Last film of Polish director Krzysztof Krauze premiers three years after his death
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Last film of Polish director Krzysztof Krauze premiers three years after his death
- Title: Last film of Polish director Krzysztof Krauze premiers three years after his death
- Date: 5th July 2017
- Summary: KARLOVY VARY, CZECH REPUBLIC (JULY 4, 2017) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING BY KARLOVY VARY SPA COLONADE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AT THE SPA COLONADE TAKING WATER FROM FOUNTAIN AND DRINKING BILLBOARD ANNOUNCING FILM 'THE BIRDS ARE SINGING IN KIGALI' VARIOUS OF POLISH FILM DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER, JOANNA KOS-KRAUZE SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS (SOUNDBITE) (Polish) FILM DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER JOANNA KOS-KRAUZE, SAYING: "It was natural for us because the Holocaust happened in Poland, we are dealing with the consequences till today. We cope in different ways, sometimes Poles cope very well, sometime very badly, as shown with the Jedwabne case where dialogue is still very difficult. We were aiming to do a film about the Holocaust for a long time, but we couldn't find a story where we could tell the story using a new language. In the end we decided, after spending almost six years in Africa and after arriving to Rwanda that we will try to join these two elements. And that's how it started. Also, looking at what is going on in Europe at the moment." ACTRESS ELIANE UMUHIRA SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FILM CAST DISCUSSING (SOUNDBITE) (English) RWANDAN ACTRESS ELIANE UMUHIRA, SAYING: "It is a big responsibility, it's a very big responsibility because the story I tell is the story of million people who died but also another million people who survived them and who went through the same process, the same trauma and have to heal. At first I was a bit afraid when I took the role that I may not do justice to the story and then later on I realised that actually it is a good opportunity to share with the world what we went through but also how we came up and now we are living." POLISH ACTRESS JOWITA BUDNIK SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS (SOUNDBITE) (Polish) POLISH ACTRESS JOWITA BUDNIK, SAYING: "In reality filming in Rwanda took place at the end of the making of the film. They compose around one third of the film, the whole story. But we spent a lot of time in Rwanda, I spent around three months there, it's an unusual experience, totally different country and culture. We also remembered we are making a film about a terrible genocide and despite the beauty of the country and wonderful people it was hard to forget." PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING PICTURES KOS-KRAUZE AND CAST POSING FOR MEDIA VARIOUS EXTERIOR OF FILM FESTIVAL VENUE KOS-KRAUZE AND FILM CAST WALKING DOWN RED CARPET CINEMA AUDIENCE CLAPPING VARIOUS OF KOS-KRAUZE INTRODUCING FILM AUDIENCE CLAPPING FILM CAST POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS ON CINEMA STAGE AUDIENCE APPLAUDING
- Embargoed: 19th July 2017 16:06
- Keywords: Birds are singing in Kigali film director Joanna Kos-Krauze Karlovy Vary film festival
- Location: KARLOVY VARY, CZECH REPUBLIC
- City: KARLOVY VARY, CZECH REPUBLIC
- Country: Czech Republic
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Film
- Reuters ID: LVA0016OFXXRT
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Polish film director Joanna Kos-Krauze showed her film 'Birds are singing in Kigali' at the 52nd International film festival in the western Bohemian spa of Karlovy Vary.
Kos-Krauze started working on the Rwandan genocide drama together with her husband and longtime co-operator, director Krryssztof Krauze, who died in 2014. Three years after his death the film now premiered in the main competition of the Karlovy Vary film festival.
The film tells the story of Polish ornithologist Anna, who goes to Africa in 1994 - just as the Rwanda Hutu majority unleashes genocide against the smaller population of Tutsis. Anna manages to save the daughter of a local colleague whose entire family has been murdered and she takes her to Poland.
Later, Anna follows Claudine back to Africa and there she observes the Tutsi woman's search for traces of her former life and graves of her family members.
More than 300 film makers will be introduced at this year's edition of the Karlovy Vary film festival and some 200 films from around the world will be shown. The festival is intended for both film professionals as well as the general public. It runs until July 8. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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