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Silent Trees

VENUE

Light House

TIME

20:45
1hr 25m

DATE

27-Feb

PRICE

€14, €12

Silent Trees

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Agnieszka Zwiefka

When her mother dies in the forest on the Polish-Belarusian border, 16-year-old Kurdish girl Runa suddenly becomes much older: she has to take care of her father and 4 younger brothers. Starting anew in Poland, she wants to live like her newfound European friends and become a lawyer. But just as her dream of going back to school comes true, another threat appears – deportation. Runa’s escape from everyday problems is a sketchbook filled with drawings that express what she feels. Gradually, her drawings come to life. Zwiefka’s film is a partially animated bildungsroman set against the backdrop of the global refugee crisis.

This film will be screened with Descriptive Subtitles for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH).

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