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International Independent Film Festival
Geneva
16– 25.01.2026
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The Guest

Zvika Gregory Portnoy, Zuzanna Solakiewicz
Travel diary
Poland
2024
78'
DCP
French & English subtitles
The Brave Ones

Winter 2021. A three-kilometre-wide no man's land separates Poland from Belarus. When migrants arrive at the Polish border, the authorities turn them back. As Belarus does the same, a terrible and deadly back-and-forth begins, forcing migrants to seek refuge in the forest.

Maciek lives in Poland, his house is almost on the border. He and his mother patrol the forest at night to leave food and hygiene items in key locations. Sometimes, a migrant crosses their path. That is how an exhausted Syrian ended up in their home, while soldiers were patrolling nearby…
 
A deeply moving documentary that questions the definition of humanity, The Guest is constructed like a thriller, with the ever-present threat of border guards creating tension.



Rightholder: mary@plesnarandkrauss.com

Ticketing

* in the presence of the director

Grütli Langlois
* 20.01.202621:00panier
Spoutnik
* 21.01.202617:00panier
Grütli Simon
22.01.202617:00panier