SILVER

Through the eyes of a 12-year-old Juvi, we experience life of some inhabitants of the oldest mine in Bolivia, whose deaths weigh as much as the mined silver, confronting the limits of human endurance, and the remanence of history’s bloodstains. A visual statement on the foundations of modern wealth.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Country: Finland, Poland
  • Running time: 79
  • Year: 2025
  • Color: colour

Director: Natalia Koniarz

Script: Natalia Koniarz

DOP: Stanisław Cuske

Music: Yngve Leidulv SÆTRE

Editing: Yael Bitton

Sound: Marcin Lenarczyk

Production company: TELEMARK Sp. z o.o, Piraya, IV Films

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About the director:

Natalia Koniarz

Natalia Koniarz

Documentary filmmaker. Born in the Beskid Mountains, she has lived and worked in Chile, Bolivia, and France. A graduate of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School, where she currently lectures and is pursuing a PhD. Her work centers on a deep attentiveness to people and the systems that shape them. She made her debut with the film The Dam, which won awards at festivals including FIPADOC, Go Short, and New Horizons. The film was screened at over 50 festivals and broadcast on the French platform TENK as well as Polish public television. Her mid-length documentary Postcards from the Verge premiered at IDFA and was shown at Makedox, Women Make Waves, and many other international festivals. She is a three-time winner of the Jantar Award at the Young and Film Festival.

She received the Grand Prix for Best Pitch at the East Doc Platform Forum, a Special Mention at Doc Lab, and participated in the Ex Oriente program. Her projects have also been developed within DocsBarcelona Public Pitch and FIPADOC Industry. Her feature-length documentary Silver (2025) won six awards at the Krakow Film Festival, including the Silver Horn in the international competition, the FIPRESCI award, the audience award, and a recommendation for a European Film Award nomination.

Filmography:

Tama – 2018

Wschód – Zachód – 2020

Postcards from the Verge – 2023

Silver – 2025

At festivals:

65th Krakow Film Festival 2025, Poland, 2025 (Silver Horn, FIPRESCI award, Maciej Szumowski Award, Best Cinematography, Best producer, Audience Award)

Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych, 2025, Poland, 2025 (screening)

Bergen International Film Festival, 2025, Norway, 2025 (screening)

Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, 2025, Czech Republic, 2025 ( Best Documentary Film Opus Bonum, Best Documentary Film in the Visegrad Region, Best Cinematography)

Films From the South, 2025, Norway, 2025 (competition)

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, 2025, Estonia, 2025 (screening)

International Film Festival EnergaCAMERIMAGE, 2025, Poland, 2025 (competition)

WATCH DOCS International Film Festival, 2025, Poland, 2025 (Nagroda Stowarzyszenia Kin Studyjnych)

Slamdance Film Festival, 2026, USA, 2026 (The Documentary Feature Grand Jury Prize)

Artdocfest Riga, 2026, Latvia, 2026 (Best Director)

24th FIFDH - International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, 2026, Switzerland, 2026 (competition)

One World International Human Rights Film Festival 2026, Czechia, 2026 (competition)

IFF FEBIOFEST Bratislava, 2026, Slovakia, 2026 (screening)

Echoes of Ji.hlava Brussels, 2026, Belgium, 2026 (screening)

Trento Film Festival 2026, Italy, 2026 (competition)