SILENCE
POLISH TITLE: CISZA
A portrait of a family, a village in the Mazurian region. A short impression without words showing everyday joys and sorrows. Monotony and drowsiness, slow passing of time amongst the nature and silence.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- RUNNING TIME:
- 12'
- YEAR:
- 1997
- DIRECTING:
- Małgorzata Szumowska
- DOP:
- Michał Englert
- EDITOR:
- Bogusława Furga
- PRODUCTION:
- PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna)
Małgorzata Szumowska »
Born in 1973 in Krakow. She is a graduate of the Film Directing Department at the National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź (1998). She has made successful documentaries including Silence (1997), Seven Lessons of Love (1999), Ślub w domu samotności (2000), Dokument... (2001), Mój tata Maciek (2005) and feature films including A Happy Man (2000), The Stranger (2004), Ojciec (2005) – a short story in the film Solidarity, Solidarity... She has been a winner of numerous awards at festivals in, among others, Angers, Bologna, Tampere, Wiesbaden, Tarnów and Krakow.
AT FESTIVALS:
- Short Film Festival of Nice, Un Festival C'est Trop Court, France, 2010 (screening)
- Festival de Boca del Lobo, Spain, 2010 (screening)
- 56th Festival dei Popoli IDFF, Italy, 2015 (screening)