3 August 2024, 7pm
Nida Art Colony of the Vilnius Academy of Arts
E. A. Jonušo g. 3
Nida LT-93127
Screening of Green Border
Film by Agnieszka Holland
Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border is a movie about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Europe. The title refers to the swampy forests – a key location of the drama – found at the border between Poland and Belarus. This is the place through which an influx of migrants (mostly from the Middle East and Africa) risk their lives attempting to reach the European Union. The false hope of a safer Europe is replaced by horror and modern tragedy where migrants caught in a web of misinformation, interests and abuse are tossed from Poland to Belarus as pawns in a geopolitical game.
The film follows the crossing paths of a Syrian family, an Afghan woman, a soon-to-be father working at the Polish border, a group of young activists trying to assist the migrants and a psychologist whose life takes an unexpected turn. Among moments of despair, tenderness, impotence, awakening, guilt and violence, Holland offers a harsh critique of how political powers are mishandling this urgent situation – but her main focus is always on the interpersonal relations, on how the lives of those involved in this crisis are affected and sometimes, crucially altered. This kaleidoscopic film is ultimately structured around one central question: what are you willing to do?
Funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and Neringa Municipality.