"WHEN I AM A BIRD" AWARDED AT APRICOT TREE
Good news from Armenia. The documentary film by Monika Pawluczuk, "When I am a Bird," was awarded the Grand Prix at the Apricot Tree International Ethno Film Festival.
In the short film competition competed 11 documentary films no longer than 30 minutes. The main award went to Monika Pawluczuk for the film "When I am a Bird".
The film is set in a Thai village next to the border with Burma. MuLa is a member of the Kajan tribe, and her neck is decorated with the characteristic golden circlets. Her life was not easy, she had to leave her home country Burma and look for shelter in Thailand while her only daughter remained abroad. MuLa earns a living selling souvenirs to the tourists, however, the family's financial situation is very difficult. The documentary by Monika Pawluczuk is a record of a woman's struggle with depressing fate and of her unquenchable thirst for better life.