Forest / Las
Golden Kingfisher – Documentary Films Competition
2024 Czech Republic, Poland 84 min. Language: English, Polish Subtitle: Czech, English
SCREENINGS
The Białowieża Forest is the oldest forest in Europe. It lies on the border of Poland and Belarus, which is surrounded by the Polish-Belarusian barrier. Somewhere within it lives a family of five who have chosen to separate themselves from civilization. They live in harmony with nature, relying only on themselves. But even in this innocent nature, reality catches up with them when refugees begin to flow past their home, unable to cross the border. Should the family help them and risk everything they have built? Or should they turn a blind eye? The Czech-Polish documentary, The Forest, directed by Lidia Duda had its world premiere at Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival.
DIRECTED BY Lidia Duda
CAST Asia a Marek a jejich 3 děti
CINEMATOGRAPHY Zuzanna Zachara-Hassairi
SOUND Krzysztof Ridan, Pavel Rejholec
PRODUCERS Patryk Sielecki (Lumisenta Film Foundation), Aleksandra Ostatkiewicz (Lumisenta Film Foundation), Michał Ostatkiewicz (Lumisenta Film Foundation), Michal Sikora (Lonely Production)
SCREENPLAY Lidia Duda
EDITING Lidia Duda, Filip Stanisławski
MUSIC n/a
CO-PRODUCER Aura Films, Canal+ Poland, EC1 Lodz - City of Culture
