2014, 94 min, Denmark, Poland
Russian with English subtitles
Direction/Reżyseria
HANNA POLAK
Cinematography/Zdjęcia
HANNA POLAK
Music/Muzyka
JONAS STRUCK
Editing/Montaż
MARCIN KOT BASTKOWSKI, HANNA POLAK
Sound/Dźwięk
KRISTIAN EIDNES ANDERSEN
Produced by/Produkcja
DANISH DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION, HANNA POLAK FILM
Producers/ Producenci
SIGRID DYEKJAR, HANNA POLAK
Yula is just like any regular teenager in almost every way: she experiments with makeup, dyes her blond hair red and then blond again, tries alcohol and cigarettes, and falls in love for the first time. So far so normal, but her living conditions are extraordinary, to say the least. Yula lives on Europe’s biggest landfill situated less than 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Moscow’s city center. On this unearthly place, trucks and forklifts drive to and from shifting an endless supply of garbage. Together with her mother, a handful of other children, drunkards and outcasts, Yula spends her days searching in the filth for food, for shelter material, and for something to wear. She has only one dream: to get out from this place to normal life.
HANNA POLAK
Born in Katowice in 1967. Director, cinemathographer and producer. Graduated in Cinematography from WGiK, the Film Institute of the Russian Federation in Moscow. Her documentary “The Children of Leningradsky” received many awards internationally, including an Oscar nomination (2005). She has been honored worldwide for her works for many documentaries and short feature films. Besides, she also works as photographer and cinematographer. In 1997 she founded and later collaborated with Active Child Aid to help the underprivileged children of Russia. For her charitable efforts, she was awarded the prestigious Golden Heart Award in 2006.
Gallery Theatre November 11 at 8:45 pm.
