Agnieszka Holland’s Venice Prizewinner ‘Green Border’ Lures Slew of Buyers Amid Political Backlash in Poland (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent The political backlash surrounding Agnieszka Holland’s Venice Special Jury Prize-winning refugee drama “Green Border” hasn’t kept the movie from being a hot seller.
The film explores the injustice and terror perpetrated at the Polish-Belarusian border from the perspective of refugees, Polish activists and border guards.
But despite being applauded by international critics at Venice, the film has been violently attacked by far-right figures in Poland, notably the Justice Minister, Zbigniew Ziobro, who compared it to Nazi propaganda.
Holland is now threatening legal action against Ziobro and demanded on Sept. 7 a public apology from him within seven days. On the heels of its world premiered on the Lido, “Green Border” has been sold by Films Boutique to Japan (Transformer Inc.), Germany (Piffl Medien), Israel (Lev Cinema), Switzerland (Trigon), MENA (Moving Turtle), Greece (Danaos Films) and Ukraine (Arthouse Traffic).
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