You can watch the film “The Green Border” by Agnieszka Holland on the Polish Television streaming service. It’s not free, but it is there. In the first half of December this was unthinkable. Now you can read about awards for Agnieszka Holland, but back then the narrative was extremely different.
“The Green Border” on TVP VOD. “It opens your eyes”
“Won the Special Jury Prize at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, Agnieszka Holland’s film is a novel about the fact that each of us can unexpectedly find ourselves in a borderline situation and be forced to make choices between good and evil. The latest work of the director of famous films: ‘In darkness’, ‘Europa, Europa’, ‘Pokot’ and the Golden Lion-winning film ‘Citizen Jones’ make us realize that the discussion about moral choices is not the domain of academic classrooms, but is happening here and now, in contemporary Poland,” one can read in description of “The Green Border” on TVP VOD.
The text encouraging people to watch the film also included the following sentence: “The hauntingly current ‘The Green Border’ is cinema engaged in an important topic. Cinema that opens your eyes, goes straight to the heart and leaves no one indifferent.” The production can be “rented” for 48 hours for PLN 17.
Previously, they talked and wrote about Agnieszka Holland’s film: a lampoon
Last year, before the changes introduced by Minister Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz in Telewizja Polska, TVP employees expressed opinions consistent with the line of Law and Justice. After the official premiere of “The Green Border”, “Wiadomości” published articles attacking the film and its creators. The bars on the screen read, among others: “A shameful film insults border defenders” or “The opposition is delighted with the lampoon”. The website’s materials on that day also illegally used a brutal fragment of a film that had been leaked online without any context.
TVP also changed its schedule in September 2023. When the first viewers could watch Holland’s latest film in cinemas, the station . On TVP Info, “The Green Border” was also criticized many times, using absurd arguments. Attempts to defend production. Even the day we met the Polish candidate for the Oscar was a day for “Wiadomości” when a larger part of the website had to be devoted to Holland’s film than to “Peasants”. All the largest Polish media, including “Wiadomości” – informed about the commission’s decision regarding the animation – but at the end of the program, regarding “The Green Border”.
“Green border” with a green light on TVP
It is worth noting, however, that the presence of “The Green Border” on TVP VOD is not the only symptom of changes that can be observed since the end of last year. – The film “The Green Border” is absolutely not an attack on the Polish uniform – Polish Television employee Mateusz Szymkowiak in the New Year’s Eve “Question for Breakfast”. Agnieszka Holland herself was invited to the cultural program “Hala Odlotów”, shown on TVP1 on January 1.
However, attacks by politicians and public media can also be treated as an advertising campaign worth hundreds of thousands of zlotys. “The Green Border” had the best opening for a Polish title in 2023 in its first weekend of showing in cinemas (September). Then it attracted crowds in front of the screens. Tomasz Włosok, who played the role of a border guard in the film, was awarded the Award. Zbyszek Cybulski, awarded to young actors with outstanding individuality.
“The Green Border” can also be found on other streaming services. These include: Polsat Box Go, Player, CANAL+ online and New Horizons.
Source: Gazeta
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