FOREST
Poland, Czech Republic / 2024 / 85'
FOREST
In the Białowieża Forest, the oldest forest of Europe, near the eastern border of Poland, Asia and Marek created their own paradise – a place where their children can grow up safely, away from the problems of today’s world. For the kids the forest became their second home. Yet one day refugees show up, unwelcome both in Poland and Belarus. The growing humanitarian crisis on the EU border impacts the family’s safe place, as well as the children’s world who no longer play knights and princesses, but refugees and border guards. Despite controversial border laws, the whole family helps those who are in need.
Director: Lidia Duda
Script: Lidia Duda
Photography: Zuzanna Zachara- Hassairi
Editing: Lidia Duda, Filip Stanisławski
Sound: Krzysztof Ridan, Pavel Rejholec
Production: Patryk Sielecki, Michał Ostatkiewicz, Aleksandra Ostatkiewicz
Coproduction: Michal Sikora, Anna Bławut Mazurkiewicz, Lidia Duda
Selected Filmography:
Fledglings / Pisklaki (2022)
Everything Is Possible / Wszystko jest mozliwe (2014)
Entangled / Uwiklani (2012)
Herkules / Herkules wyrusza w swiat (2006)
Festivals & Awards:
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – Silver Alexander Award, Greece (2024), Millennium Docs Against Gravity – Lower Silesia Grand Prix, Poland (2024), Shanghai IFF, China (2024), Crossing Europe Linz, Austria (2024), DOK.Fest Munich, Germany (2024)
Tickets:
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