The Wind over Aleppo
The script of the film is inspired by Grzegorz Gortat’s important and powerful novel “My Wonderful Childhood in Aleppo”. Young viewers will be able to get emotionally closer to the essence of the war conflict, which is ruthlessly experienced by children, although it affects them the least. The besieged Aleppo is a stage on which the world of war is shown through the eyes of a child. Jasmin and her friends live their childhood in completely different conditions than their peers from countries where there is peace. The war in Syria is an exotic snapshot from news services for Europeans. The film shows not only the situation in Aleppo, but the essence of the drama of children involved in war conflicts, incited by adults around the world. The film is a tribute to the children who stayed in Aleppo. The message of the film is the idea that even the most difficult time can be survived with the support of family, friends and a little optimism.
The war in Syria lasted over thirteen years. Aleppo was almost completely destroyed. Seven million Syrians have left their country. Thousands of children lost their lives. Hundreds of thousands went missing, got injured, maimed, or orphaned.
Directed, screenplay, dialogue, artwork, and background by Agnieszka Sadurska
A story based on the book of Grzegorz Gortat „My wonderful childhood in Aleppo”
Music, sound effects by Piotr Kubiak
Music performed by Marek Czmochowski – piano; Piotr Kubiak – violin, keyboard; Przemysław Pogocki – oud; Kamil Rogiński – oriental instruments; Robert Stefański – clarinet; Adrian Walkiewicz – trumpet
Sound by Piotr Kubiak – Playade Ltd.
Sound Assistant by Piotr Stefański
Character animation designs by Julia Kożuszek
Layout by Julia Kożuszek, Janusz Gałązkowski
Animation by Julia Hazuka, Józef Trzaska, Katarzyna Orłowska, Paulina Konopacka, Diana Lempart, Janusz Matusik, Alina Stetsenko, and Kacper Porczyk, Vivien Csigó, Veronika Gladchuk, Paulina Belcarz
Ink and Paint by Anna Dudek, Daria Kruszka, Dana Danylova, Julia Hazuka, Katarzyna Orłowska, Janusz Matusik, Iwo Domagalski
Animatic, rendering by Anna Gałązkowska
Compositing, editing by Janusz Czubak
Collaboration, editing offline by Anna Gałązkowska
Colour correction by Edyta Sęk-Koniarska
Film editor by Krystyna Chojnacka
Production Manager: Mariola Olejniczak
Executive Producer: Ewa Sobolewska
Producer, production: TV Studio Filmów Animowanych Sp. z o.o.
Co-production: Agimagine-Agnieszka Sadurska, Telewizja Polska SA, EC1 Łódź – Miasto Kultury
Animation 2D, 25:00 min., colour, format: 2K DCI 1998 x 1080, stereo 5.1.
Date of production: 2026-02-01
Film c0-financed by Polish Film Institute
Synopsis of the film:
The family of 11-year-old Jasmin lives in Aleppo. The girl, her younger brother Nabil, Hashim an orphan and a crippled boy from the neighbourhood and their peers treat the ruined city as a huge playground. Jasmin’s father helps to dig wells, Mama takes care of her family, children and her father, a retired math teacher. Father’s brother, Uncle Omar, delivers groceries to the family, but Jasmin suspects that they come from the robbery of humanitarian convoys. One day, after a spontaneous math lesson that Grandpa conducts on the playground among the neighbourhood children, the elderly man disappears. Jasmin discovers that he has been kidnapped and is being held hostage by Uncle Omar and his gang. Grandpa’s return home depends on whether the girl’s father delivers dynamite to his uncle, although he no longer digs wells but works in a bakery. Jasmin and Hashim decide to free Grandpa without the help of adults. The elderly man returns home safe, but during the action at the headquarters of the thieving gang, Hashim dies tragically. Jasmin’s family places his body in the grave. Next to the cemetery, they see a crowd of refugees leaving the ruined city.
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