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Prize-winning Polish film on refugees opens to government backlash

Prize-winning Polish film on refugees opens to government backlash

Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border tells story of brutal treatment of a Syrian family trying to get to Europe

A prize-winning film sharply critical of the Polish government’s attitude to refugees has opened at cinemas across the country, after being attacked in the run-up to its release by members of the Polish government.

Green Border, a feature film by the celebrated director Agnieszka Holland, won the special jury prize in Venice last month. It tells the story of a Syrian family trying to get to Europe via the Belarus-Poland border in 2021, and the brutal treatment they receive at the hands of Polish border guards.

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