Silver
- Finland, Norway, Poland
- 2025
- 78'
- The Rebels
The dark tunnels of a mine devour those poor souls who decide to sacrifice their lives and health to look for the precious glittering ore. The film ‘Silver’ is a heart-breaking documentary taking place in the heartland of Bolivia, deep under the mountain of Cerro Rico. The mountain that has been consuming human lives for centuries. Film director Natalia Koniarz delivers a portrait of the brutal reality of the people who live and work in the shadow of the notorious silver mine. Three protagonists: a boy, a woman, and an old miner, take us on a journey into the world where child labour is a norm, and where the thin line between survival and death becomes even thinner in the density of dust clouds. The film is both a visually stunning and shocking story about the victims of neocapitalism that nobody sees, and about the price people pay to get access to natural resources.
- Directed by: Natalia Koniarz
- Screenplay: Natalia Koniarz
- Photography: Stanisław Cuske
- Editing: Yael Bitton
- Music: Marcin Lenarczyk, Yngve Leidulv Sætre
- Sound Engineering: Yngve Leidulv Sætre
- Producer: Maciej Kubicki
- Production: Poland, Norway, Finland
A documentary filmmaker from Poland. She was born in the Beskids, but lived and worked in many countries, including Chile, Bolivia, and France. She is a graduate of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice, where she is now a doctoral student and works as an academic teacher. She debuted with the documentary film ‘Tama,’ which was awarded at international film festivals, for example Fipadoc, Go Short, or the New Horizons Film Festival. Her sophomore documentary ‘Postcards from the Verge’ premièred at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), and was selected for many international film festivals. She won the Grand Prix Award for the best pitch at the East Doc Platform in Prague, and participated in the Ex Oriente Film programme. She also had a chance to work on her film projects, as part of the DocsBarcelona project and the Fipadoc Industry Days programme.
