The Queen of Silence
- Talent
- Agnieszka Zwiefka
- Role of participant
- Director, Producer, Screenwriter
- Director
- Agnieszka Zwiefka
- Producer
- Heino Deckert, Agnieszka Zwiefka
- Screenwriter
- Agnieszka Zwiefka
- Status
- finished
- Year of production
- 2014
- Running time
- 80 min
- Genre
- Documentary (Hybrid)
- Countries of Production
- Germany , Poland
- Production Companies
- HBO Europe, ARTE/ZDF, Majade, Chilli Productions, YLE, SVT, RAI, Stefilm International, Odra Film
Festivals and Awards
IDFA, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2014 (Feature Length Competition);
DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland, 2015;
DocPoint Tallinn Documentary Film Festival, Estonia, 2015;
One World, International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2015 (competition)– Czech Jury Award;
Tempo Documentary Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden, 2015 (competition);
One World Romania, Bucharest, Romania, 2015;
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Greece, 2015;
Kino Pavasaris Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania, 2015 (Baltic Gaze competition);
Dortmund/Cologne International Documentary Film Festival, Germany, 2015;
Hot Docs Toronto, Canada, 2015 (World Showcase);
Dok.fest, International Documentary Festival Munich, Germany, 2015 (competition) – special mention in the best international documentary film competition;
Kraków Film Festival, Poland, 2015 (competition) – Silver Horn for the best international documentary, Cinematography Award for the best cinematography in Polish competition;
Parnu International Documentary Film Festival , Estonia, 2015 (competition) – nomination to Grand Prize;
MFF T-Mobile New Horizons – Wroclaw, Poland 2015 (competition) – award for the best film in Zoom competition;
Two Riversides / Dwa Brzegi – Kazimierz, Poland 2015 (screening);
Kino w Trampkach – Warszawa, Poland 2015 (screening);
Kręgi Sztuki – Cieszyn, Poland 2015 (screening);
Lato z Muzami – Nowogard, Poland 2015 (screening)
DokuFest, International Documentary and Short Film Festival - Prizern, Kosovo 2015 (competition);
EBS International Documentary Festival (EIDF 2015) – Seul, Korea 2015 (screening);
Europejski Festival Filmowy Integracja Ty i Ja (European Film Festival Integration You and Me) – Koszalin, Poland 2015 – The Butterfly 2015 Award for Best Documentary (Motyl 2015 za najlepszy film dokumentalny);
International Documentary Film Festival Flahertiana – Perm, Russia 2015 (competition) – The Big Golden Nanook Award;
Budapest International Documentary Film Festival, Hungary 2015 (competition);
Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland 2015;
Nuremberg Human Rights Film Festival, Germany 2015;
LET’S CEE Film Festival, Vienna, Austria 2015 (competition) – Grand Prix in Documentary Competition (Urania Award);
Festival Dei Popoli, Florence, Italy 2015;
MOVE IT! Festival, Dresden, Germany 2015;
Filmfestival Women’s Worlds / Terre des Femmes, Tuebingen, Germany 2015;
8 Panorama. European Film Festival - Cairo, Egypt 2015;
Prix Europa nomination – Berlin 2015;
Polish Film Festival in Chicago – PFFA Award for outstanding human values;
Watch Docs MFF – Warsaw 2016;
Mumbai International Film Festival – Mumbai, India 2016 (competition) – Award for the best sound;
Millenium International Documentary Film Festival – Brussels, Belgium 2016 – special mention Prix de la Trois;
DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland, 2015;
DocPoint Tallinn Documentary Film Festival, Estonia, 2015;
One World, International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2015 (competition)– Czech Jury Award;
Tempo Documentary Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden, 2015 (competition);
One World Romania, Bucharest, Romania, 2015;
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Greece, 2015;
Kino Pavasaris Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania, 2015 (Baltic Gaze competition);
Dortmund/Cologne International Documentary Film Festival, Germany, 2015;
Hot Docs Toronto, Canada, 2015 (World Showcase);
Dok.fest, International Documentary Festival Munich, Germany, 2015 (competition) – special mention in the best international documentary film competition;
Kraków Film Festival, Poland, 2015 (competition) – Silver Horn for the best international documentary, Cinematography Award for the best cinematography in Polish competition;
Parnu International Documentary Film Festival , Estonia, 2015 (competition) – nomination to Grand Prize;
MFF T-Mobile New Horizons – Wroclaw, Poland 2015 (competition) – award for the best film in Zoom competition;
Two Riversides / Dwa Brzegi – Kazimierz, Poland 2015 (screening);
Kino w Trampkach – Warszawa, Poland 2015 (screening);
Kręgi Sztuki – Cieszyn, Poland 2015 (screening);
Lato z Muzami – Nowogard, Poland 2015 (screening)
DokuFest, International Documentary and Short Film Festival - Prizern, Kosovo 2015 (competition);
EBS International Documentary Festival (EIDF 2015) – Seul, Korea 2015 (screening);
Europejski Festival Filmowy Integracja Ty i Ja (European Film Festival Integration You and Me) – Koszalin, Poland 2015 – The Butterfly 2015 Award for Best Documentary (Motyl 2015 za najlepszy film dokumentalny);
International Documentary Film Festival Flahertiana – Perm, Russia 2015 (competition) – The Big Golden Nanook Award;
Budapest International Documentary Film Festival, Hungary 2015 (competition);
Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland 2015;
Nuremberg Human Rights Film Festival, Germany 2015;
LET’S CEE Film Festival, Vienna, Austria 2015 (competition) – Grand Prix in Documentary Competition (Urania Award);
Festival Dei Popoli, Florence, Italy 2015;
MOVE IT! Festival, Dresden, Germany 2015;
Filmfestival Women’s Worlds / Terre des Femmes, Tuebingen, Germany 2015;
8 Panorama. European Film Festival - Cairo, Egypt 2015;
Prix Europa nomination – Berlin 2015;
Polish Film Festival in Chicago – PFFA Award for outstanding human values;
Watch Docs MFF – Warsaw 2016;
Mumbai International Film Festival – Mumbai, India 2016 (competition) – Award for the best sound;
Millenium International Documentary Film Festival – Brussels, Belgium 2016 – special mention Prix de la Trois;