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.

A still from director Agnieszka Holland's film "Green Border." (Agata Kubis/Kino Lorber) The 75-year-old Holland is no stranger to finding unexpected shades of grim material.

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” 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.

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" 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.

Green Border, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Agnieszka Holland’s searing drama about migrants used as pawns in a political standoff, is compassionate, brutal, accusatory — and essential viewing ...

Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland needed bodyguards following the “Green Border” backlash in her native Poland. “I planned to be there during the election, so the Polish Filmmakers Association ...

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 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 ...

“Green Border” With Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati Atai. Directed by Agnieszka Holland, from a screenplay by Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Lazarkiewicz-Sieczko and Holland. 152 minutes.