A MINOR GENOCIDE

POLISH TITLE: MAŁA ZAGŁADA

This documentary animation tells a war story of a family presenting a unique, intimate point of view. The testimony of annihilation has a private dimension in this film, filtered through the perspectives of three women. But the pain of the inherited trauma affects the mother, the daughter and the granddaughter, each one to a different extent. Teresa Ferenc, a poet, was 9 years old when her village was burnt down. This memory also returns in the writing of her daughter, Anna Janko. The literary notes in the interpretation of Magdalena Cielecka and with the animation by Tomasz Siwiński are a testimony to the memory powered by fear.

GENRE:
documentary / animation
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
72'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Natalia Koryncka-Gruz
SCRIPT:
Anna Janko, Natalia Koryncka-Gruz
DOP:
Zdzisław Najda
EDITOR:
Marceli Majer
MUSIC:
Aleksander Gruz
ANIMATION:
Tomasz Siwiński
PRODUCTION:
Eureka Media

Natalia Koryncka-Gruz »

Director, screenwriter, producer. Graduate from Polish Film School in Łódź (Directing Faculty) and Warsaw University (Polish Literature). Her short „1 — 1” (1986) won 20 prizes at international film festivals. For “Amok” awarded with Best Debut Director Prize in Gdynia. She is an author of many widely discussed documentaries, well recieved feature films and TV plays. Member of Polish Film Academy, Polish film directors guild, European Film Academy.
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