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Year of Production 2024

Silent Trees

English title: Silent Trees
Original title: Drzewa Milcz?
German title: Eiskalte Grenze
Denmark, Germany, Poland, 2024

Director: Zwiefka, Agnieszka
Production company: Chilli Productions
Co-producers: Ma.ja.de. GmbH, HBO Max, Arte, SWR, Real Lava, Dolno?l?skie Centrum Filmowe, EC1 ?ód? – Miasto Kultury, Instytut Kultury Miejski
Age recommendation: 16 years and up
Length: 84 min.
Film genre: Documentary

Synopsis:
After the tragic death of her mother at the Polish-Belarusian border, 16-year-old Kurdish girl Runa has to quickly grow up and take care of her four younger brothers and her depressed, helpless father. During their stay in a refugee camp, the family grapples with trauma, an uncertain future, and the threat of deportation. Runa's escape from daily problems is her sketchbook, which she fills with disturbing images. This partly animated coming-of-age story is set against the backdrop of the global refugee crisis.

Comments:
Festival contact: Krakow Film Foundation, www.kff.com.pl

Festivals:
Krakow IFF 2024, CPH Dox Copenhagen 2024, Giffoni CFF 2024 (awarded)

Website: sp.kff.com.pl/en/films/silent-trees/

World sales address/es:
Krakow Film Foundation (PL)