Waking Up in Silence

Mila Zhluktenko from Kyiv, Ukraine, studied documentary filmmaking at HFF Munich. Her films have screened at a number of international festivals. Opera Glasses won the Golden Dove at DOK Leipzig. Daniel Asadi Faezi the director and producer studied documentary at HFF Munich and at the National College of Arts in Lahore, Pakistan. His films have screened at numerous festivals. His experimental film Aralkum (co-directed with Mila Zhluktenko), won the Jury Prize for the Best Short Film at Visions du Réel.