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Rise and Shine Boards Lidia Duda’s Doc ‘Forest’ on Belarus-Poland Border Crisis, Also Depicted in Controversial ‘Green Border’: ‘Silence Equals Acceptance’ (EXCLUSIVE)


Rise and Shine World Sales boards ‘Forest’ about Belarus-Poland border crisis, previously depicted in Agnieszka Holland’s ‘Green Border.’

Berlin-based Rise and Shine World Sales has acquired international rights to Lidia Duda’s documentary “Forest” ahead of European Film Market. “Forest,” set to premiere at Thessaloniki, is produced by Lumisenta Film Foundation and co-produced by Lonely Production, Canal+ Poland, EC1 Łódź – City of Culture, Anna Bławut-Mazurkiewicz (Studio Filmowe Rabarbar) and Lidia Duda. It’s a film full of difficult questions and uneasy answers, because this family pays a price for every decision they make,” says Duda, hoping that “Forest” will be understandable also to viewers unfamiliar with the situation.

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