The Guest

The Poland–Belarus border, just three kilometers long, has become a perilous no-man’s-land where refugees are caught in the crossfire of a political power struggle far beyond their control. Among them is a young Syrian man who manages to escape to Poland and finds temporary shelter with a local family. As the hours tick by, the uncertainty of his fate grows increasingly tense. In their deeply moving film—winner of the Best Cinematography Award at the IDFA Documentary Film Festival— Zvika Gregory Portnoy and Zuzanna Solakiewicz offer a hauntingly intimate look at those stranded between two worlds, capturing fleeting moments of hope that pierce through a landscape clouded by fear, suspicion, and the struggle to belong.