Private Project

Silesian Chain of Solidarity

Taking inspiration from a Baltic chain of freedom, that connected citizens of Baltic countries in 1989, “Silesian Chain of Solidarity” corresponds with such a groundbreaking event in order to amplify troubles tossing the industrial heart of Poland. As a symbol of chain, seems to be universal and timeless, this short action is set in indigent and engulfed in autonomy movements, Polish Silesia. Coal-mining area, that has been exploiting for long centuries, and which despite apparent neglect and oblivion, still remains a main pillar of domestic economy. This artistic movie presents symbolic chain of connections, which exist between protagonists coming from the same region. People, who suffer lack of perspectives and thus spent most of the time in inconclusive way. We follow together with them successive stages of unhealthy web, involving the illegal distribution of coal, which literally destroys local community.

  • Beata Migas
    Director
  • Beata Migas
    Writer
  • Beata Migas
    Producer
  • Beata Migas
    Key Cast
  • Ewa Zengel
    Key Cast
  • Patryk Mandrak
    Key Cast
  • Dominik Buksa
    Key Cast
  • Barbara Migas
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Śląski łańcuch solidarności
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Experimental, Artistic, Alternative, Avant-garde, Short
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 27 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 23, 2017
  • Country of Origin:
    Poland
  • Country of Filming:
    Poland
  • Language:
    English, Polish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Beata Migas

Film Director, Producer and Founder of Haddock Entertainment Film Company.
Beata acquired a comprehensive education both in Poland and Serbia. In 2019, she obtained the degree of Master of Engineering in Ecological Sources of Energy course at the AGH University in Cracow. The same year, she graduated from Film School in Belgrade (Serbia).
Beata has been dealing with cinematography for years; writing screenplays, shooting and producing movies that draw social and existential topics out. Not without reason, the motto of Haddock Entertainment is: "to shape the matter into soul touching content".
In 2018, she directed and produced psychological movie "Study of smog", which broaches the subject of air pollution in Cracow and its influence on people's minds. 2 years later, "Republic of Silesia" was released. Due to social significance, her documentary on the first world's civil experiment aiming to create the new civilization of free people at the territory of Polish Silesia brought a lot of attention.
Beata last documentary production „UFO: They are already here” tells the story of the biggest ufological phenomena, that have been happening every summer over the period 2000-2006 in Polish village – Wylatowo. The movie won 5 awards in various categories at international film festivals. In 2022, Beata published her own e-book „Islandówki”, which poses a collection of adventure, Icelandic stories, she experienced while living in the mobile base in the Land of Fire and Ice. Publication became the viral hit of Polish internet.

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