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SILENT LOVE

After their mother’s death, 35-year-old Aga starts to look after her teenage brother, Milosz. She starts playing the role of both mother and father to him, but there is one thing she isn’t telling him about. It’s her long-term relationship with Maja. Will the three of them manage to build a new model of a family in the midst of a conservative and closed community? How will the xenophobic mindset that Milosz is surrounded by, affect the relationships within his home?

“Silent Love” is a coming of age and a coming-out story about taking on new roles, and redefining the old ones. It’s a tender story about the courage to love despite all the fears.


GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland, Germany
YEAR:
COLOUR:
colour
DIRECTING:
Marek Kozakiewicz
SCRIPT:
Marek Kozakiewicz
DOP:
Marek Kozakiewicz
EDITOR:
Agata Cierniak, Anna Garncarczyk
MUSIC:
Bartosz Bludau
PRODUCTION:
Koi Studio
COPRODUCTION:
Tondowski Films, Lekko Films, MDR, Arte

Marek Kozakiewicz »

Born in 1986, film director and cinematographer; video and multimedia artist. He graduated from the National Film School in Łódź (PWSFTviT) at the Faculty of Cinematography. He also completed Film Studies at the University of Lodz. His full-length documentary directorial debut "Silent Love" (for which he was also the cinematographer) was officially selected for Visions Du Reel and Hot Docs 2022. Marek is especially dedicated to working on documentaries. He was the cinematographer of multi-awarded films such as "Diagnosis" by Ewa Podgórska and “The Uggliest Car” by Grzegorz Szczepaniak. Since 2012, Marek has been working as a light and video designer on the largest theater productions in Poland (he is the author of films/visualizations that are part of more than 30 performances and operas). At the moment he is working as a director on a new documentary film for a big streaming platform.

 
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