Charcoal Burners

  • 10 10
  • 2010
  • 14min
Charcoal Burners
  • Original Title: Smolarze

In the remote Bieszczady Mountains, two charcoal burners embrace the rhythms of nature, living a life far removed from modern civilization.

Charcoal Burners
Awards

AWARDS: Golden Tatu. Bahia Days of International Cinema/ Grand Jury Award. Washington DC Independent Film Festival/ Grand Prize. Pärnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival/ Best Documentary. Cabbagetown Short Film & Video Festival/ Festival Prize. Kansas City FilmFest/ Best Short Film. Byron Bay International Film Festival/ Festival Prize. Taos Shortz Film Festival/ Jury Award. Lume International Film Festival/ Best Documentary Short Film. Guanajuato International Film Festival/ Best Documentary. Wimbledon International Short Film Festival/ Jury Prize. Regard: Saguenay International Short Film Festival/ Prize from the Regione Veneto. Lessinia Film Festival/ Jury Prize. Watersprite Cambridge International Student Festival/ Best International Documentary. Festival Internacional de Cine Universitario KINOKI/ Little Stamp. ZagrebDox/ Best Short Film. St. Petersburg International Festival of Debut and Student Films Beginning/ Award of the University of the Third Age. Festiwal Mediów Czlowiek w zagrozeniu/ Best Film. International Film Festival Ostrava Kamera Oko/ Jury Prize. Stuttgarter Filmwinter/ Jury Award. Klaps Short Film Festival/ Best Documentary. Magma: Mostra di Cinema Breve/ Grand Prix. Fenêtres sur Courts

OFFICIAL SELECTION: ZubrOFFka Film Festival

Charcoal Burners - Tending Flames, Living Life in Harmony with the Mountains

Set deep in the Bieszczady Mountains, this documentary follows Marek and Janina, two charcoal burners who live in harmony with nature every summer. Isolated from the modern world, their lives are shaped by the tranquil rhythm of the mountains.

From dawn to dusk, the film captures their quiet existence, revealing the beauty in simplicity, hard work, and the slow passage of time. It is a stunning visual celebration of life in its purest form.

 


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