| Birds Are Singing in Kigali | |
| Director: | Joanna Kos-Krauze Krzysztof Krauze |
| Starring: | Jowita Budnik Eliane Umuhire |
| Music: | Paweł Szymański |
| Country: | Poland |
| Language: | Polish English Kinyarwanda |
| Gross: | $62 670[1] |
| Runtime: | 113 min |
Birds Are Singing in Kigali (pl|Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali) is a 2017 Polish drama film directed by Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze.[2] [3] The film tells the story of a Polish ornithologist who saves a Tutsi girl from certain death. Kos-Krauze completed the film after her husband died mid-production in 2014.
The Polish ornithologist Anna Keller (Jowita Budnik) conducts research on vultures in Rwanda. Meanwhile, the conflict between the two population groups living in this country - Tutsi and Hutu, turns into the Tutsi genocide. Keller saves a young Rwandan (Eliane Umuhire) and takes her with him to Poland. It is a film about the power of nature, friendship and forgiveness.[4]
Budnik and Umuhire received joint awards for the best actress at the 42nd Gdynia Film Festival and at the Festival in Karlovy Vary. At the Festival in Gdynia, the Krauze couple received the Silver Lions for the film, and Katarzyna Leśniak received the award for the best editing.[5]