BIRDS ARE SINGING IN KIGALI
by Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze
synopsis
We meet ornithologist Anna in 1994 just as genocide is raging in Rwanda, perpetrated by the majority Hutus against the Tutsis. Anna manages to save the daughter of a colleague whose family has been murdered, and she takes her to Poland. But the woman returns to Rwanda to visit the graves of her loved ones. The director originally worked on the movie with her husband Krzysztof Krauze (My Nikifor – Crystal Globe, KVIFF 2004), but after his death in 2014 she eventually finished this challenging picture alone.
international title: | Birds Are Singing in Kigali |
original title: | Ptaki spiewaja w Kigali |
country: | Poland |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze |
film run: | 120' |
screenplay: | Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze |
cast: | Eliane Umuhire, Jowita Budnik |
cinematography by: | Krzysztof Ptak, Wojciech Staroń, Józefina Gocman |
film editing: | Katarzyna Lesniak |
art director: | Agnieszka Zawadowska, Jolie Murenzi |
producer: | Joanna Kos-Krauze |
production: | KOSFILM, Telewizja Polska (TVP) - Agencja Filmowa, Odra Film |
backing: | Narodowe Centrum Kultury, Studio A, Polish Film Institute |