Feature film
Io Capitano
Director Matteo Garrone won a Silver Lion in Venice for this narrative drama that follows two young Senegalese men on their gruelling odyssey to a better future in Europe.
Bashir decided to flee Syria with his family after being tortured by the so-called Islamic State. Together with young border guard Jan, activist Julia and Afghan teacher Leila, they find themselves at the Polish border in the middle of one of the biggest humanitarian crises of our time.
Agnieszka Holland’s new film, inspired by real events, shows that the division of people into “us” and “the others”, or of “lower” and “higher” categories, is a reality even in today’s Europe. Bashir’s family finds itself in a loop of endless shuttling between guards on the Polish and Belarusian sides of the border. The only people who offer help and simple kindness are the members of a local activist group. The film bears raw testimony to the fact that inhumanity and cruelty are not a thing of the past.
| Title | Green Border |
|---|---|
| Original Title | Zielona Granica |
| Original Language | Arabic, English, Polish |
| Znění | original audio, children’s films dubbed in Czech |
| Subtitles | Czech subtitles, select films have descriptive Czech or English subtitles (look for the accessibility icons next to each screening) |
| Film type | Feature film |
| Year of Production | 2023 |
| Country of Origin | Belgium, Poland, France, Czech Republic |
| Length | 147 min. |
| Tags | Migration, Europe |
| Director | Agnieszka Holland |