Birds Are Singing in Kigali

20171h 53min

We meet ornithologist Anna in 1994 just as genocide is raging in Rwanda, perpetrated by the majority Hutus against the Tutsis. Anna manages to save the daughter of a colleague whose family has been murdered, and she takes her to Poland. But the woman returns to Rwanda to visit the graves of her loved ones. The director originally worked on the movie with her husband Krzysztof Krauze (My Nikifor – Crystal Globe, KVIFF 2005), but after his death in 2014 she eventually finished this challenging picture alone.

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We meet ornithologist Anna in 1994 just as genocide is raging in Rwanda, perpetrated by the majority Hutus against the Tutsis. Anna manages to save the daughter of a colleague whose family has been murdered, and she takes her to Poland. But the woman returns to Rwanda to visit the graves of her loved ones. The director originally worked on the movie with her husband Krzysztof Krauze (My Nikifor – Crystal Globe, KVIFF 2005), but after his death in 2014 she eventually finished this challenging picture alone.

Released
September 22, 2017
Runtime
1h 53min
Director
Joanna Kos-KrauzeKrzysztof Krauze
Budget
$1,480,000
Genre
Drama
Language
Polish
Production
KOSFILM Joanna Kos-Krauze, Odra Film, Narodowe Centrum Kultury, TVP, Studio A, Dolnośląski Konkurs Filmowy
Cast
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