written, directed & cinematography by Marcin Sauter music by Tomasz Gwinciński editing by Tymek Wiskirski sound Michał Marczak production manager Agnieszka Janowska produced by Eureka Media, Smulikowskiego 13 apt. 10, 00-384 Warsaw, phone +4822 828 4810, e-mail eureka@ntcm.com.pl
producer Krzysztof Kopczyński co-produced by Telewizja Polska - TVP Kultura, Woronicza 17, 00-999 Warsaw, e-mail tvpkultura@waw.tvp.pl co-financing Polish Film Institute; The Adam Mickiewicz Institute
Betacam SP, colour, 16:9
Poland 2007
60 first-year pupils from a distant tundra arrive at their school in a Siberian town of Aksarka. Without their parents' support, deprived of the contact with nature, the children have to face a completely different reality.
Awards:
- One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic - Special Mention (March 2008)
- Docudays - International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine - Award (April 2008)
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Kraków Film Festival 2007 - Student Jury Award in National Competition
- Doclisboa 2007, Lisbon, Portugal - Johnnie Walker Award for Best Short Documentary (October 2007)
- Polish Film Festival in America, Chicago, 2007 - Audience Award
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International Film Festival "Off Cinema", Poznań, 2007 - Main Award
- Siena International Film Festival, Italy, 2007 - Special Mention for Documentary Film in International Competition
