"Stone Silence" at the International Leipzig Festival

2007-11-04

"Stone Silence"
"Stone Silence"

The film "Stone Silence" directed by Krzysztof Kopczyński was presented at the international competition at the 50th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film - DOK Leipzig in Germany. The dates of the competition film screenings:

About the film:

A 25-year old woman suspected of adultery was killed in the village of Spingul in the high mountains of northern Afghanistan. Information, which spread all over the world on April 23rd, 2005, has become the incipience of this story. The documentary presents the history of two lovers in the eyes of witnesses, reconstructing the tragic occurrence. The author of the film tries to answer what happened on the day of Amina’s death. Amina was killed in circumstances that have been described in varying versions. The investigation defends a thesis that the main cause of the death was heart attack. The main characters of the movie present totally different approaches to the event. The film shows how difficult it is for outsiders to understand the Muslim hierarchy of values. A world, in which nothing is worth less than man’s life.

The Film "Stone Silence" received the Production Award "Sky is the Limit" at the Chicago International Documentary Festival on April 2007 as “Work in progress”. The Polish premiere is planned for December 2007.

The festival

This years festival in Leipzig is taking place form the 29th of October till the 4th of November 2007. It is the biggest documentary and animated film festival in Germany, and one of the leading international festivals in the world. The festival exists from 1955. The festival stands mainly for films advocating human dignity, freedom of mind, speech and peace. During the festival various meetings and discussions take place as well as the DOK market. Official website: www.dok-leipzig.de