When the Trees Fall
Koly padayut dereva · dir. Marysia Nikitiuk
Macedonia, Poland, Ukraine 2018, 88’
23 October, 22:15 · Kino Centrum
The story told in the film happens in a little village in Ukraine. Vitka, a rebellious little girl, learns a little something about life by observing the love affair between her teenage cousin and a local troublemaker. When the latter runs away after committing a crime, his girlfriend is forced to marry a different man. For the little girl, that event will soon become a lesson in the importance of fighting for one’s own dreams.
| Director: | Marysia Nikitiuk |
| Screenplay: | Marysia Nikitiuk |
| Music: | Nikita Moiseev |
| Cinematography: | Michał Englert, Mateusz Wichłacz |
| Editing: | Ivan Bannikov, Blazhe Dulev, Milenia Fiedler |
| Cast: | Maksym Samchik, Sofia Halaimova, Vadym Kovaliov, Aelita Nazarenko, Anastasiia Pustovit |
| Producers: | Igor Savychenko, Roman Klympush, Dariusz Jabłoński, Izabela Wójcik, Violetta Kamińska, Darko Basheski, Serge Lavrenyuk, Vladimir Filippov, Alla Ovsyannikova, Andriy Suyarko |
| Production: | Solar Media Entertainment, Directory Films, Message Film, Fokus In |
| Awards: | Berlinale – nominacja: Najlepszy Pierwszy Film Fabularny / nomination: Best First Feature Award (2018); MFF w Odessie / Odessa IFF – Złoty Książę: Najlepsze Aktorstwo / Golden Duke: Best Acting (2018) |
2019 Programme
- Films from A to Z
- Downloadable programme
- Open meetings
- Opening and Closing Concerts
- On Air
- Shortcut
- From Poland
- Must Be Must See
- Phenomena: Metropolis, Mass, Machine
- Focus on Quebec Cinema
- Masters: Franco Zeffirelli
- The Rebels
- Polonica
- Special screenings
- Baltic Silent Cinema
- Hot and Cold
- Cinema Classics — Movies from the Heart of Poland
- Forum 2018/2019
- Forward
- 70 years of WFDiF — Newsreels
- Night Owls
- HBO Specials
- Film breakfasts
- Movieplay!