Agnieszka Holland’s Czech co-production film Hranice won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
Director Agnieszka Holland won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival for film Hranice (Borders). The film tells the story of the situation of refugees on the Belarusian-Polish border who are stuck in so-called no-man’s camps while trying to cross the border. The film is also dedicated to the activists and volunteers who try to take care of the people stranded in the camps and provide them with the necessary assistance.
Compared to the previous films, it stands out for its rawness and for telling the unpleasant truth about the Polish, and by extension European, approach to illegal migration.
The film was produced by Šárka Cimbalová, edited by Pavel Hrdlička, with a cameo role by Milan Šteindler and co-produced by Czech Television.