bridging the Borders Award 🏆
  • 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗲́𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗲́ – 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (France)