“Green Border,” Agnieszka Holland’s film about the plight of refugees on the Poland-Belarus border, just stunned audiences at the New York Film Festival. Skip to Main Content.

If cinema is an empathy machine, to paraphrase the late Roger Ebert, then Agnieszka Holland’s new film is one precision-tooled specimen. This profoundly moving, flawlessly executed multi-strand ...

This happens selectively in “Green Border” as well. It’s how the world experiences so much tragedy, near or far: From a distance but not really, through a car window or cellphone screen.

Green Border Not rated. In Polish, with subtitles. Running time: 2 hour 32 minutes. In theaters. Green Border. NYT Critic’s Pick. Find Tickets.

"Green Border" is the new movie by the veteran director Agnieszka Holland. It tells the story of a refugee family trying to escape to Western Europe, and of the people who try to help and stop them.

It’s a strange time for Agnieszka Holland. Green Border, the new film from the acclaimed Polish director — a three-time Oscar nominee — just celebrated the best opening for a Polish movie in ...

“Green Border” also examines the everyday instances of cowardice and fear that perpetuate this migrant crisis. It’s the farmer who shows Leila kindness but then reports her to the cops.

Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland’s award-winning “Green Border” offers a broad, eye-opening view of the immigrant crisis as it erupted on Poland’s border with Belarus, an ally of Russia.

Green Border 2024, NR, 152 min. Directed by Agnieszka Holland. Starring Jalal Altawil, Behi Djanati Atai, Maja Ostaszewska, Tomasz Wlosok, Dalia Naous, Jaśmina Polak, Malwina Buss, Mohamad Al ...

New York Film Festival: ‘Green Border’ Director Agnieszka Holland Talks Controversial Film’s “Urgency” "What's happening [in Poland] is happening here," said the director of the film ...

When “Green Border” premièred, last fall, at the Venice International Film Festival, it won a Special Jury Prize and earned Holland her most glowing reviews in decades.