WHEN HARMATTAN BLOWS
POLISH TITLE: GDY POWIEJE HARMATTAN
Barbara is 25 and lives in Accra. As an 8-year-old girl, she shared the fate of thousands of Ghanaian children who were forced into slave labour by their own parents. For years, day in day out, she had to live in the world filled with abuse, violence and fear. She survived thanks to the help of her eldest brother and her friend, father Piotr. Later, despite the trauma suffered, she financially supported her entire family. However, when their expectations start rising, Barbara and her brother decide to go home. This visit is also an excuse for Barbara to ask her parents some questions that have bothered her for her entire life.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 80'
- YEAR:
- 2024
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Edyta Wróblewska
- SCRIPT:
- Edyta Wróblewska
- DOP:
- Marcin Sauter
- EDITOR:
- Anna Garncarczyk
- MUSIC:
- Paweł Bartnik, Olgierd Dokalski
- SOUND:
- Dariusz Wancerz
- PRODUCTION:
- Edyta Wróblewska
Edyta Wróblewska »
director and producer, a graduate of Wajda School, Camerimage Film School and Berlinale Talent Campus, PhD student at Łódź Film School. Author of awarded documentaries ("PRL de Luxe", "Girl from a Reading Primer", "Small Instruments"), which have been screened at dozens of film festivals, including Vision du Réel, Sheffield Doc, Vancouver IFF, Guangzhou Doc, Docs Lisboa, ZagrebDox and many others. She has also directed a short fiction film "The Road" and a theatre play "Mulholland Drive/Diane". A tutor in film directing, an expert of the Polish Film Institute, a member of the Polish Film Academy.
- 64th Krakow Film Festival (Poland, 2024), 2024 (screening)
- Millenium Docs Against Gravity (Poland 2024), 2024 (competition)
- EnergaCAMERIMAGE Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmowy (2024, Poland), 2024 (competition)