DOCU/SHORT

waking up in silence

Year
2022
Country
Germany, Ukraine
Duration
17'40'’
Directors
Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi

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.

 
CREW:
Director: Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi
Producer: Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi
Cinematographer: Tobias Blickle
Sound: Kristina Kilian
Production
Lotas Film, Daniel Asadi Faezi, Babylon'13
Sales:
Square Eyes, Wouter Jansen, +436609805377, [email protected], www.squareeyesfilm.com
Awards
Berlinale, Germany (16–26 February, 2023), Generation Kplus Won: Special Prize of the Generation Kplus International Jury for Best Short Film
Director
Mila Zhluktenko

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.
Selected Filmography

Aralkum (2022), Opera Glasses (2019), Find Fix Finish (2017), I Love My #Hairlegs (2017)

 

Director
Daniel Asadi Faezi
Daniel Asadi Faezi (b. Schweinfurt, Germany) studied at the documentary department of the University of Television and Film, Munich.
Together with Mila Zhluktenko 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.
Selected Filmography

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)
Hall «GEGEMON»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
Original language with Ukrainian subtitles
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