The Guest

In 2021, the border zone between Poland and Belarus became a three-kilometre-wide no-go area, where refugees found themselves trapped in a brutal situation. They became pawns in a political game: Belarus promised them free passage to the European Union, but in Poland, they encountered deportations that forced them to return to the Belarusian side. There, they were again forced to cross over to the Polish side – a nightmarish stalemate in the inhospitable landscape of treacherous swamps.

written by: Zvika Gregory Portnoy, Zuzanna Solakiewicz
director of photography: Zvika Gregory Portnoy
music: Michał Pepol
sound: Agata Chodyra
edited by: Zuzanna Solakiewicz
production: Plesnar & Krauss Films
producer: Maria Krauss
production manager: Maria Krauss, Anna Szadkowska
co-produced by: Al Jazeera Documentary, Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych we Wrocławiu
co-financed by: Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego
distributed by: So FILMS