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SILENCE / CISZA

SILENCE

director: Małgorzata Szumowska

produced in: 1997

runtime: 12

cinematography: Michał Englert

editing: Bogusława Furga

production: PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna)

copy: 35mm

A portrait of a family, a village in the Mazurian region. A short impression without words showing everyday joys and sorrows. Monotony and drowsiness, slow passing of time amongst the nature and silence.
 
Małgorzata Szumowska »
Born in 1973 in Krakow. She is a graduate of the Film Directing Department at the National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź (1998). She has made successful documentaries including Silence (1997), Seven Lessons of Love (1999), Ślub w domu samotności (2000), Dokument... (2001), Mój tata Maciek (2005) and feature films including A Happy Man (2000), The Stranger (2004), Ojciec (2005) – a short story in the film Solidarity, Solidarity... She has been a winner of numerous awards at festivals in, among others, Angers, Bologna, Tampere, Wiesbaden, Tarnów and Krakow.

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Kraków Film Foundation
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