OF ANIMALS AND MEN
POLISH TITLE: O ZWIERZĘTACH I LUDZIACH
Recently, this story has been presented in the feature film “The Zookeeper's Wife” starring Jessica Chastain. Now, we can learn more about its real-life protagonists – Antonina and Jan Żabińskis. Before WWII, they ran the Warsaw zoo which, during the war, gave shelter to many people, mostly Jews. This extraordinary tale of courage and great passion is made of archival materials, staged fragments and testimonies of witnesses and survivors. There is also an underlying story, a slightly surreal take on the common fate of people and animals.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRYI:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 71'
- YEAR:
- 2019
- DIRECTING:
- Łukasz Czajka
- SCRIPT:
- Łukasz Czajka
- DOP:
- Kacper Czubak
- EDITOR:
- Jakub Piątek
- MUSIC:
- Marcin Masecki
- PRODUCER:
- Autograf Karol Wożbiński
AT FESTIVALS:
- Bellaria Film Festival, 2020, Italy, 2020 (Bei Doc Award)
- Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2020, Ukraine, 2020 (competition)
- Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2020 (screening)
- Miami Jewish Film Festival, 2020, USA, 2020 (screening)
- Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, China, 2019 (Best Art Doc Award)
- UK Jewish Film Festival, UK, 2019 (screening)
- Cottbus Film Festival, Germany, 2019 (screening)
- Jewish International Film Festival, 2019, Australia, 2019 (competition)
- Haifa Film Festival, 2019, Israel, 2019 (competition)
- 59th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2019 (competition)