Category: Documentary

dir. Agnieszka Holland
Producer: Metro Films, Astute Films
Co-producers: dFlights, Blick Productions, Marlene Film Production, Beluga Tree, Canal+ Polska, Mazowiecki i Warszawski Fundusz Filmowy, Česká Televize (Praha)

Awards

80th Venice International Film Festival – Special Jury Prize

Storyline

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 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.

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dir. Małgorzata Kowalczyk
Production: dFlights
Distribution: NEXT FILM
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Storyline

It is a first film in which Jurek Owsiak – the creator of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity – talks honestly about how the idea to establish the Orchestra came up, and what the difficult beginnings looked like. He also recalls the whole history of 30 years of the Great Orchestra without avoiding such hard topics as brutal hate he faced, or the death of the president of Gdańsk – Paweł Adamowicz, after which Jurek resigned temporarily.

The documentary about the creator of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity shows his change – from a carefree hippie to the leader of the great civic movement, and one of the most important symbols of free Poland. He tells the story behind moving the idea of Woodstock Festival to Poland which became one the biggest music festivals in Europe.

FILMED IN THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND WITH THE SUPPORT PROVIDED THROUGH THE ACT ON FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR AUDIO-VISUAL PRODUCTION BY THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE AND FUNDED BY THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND NATIONAL HERITAGE