A former Wehrmacht barracks now serves as a refugee camp for people from Ukraine.
waking up in silence accompanies the children on their journey, where their own history intertwines with that of the barracks. A moment between past and future, war and silence, departure and arrival, which paints a portrait of Germany’s past and present through the eyes of its young protagonists.
Mila Zhluktenko (b. Kyiv, Ukraine) studied at the documentary department of the University of Television and Film, Munich.
Together with Daniel Asadi Faezi has collaborated on various films, including The Absence of Apricots, Opera Glasses and Aralkum, which screened at festivals such as Locarno, San Sebastian, and Visions.Aralkum (2022), Opera Glasses (2019), Find Fix Finish (2017), I Love My #Hairlegs (2017)
Aralkum (2022), Slowly Forgetting Your Faces (2021),
Where We Used To Swim (2019), The Absence Of Apricots (2018), In Search Of (2017), Observation Of Hawks In The Sky (2016), Kids Of Tehran (2016), Arefi, The Shepherd (2013)
