waking up in silence
Year
2022
Country
Germany, Ukraine
Duration
17'40'’
Directors
Mila Zhluktenko
Daniel Asadi Faezi
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.
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.Filmography
Aralkum (2022), Opera Glasses (2019), Find Fix Finish (2017), I Love My #Hairlegs (2017)
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.
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)
