WAKING UP IN SILENCE

A summer’s day in a former German military barracks: children forced to flee Ukraine have found refuge here. In their games, they discover military symbols from the past and link them to their present experiences.

Directors: Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko
Germany/Ukraine, 2023
17:05 min | trailer

Mila Zhluktenko (*Kyiv/Ukraine) and Daniel Asadi Faezi (*Schweinfurt/Germany) studied in the documentary department at University of Television and Film Munich.
They collaborated on various films, including The Absence of Apricots, Opera Glasses or Aralkum, which screened at festivals such as Locarno, San Sebastian, and Visions du Réel.

Director of Waking Up In Silence (2023)

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