THE TALE OF SILYAN
MON, 12/8, 3:00pm, 81 min
BAY STREET THEATER
Director Tamara Kotevska via pre-recorded Zoom for Q&A
Director: Tamara Kotevska
Producers: Tamara Kotevska, Jean Dakar
Editor: Martin Ivanov
Cinematographer: Jean Dakar
Nikola, a farmer grappling with the harsh reality of new economic policies, is unable to sell his land or crops. When his family leaves in search of a better life abroad, he takes a job as a landfill attendant, where he encounters the injured white stork Silyan. As Nikola nurses the bird back to health, an unlikely bond forms between man and animal.
Tamara Kotevska is best known for her 2019 documentary Honeyland. The film won three awards at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and received two nominations at the 92nd Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature and Best International Feature film.