THE WALL OF SHADOWS

POLISH TITLE: ŚCIANA CIENI

Will your Gods forgive you the sins committed out of love to your child? Sherpa family breaks a taboo and takes part in the Himalayan expedition to Kumbhakarna – one of the most holy of mountains, to earn money for their son’s school and save him from a dangerous and degrading work as a porter. The east face of the mountain (7710 m) is one of the most difficult challenges in alpinism today. The leading alpinists take part in the expedition. The holy mountain confronts both the climbers and Sherpas with equal harshness.

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland, Germany, Switzerland
RUNNING TIME:
94'
YEAR:
COLOUR:
colour
DIRECTING:
Eliza Kubarska
SCRIPT:
Piotr Rosołowski, Eliza Kubarska
DOP:
Piotr Rosołowski
EDITOR:
Barbara Toennieshen
MUSIC:
Marcel Vaid
SOUND:
Franciszek Kozłowski, Zofia Moruś
PRODUCTION:
Braidmade Films
COPRODUCTION:
Umit Uludag, Kaspar Winkler

Eliza Kubarska »

Eliza Kubarska specialises in adventure filmmaking. She is an artist and director graduate of Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, and Wajda School of Film Directing.  Polish exploring alpinist and traveller.  Author of award winning feature documentaries such as:  “What Happened on Pam Island” (aka “Mountain Love Story”) set in Greenland, and “Walking Under Water”, about the sea nomads in Borneo,   winner of Hot Docs Special Jury Prize.  Her recent film is “K2-Touching the sky”.