CHILD OF DUST
POLISH TITLE: DZIECKO Z PYŁU
Everything changes for 55-year old Sang, an unwanted, discriminated child from the Vietnam war, when he miraculously finds his American father. But before they can meet, Sang must confront his own weaknesses and fatherly shortcomings.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland, Vietnam, Sweden, Czech Republic, Qatar
- RUNNING TIME:
- 90'
- YEAR:
- 2025
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Weronika Mliczewska
- SCRIPT:
- Weronika Mliczewska
- DOP:
- Mikael Lypinski, Zuzanna Svancarova
- EDITOR:
- Mateusz Romaszkan, Marcin Sucharski
- MUSIC:
- Joaquin Garcia
- PRODUCTION:
- Weronika Mliczewska
- COPRODUCTION:
- Antonio Russo Merenda, Michal Sikora, Andrzej Łucjanek
Weronika Mliczewska »
Anthropologist, director and photographer. She studied Cultural Studies at Warsaw University, Directing and Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London, Photography at the Academy of Photography and Film at UCLA Extensions in LA. She has carried out field studies and audiovisual projects among the Sami people behind the Arctic Circle, in Central America and at the UN office in Geneva.
AT FESTIVALS:
- International Festival Signs of the Night, 2025, Portugal/Germany, 2025 (Mention for The Night Award, Signs Award, Documentary Competition)
- Solidarity Film Festival, 2025, Israel, 2025 (competition)
- Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, 2025, Greece, 2025 (Special Mention from the Jury of the International Competition)
- NYLA International Film Festival, 2025, USA, 2025 (Honorable Mention )
- San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival, 2025, USA, 2025 (Excellent International Feature Film)
- Doc Edge Film Festival, 2025, New Zealand, 2025 (competition)
- 65th Krakow Film Festival, 2025, Poland, 2025 (Best International Documentary, Best National Documentary, Best Editing)
- EBS International Documentary Festival, 2025, South Korea, 2025 (competition)
- TRT International Documentary Awards, 2025, Turkey, 2025 (competition)
- Dok.fest Munchen, 2025, Germany, 2025 (competition)
- Visioni dal Mondo, 2025, Italy, 2025 (Best International Feature Documentary)
- The 61st Chicago International Film Festival, 2025, USA, 2025 (Audience Award for Best Documentary)
- Chania Film Festival, 2025, Greece, 2025 (Audience Award for the International Feature Length Documentary )
- Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, 2025, Czech Republic, 2025 (competition)
- TRT International Documentary Awards - Istanbul, 2025, Turkey, 2025 (competition)
- WATCH DOCS International Film Festival, 2025, Poland, 2025 (Main Award, New Polish Films Competition Audience Award )
- Budapest International Documentary Festival, 2026. Hungary, 2026 (competition)
- DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, 2026, Finland, 2026 (competition)
- Tempo Documentary Festival, 2026, Sweden, 2026 (competition)
- DC Independent Film Festival, 2026, USA, 2026 (Best Documentary Film)