Grandpa’s Orchard

Karolina is a young Pole who embarks on a journey through Volhynia, where her family comes from. Her relatives were murdered in the Volhynian slaughter of 1943. The wounds still fester. On foot with a Ukrainian camera operator, Oleksandr, they talk to Volhynians about what happened. It’s a film about motes of goodness, memory and making peace with one’s past – a voice of the new generation in the process of Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation.

written by: Witold Szabłowski

director of photography: Oleksandr Pozdnyakov

music by: Ołeksandr Jarmoła

sound: Tomasz Sikora, Anna Rok

edited by: Paweł Kowalik

producers: Dorota Roszkowska, Gennady Kofman

co-produced by: Arkana, MaGiKa Film, Telewizja Polska, Instytut Pileckiego, Gdyńskie Centrum Filmowe

production manager: Anna Uszyńska

co-financed by: Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Państwowa Agencja Kinematografii Ukrainy