SILVER
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Through the eyes of a 12-year-old Juvi, we experience life of some inhabitants of the oldest mine in Bolivia, whose deaths weigh as much as the mined silver, confronting the limits of human endurance, and the remanence of history's bloodstains. A visual statement on the foundations of modern wealth.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland, Norway, Finland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 79'
- YEAR:
- 2025
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Natalia Koniarz
- SCRIPT:
- Natalia Koniarz
- DOP:
- Stanisław Cuske
- EDITOR:
- Yael Bitton
- MUSIC:
- Yngve Leidulv SÆTRE
- SOUND:
- Marcin Lenarczyk
- PRODUCTION:
- TELEMARK Sp. z o.o.
- COPRODUCTION:
- Piraya, IV Films
Natalia Koniarz »
Documentary filmmaker. Born in the Beskid Mountains, she has lived and worked in Chile, Bolivia, and France. She currently splits her time between Warsaw and Cairo. A graduate of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School, where she now lectures and is pursuing a PhD. She made her debut with the film "Tama", which received awards at festivals such as Fipadoc, Go Short, and New Horizons. The film was screened at over 50 festivals and broadcast on the French platform TENK as well as on Polish Television (TVP). Her next documentary, "Postcards from the Verge", premiered at IDFA and was showcased at Makedox, Women Make Waves, and numerous other international festivals. She is a Grand Prix winner for Best Pitch at the East Doc Platform Forum and a participant in the Ex Oriente program. She has also developed her projects through DocsBarcelona Public Pitch and Fipadoc Industry.
AT FESTIVALS:
- Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych, 2025, Poland, 2025 (screening)
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, 2025, Estonia, 2025 (screening)
- 65th Krakow Film Festival 2025, Poland, 2025 (Silver Horn, FIPRESCI award, Maciej Szumowski Award, Best Cinematography, Best producer, Audience Award)
- Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, 2025, Czech Republic, 2025 ( Best Documentary Film Opus Bonum, Best Documentary Film in the Visegrad Region, Best Cinematography)
- International Film Festival EnergaCAMERIMAGE, 2025, Poland, 2025 (competition)