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The Guest

10.0(1)20241h 18m1

In 2021, the border area between Poland and Belarus became a forbidden zone, three kilometers wide, where refugees found themselves brutally trapped. They had become the stakes in a political game: Belarus supposedly guaranteed free passage to the EU, but in Poland the refugees met with pushbacks, forcing them back across the border. Once in Belarus again, they were driven back towards Poland—a horrific stalemate in an inhospitable landscape of treacherous marshes.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • human rights
  • migrations

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Produced in

Poland, Qatar

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Release dates

  • EgyptEG

    • PremiereCairo International Film Festival13 Nov 2025
  • Hong KongHK

    • PremiereHong Kong International Film Festival18 Apr 2025
  • NetherlandsNL

    • PremiereInternational Documentary Festival Amsterdam14 Nov 2024
  • PolandPL

    • PremiereMillennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival10 May 2025
    • PremiereGdynia Polish Film Festival23 Sept 2025
  • SwitzerlandCH

    • PremiereVisions du Réel6 Apr 2025
  • UkraineUA

    • PremiereDocudays UA International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival10 Jun 2026

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The Guest was released on 14 November 2024.

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