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  • 2024 | Documentary | 85' | Poland, Germany

Silent Trees

When her mother freezes to death in the forest on the Polish-Belarusian border, a 16-year-old Kurdish girl Runa has to quickly grow up to take care of her 4 younger brothers and father. The family deals with trauma in a refugee camp and tries to establish a new life in Poland. Runa’s escape from everyday problems is a sketchbook filled with drawings that express what she feels. Gradually, her drawings come to life. The film is a partially animated coming of age story in the times of the global refugee crisis.
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Director
Agnieszka Zwiefka
Production
Chilli Productions, Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktion, HBO Max in co-production with SWR in association with ARTE, in co-production with No Problemo Music, Real Lava, MX35, Perty Studio, Kacper Czubak
Funding
Dolnośląskie Centrum Filmowe, EC1 Łódź - Miasto Kultury, Instytut Kultury Miejskiej, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights WATCH DOCS Fund
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Festivals
CPH:DOX 2024 (World Premiere), Hot Docs 2024, Dok.fest München 2024, Docaviv 2024, Krakow FF 2024 (KFF recommendation to the European Film Award in a documentary category, Special Mention in the international competition, Golden Hobby-Horse for the director of the best documentary film above 30 minutes, Special Mention for Runa - the protagonist of the film), Giffoni FF 2024, CinEast Central and Eastern European FF 2024, Berlin Kurdish FF 2024, One World IDFF 2024, Cambridge FF 2024, Festival Film Dokumenter 2024, Escales Documentaires – International Festival of Creative Documentary 2024, Verzio International Human Rights DFF 2024, Tallinn Black Nights FF 2024, Eastern Neighbours FF 2024, DUHOK International FF 2024, ReFrame FF 2025, Slamdance FF 2025, Dublin International FF 2025, ArtDocFest/Riga 2025

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