Birds Are Singing in Kigali
5.5
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.
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Jowita Budnik
Anna Keller
Known for
Mother's Day
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Eliane Umuhire
Claudine Mugambira
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Witold Wieliński
Witek
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Furioza
Ciza Remy Muhirwa
Jean Paul
No other roles listed
Herve Kimenyi Rutaremara
Sebastian
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KUBANA
Didacienne Nibagwire
Marie-Christine
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Small Country: An African Childhood
Behind the word
Anna Ilczuk
Katarzyna Falska
Known for
Suicide Room
Aleksander Mikołajczak
colonel
Known for
Symmetry
Jerzy Gudejko
Jan
Known for
Avalon
The Double Life of Véronique
Maciej Tomaszewski
clerk
Known for
Leave One Day
Wiesław Cichy
officer
Known for
The Border
Sobibor
Bolesław Abart
Horst Keller
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Przyłbice i kaptury
Krzysztof Krauze Director · Joanna Kos-Krauze Director Paweł Szymański Composer
Director Screenplay
Krzysztof Krauze
Director Screenplay
Joanna Kos-Krauze
Composer
Paweł Szymański
Cinematographer
Krzysztof Ptak
Cinematographer
Wojciech Staroń
Cinematographer
Józefina Gocman-Dicks
Editor
Katarzyna Leśniak
Production designer Costume designer
Claudine Murenzi
Production designer Costume designer
Agnieszka Zawadowska
Budget $1.5M · First release July 4, 2017 · Produced in Poland
Box office
Budget
$1,480,000
Production
Kosfilm
Production
Odra-Film
Production
Narodowe Centrum Kultury
Production
Telewizja Polska
Production
Studio A
Production
Dolnośląski Konkurs Filmowy
Production
KOSFILM Joanna Kos-Krauze
Production
Poland
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
English · Polish
Release dates
Czechia · July 4, 2017
Premiere · Karlove Vary International Film Festival
Poland · September 22, 2017
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Netherlands
January 25, 2018 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
Poland
August 8, 2017 · Premiere · T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival
Russia
April 19, 2018 · Premiere · Moscow International Film Festival
Ukraine
July 15, 2019 · Premiere · Odesa International Film Festival
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