Silent Trees
Synopsis
After her mom’s tragic death on the Polish-Belarusian border, a 16-year-old Kurdish girl Runa has to become a mother for her four younger brothers. A partially animated coming-of-age story in the times of a global refugee crisis.
Schedule
1st Screening
2 November 2024, 19:00 GMT+7
2nd Screening
5 November 2024, 19:00 GMT+7
Credits
Agnieszka Zwiefka
Agnieszka Zwiefka is an award-winning filmmaker. Her films, The Queen of Silence (2014) and Scars (2020), were screened at festivals worldwide. In her films, she balances between reality and fantasy, creating hybrids that cross the border between documentary and fiction. Zwiefka is also a member of EFA.
Zofia Kujawska
Zofia is a graduate of Cultural Studies at the University of Warsaw. For several years she’s been organizing different cultural events, such as film and theatre festivals. Since 2017, Zofia has been present in the field of documentary film production, working in the production department of such films as The Balcony Movie (Pawel Lozinski, 2021), Pianoforte (Jakub Piatek, 2023), The Wall of Shadows (Eliza Kubarska, 2020), Lesson of Love (Malgorzata Goliszewska & Katarzyna Mateja, 2019), Vika! (Agnieszka Zwiefka, 2023), and several feature films and series. Silent Trees (Agnieszka Zwiefka, 2024) is her debut as a producer.
Details
2024 Krakow Film Festival | Official Selection
2024 Dok.fest München | Official Selection
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