Birds are Singing in Kigali

The first Polish film about refugees. The plot starts in 1994, the day before genocide, and ends in 1997. The story of a Polish ornithologist who conducts research on the decline in the population of vultures in Rwanda. When genocide starts, the woman – kind of accidentally – saves one young Rwanda girl, the daughter of a co-worker of the Tutsi tribe. They take her with them to Poland. After the arrival, the protagonists are broken. They cannot fit into the routine of everyday life. They are both trying to recuperate from what they have been through. A story about friendship, forgiveness and the power of nature.

Credits

Reżyseria

Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze

written by

Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze

director of photography

Krzysztof Ptak PSC, Józefina Gocman, Wojciech Staroń PSC music Paweł Szymański

production design

Claudine Murenzi, Agnieszka Zawadowska

costume design

Claudine Murenzi, Agnieszka Zawadowska

make-up

Joel Echallier, Agnieszka Echallier, Joanna Bocheńska

sound

Radosław Ochnio, Filip Krzemień, Jarosław Bajdowski, Artur Kuczkowski, Zofia Moruś

edited by

Katarzyna Leśniak

cast

Jowita Budnik, Eliane Umuhire, Nibagwire Didacienne, Anna Ilczuk, Witold Wieliński, Aleksander Mikołajczak

production

Joanna Kos-Krauze (KOSFILM)

producer

Joanna Kos-Krauze

co-produced by

Telewizja Polska, Narodowe Centrum Kultury, Odra Film, Studio A

production manager

Aleksandra Bielska

co-financed by

Polish Film Institute

distributed by

Kino Świat

Obsada

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