Birds Are Singing in Kigali
- Released on
- Runtime
- 113 mins
We meet ornithologist Anna in 1994 just as genocide is raging in Rwanda, perpetrated by the majority Hutus against the Tutsis. Anna manages to save the daughter of a colleague whose family has been murdered, and she takes her to Poland. But the woman returns to Rwanda to visit the graves of her loved ones. The director originally worked on the movie with her husband Krzysztof Krauze (My Nikifor – Crystal Globe, KVIFF 2005), but after his death in 2014 she eventually finished this challenging picture alone.
We meet ornithologist Anna in 1994 just as genocide is raging in Rwanda, perpetrated by the majority Hutus against the Tutsis. Anna manages to save the daughter of a colleague whose family has been murdered, and she takes her to Poland. But the woman returns to Rwanda to visit the graves of her loved ones. The director originally worked on the movie with her husband Krzysztof Krauze (My Nikifor – Crystal Globe, KVIFF 2005), but after his death in 2014 she eventually finished this challenging picture alone.
Cast
- Jowita Budnik
- Eliane Umuhire
- Witold Wieliński
- Ciza Remy Muhirwa
- Herve Kimenyi Rutaremara
- Didacienne Nibagwire
- Anna Ilczuk
- Aleksander Mikołajczak
- Jerzy Gudejko
- Maciej Tomaszewski
- Wiesław Cichy
- Bolesław Abart
- Mazimpaka Kennedy
- Joel Echallier
- Alicja Smotryś
- Maciej Wojdyła
- Przemysław Puchała
- Krzysztof Bochenek
- Bartłomiej Gola
- Teresa Sawicka
- Krystyna Zmitrowicz
- Katarzyna Halamus
- Clarisse Hirwa
- Claudine Diatta Umutesi
- Jean Eric Kayishema
- Patrick Dusabe
- Dariusz Potocki
- Piotr Tyszko-Chmielowiec
- Franciszek Kucharski
- Andrzej Kaczmarek
- Helena Stasiewicz
- Bettina Harnischfeger
- Rafał Miller
- Małgorzata Wagner-Rypuła
- Krzysztof Rypuła
- Julian Rypuła
- Krzysztof Rypuła jr
- Antoni Rypuła
- Radosław Jędrak
- Wojciech Czech
- Piotr Seredyński
- Miłosz Ułamek
- Nikola Sakalus
- Hanna Sztwiertnia
- Aleksandra Wasińska
- Małgorzata Pietkiewicz
- Elżbieta Urbańska
- Elżbieta Białowąs
- Barbara Krawczyk
- Bożena Zagórna
- Sebastian Zagórny
- Piotr Filipiak
- Dariusz Dydacki
- Robert Dydacki
- Ireneusz Dydacki
Director
- Joanna Kos-Krauze
- Krzysztof Krauze
Producers
- Joanna Kos-Krauze
