A Tutsi woman, the daughter of a famous ornithologist who died during the Rwanda genocide in 1994, flees to Poland with the help of a researcher who collaborated with her father. The two women help each other stand on their own feet again, but also remind each other of the recent past tragedies. How can someone find balance in the transition from death and denial to life and affirmation? A picture of psychological consequences of this bloodshed that changes into an engaging, full of drama, but also hopeful tale about meaning of life and the existence marked by trauma.
Birds Are Singing in Kigali
Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali
58th TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze
- Script: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze
- Cinematography: Krzysztof Ptak psc, Józefina Gocman, Wojciech Staroń
- Editing: Katarzyna Leśniak
- Sound: Radosław Ochnio, Filip Krzemień, Jarosław Bajdowski, Artur Kuczkowski, Zofia Morus
- Music: Paweł Szymański
- Actors: Jowita Budnik, Eliane Umuhire, Witold Wielinski
- Production: KOSFILM
- Producers: Joanna Kos-Krauze
- Co-production: ΤVP – Telewizja Polska S. A., Odra Film, NCK – Narodowe Centrum Kultury, Studio A
- Art Direction: Claudine Murenzi, Agnieszka Zawadowska
- Costumes: Claudine Murenzi, Agnieszka Zawadowska
- Make Up: Joel Echallier, Agnieszka Echallier, Joanna Bochenska
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Poland
- Production Year: 2017
- Duration: 113΄
- Contact: KOSFILM
Joanna Kos-Krauze
The work of these two Polish auteurs is characterized by a deep humanist approach and respect for their protagonists. Their first collaboration was Debt, directed by Krzysztof and jointly co-written. The film was recently chosen as the most important Polish production of the past twenty years. Altogether, their films have received more than 120 awards in Poland and around the world. Their films include Mój Nikifor (My Nikifor), a story about a forgotten painter (Award for Best Director at Karlovy Vary) and Plac Zbawiciela (Saviour Square), a drama about a toxic family. The film Birds Are Singing in Kigali is the last film they shot together before Krzysztof's death in 2014.
Filmography
1999 Dług
2004 Mój Nikifor
2006 Plac Zbawiciela
2013 Papusza
2017 Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali Birds Are Singing in Kigali
Krzysztof Krauze
The work of these two Polish auteurs is characterized by a deep humanist approach and respect for their protagonists. Their first collaboration was Debt, directed by Krzysztof and jointly co-written. The film was recently chosen as the most important Polish production of the past twenty years. Altogether, their films have received more than 120 awards in Poland and around the world. Their films include Moj Nikifor (My Nikifor), a story about a forgotten painter (Award for Best Director at Karlovy Vary) and Plac Zbawiciela (Saviour Square), a drama about a toxic family.
Filmography
(selected)
1999 Dlug/Debt
2004 Moj Nikifor/My Nikifor
2006 Plac Zbawiciela/Saviour Square
2013 Papusza
