Waking Up In Silence
Germany, Ukraine / Documentary / 17’40’' / 16mm / Color / 2023
Ukrainian children are confronted with their past as they explore their new home in Germany: a former Wehrmacht military barracks.
Director: Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi
Director of Photography: Tobias Blickle
Producer: Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi
Music: Anton Baibakov
Editing: Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi
Sound: Daniel Asadi Faezi, Andrew Mottl
CV
Mila Zhluktenko
Born in Kyiv, Ukraine. Studied in the Documentary Department at the University of Television and Film, Munich. Her films have been screened at numerous film festivals including IDFA, Visions du Réel, Camerimage and MoMA. Opera Glasses won the Golden Dove at DOKLeipzig.
Filmography
Aralkum – 2022
Opera Glasses – 2019
Find Fix Finish – 2017
I Love My #Hairlegs – 2017
Daniel Asadi Faezi
Born in Schweinfurt, Germany. Studied in the Documentary Department at the University of Television and Film, Munich and National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan. Besides directing he produces documentary and experimental cinema. His films screened at numerous film festivals including Locarno, DOK Leipzig, Visions du Réel and Ann Arbor. He is a Berlinale Talents alumni.
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
Festivals Attended & Awards
Berlinale, Generation Kplus Won: Special Prize of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the Best Short Film
Visions du Réel – International Film Festival Nyon, Switzerland
International Documentary Film Festival Munich, Germany
Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival, Serbia
Millennium Docs Against Gravity, Poland
Vienna Shorts – International Short Film Festival, Austria
Docudays UA, Ukraine Won: Main Prize
Palm Springs International ShortFest, United States
Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina