As every year, the Slamdance Film Festival focused on emerging cinema stars took place in Los Angeles. Polish director Agnieszka Zawfka and her document “Trees are silent” triumphed at the galawho defeated his rivals in his category.
“Trees silent” Agnieszka Zwierfki won the Slamdance Film Festival
The film is available to be seen on the Max platform And he talks about the situation of refugees on the Polish-Belarusian border. This is the story of sixteen -year -old Kurdish who escaped with the family from Iraq from ISIS attacks.
“Runa, sixteen-year-old Kurdish, reaches with her family to the Polish-Belarusian border. In the end she manages to reach Poland, but the price she is for safety and asylum is huge. Her mother, being in advanced pregnancy, dies in the hospital as a result of exhaustion and the conditions that prevailed in the border forest. Families, to look after four younger brothers and a father who cannot cope with growing difficulties, “reads the story description.
“Amazing to hear how many people cry aloud on your film”
on the reception of production in the USA. “Driving here, I thought we made a European film, so it is something strange that we are here,” the creator confessed. However, it turned out that currently Americans can feel very well into the situation of Europeans. “It turns out that in the Trump era this film is understood here very well […] And we probably made an American film because We had a show in the room for 250 people and this room was crying. It was something amazing to hear how many people cry aloud in your film, “said the director.
This is not the first prize for the production of “Trees is silent”. The film has a special media festival award, the Golden Lajkonik festival and a special distinction won at the Krakow Film Festival, as well as the audience award as well as distinctions in the main competition and new Polish films at Watch Docs. In addition, Agnieszka Zwierfka’s work also has a chance for this year’s eagle for the best documentary.
Source: Gazeta
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