waking up in silence

Year
2022
Country
Germany, Ukraine
Duration
17'40'’
Directors
Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi

A former Wehrmacht barracks now serves as a refugee camp for people from Ukraine.

waking up in silence accompanies the children on their journey, where their own history intertwines with that of the barracks. A moment between past and future, war and silence, departure and arrival, which paints a portrait of Germany’s past and present through the eyes of its young protagonists.

 
CREW:
Director: Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi
Producer: Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi
Cinematographer: Tobias Blickle
Sound: Kristina Kilian
Production
Lotas Film, Daniel Asadi Faezi, Babylon'13
Sales:
Square Eyes, Wouter Jansen, +436609805377, [email protected], www.squareeyesfilm.com
Awards
Berlinale, Germany (16–26 February, 2023), Generation Kplus Won: Special Prize of the Generation Kplus International Jury for Best Short Film
Director
Mila Zhluktenko

Mila Zhluktenko (b. Kyiv, Ukraine) studied at the documentary department of the University of Television and Film, Munich.

Together with Daniel Asadi Faezi has collaborated on various films, including The Absence of Apricots, Opera Glasses and Aralkum, which screened at festivals such as Locarno, San Sebastian, and Visions.
Selected Filmography

Aralkum (2022), Opera Glasses (2019), Find Fix Finish (2017), I Love My #Hairlegs (2017)

 

Director
Daniel Asadi Faezi
Daniel Asadi Faezi (b. Schweinfurt, Germany) studied at the documentary department of the University of Television and Film, Munich.
Together with Mila Zhluktenko has collaborated on various films, including The Absence of Apricots, Opera Glasses and Aralkum, which screened at festivals such as Locarno, San Sebastian, and Visions.
Selected Filmography

Aralkum (2022), Slowly Forgetting Your Faces (2021),

Where We Used To Swim (2019), The Absence Of Apricots (2018), In Search Of (2017), Observation Of Hawks In The Sky (2016), Kids Of Tehran (2016), Arefi, The Shepherd (2013)
Hall «GEGEMON»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
Original language with Ukrainian subtitles
By tickets
Saturday
10 June 2023
13:10
22 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
 6 — 13 
June 2025
On April 22, 2023, from 13:05 to 13:11 nothing happened in Irpin
DOCU/SHORT
On April 22, 2023, from 13:05 to 13:11 nothing happened in Irpin
Year
2023
Country
Ukraine
Director
Ania Na
Duration
7’
DOCU/SHORT
Tale of the three flames
DOCU/SHORT
Tale of the three flames
Year
2023
Country
Portugal, Hungary, Belgium, Switzerland
Director
Juliette Menthonnex
Duration
21’
DOCU/SHORT
Walk
DOCU/SHORT
Walk
Year
2023
Country
Ukraine, Georgia
Director
Daria Zhuravel
Duration
7’
DOCU/SHORT
Boots on the Ground, Hands in the Soil
DOCU/SHORT
Boots on the Ground, Hands in the Soil
Year
2023
Country
Ukraine, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Director
Karolina Uskakovych
Duration
15’
DOCU/SHORT
Our home
DOCU/SHORT
Our home
Year
2023
Country
Ukraine
Director
Anna Yutchenko
Duration
18’
DOCU/SHORT
New Facades
DOCU/SHORT
New Facades
Year
2023
Country
USA, Hungary
Director
Kay Hannahan
Duration
9’
DOCU/SHORT
Under the Sign of Anchor
DOCU/SHORT
Under the Sign of Anchor
Year
2024
Country
Ukraine
Director
Taras Spivak
Duration
28’
DOCU/SHORT
Incident
DOCU/SHORT
Incident
Year
2023
Country
USA
Director
Bill Morrison
Duration
30’
DOCU/SHORT
Position
DOCU/SHORT
Position
Year
2023
Country
Ukraine
Director
Yurii Pupirin
Duration
27’
DOCU/SHORT
The Kiosk
DOCU/SHORT
The Kiosk
Year
2023
Country
Poland
Director
Daniel Stopa
Duration
40’
DOCU/SHORT
Testudo Hermanni
DOCU/SHORT
Testudo Hermanni
Year
2023
Country
Austria, USA
Director
G. Anthony Svatek
Duration
7’
DOCU/SHORT
Near Light
DOCU/SHORT
Near Light
Year
2023
Country
Italy
Director
Niccolò Salvato
Duration
15’
DOCU/SHORT
The Most Beautiful Corner in the World
DOCU/SHORT
The Most Beautiful Corner in the World
Year
2023
Country
Slovakia
Director
Robo Mihály
Duration
26’
DOCU/SHORT
Kathmandu Monsoon
DOCU/SHORT
Kathmandu Monsoon
Year
2022
Country
Nepal
Director
Ngima Gelu Sherpa
Duration
18’
DOCU/SHORT