The Wind over Aleppo – 18th Solanin Film Festival
Film THE WIND OVER ALEPPO, directed by Agnieszka Sadurska, will be screened in competition at the 18th Solanin Film Festival, which takes place in Nowa Sól from August 19-23, 2026.
The film will be screened on Friday, August 21, 2026, in Competition Block IV.
About the film:
Aleppo, 2016. A desperate attempt to save her family during a war, where childhood courage clashes with the tragic inevitability of fate. Twelve-year-old Yasmin lives with her family in a ruined city. The girl and her group of friends try to find a semblance of childhood among the ruins. When her uncle, the cruel Omar, kidnaps her grandfather, Yasmin and Hashim embark on a desperate, nighttime rescue mission. Their struggle against the brutal world of adults ends tragically: Hashim’s death and funeral, set against the backdrop of the exodus of residents leaving the devastated city.
The 18th SOLANIN FILM FESTIVAL, a review of world cinema and a competition for independent films, hereinafter referred to as the Festival, will take place from August 18-23, 2026, in Nowa Sól (Lubusz Voivodeship).
The festival aims to:
a) Promote the Lubusz Voivodeship through cultural and artistic activities;
b) Promote the Nowa Sól County through cultural and artistic activities;
c) Promote the city of Nowa Sól through cultural and artistic activities;
d) Present Polish and international independent films to a wide audience;
e) Recognize and promote young independent filmmakers working outside the commercial mainstream;
The festival program consists of:
a) Screenings of competition films;
b) Screenings of non-competitive films;
c) Special screenings;
d) Accompanying events.
The festival is open to young independent filmmakers, amateurs, professionals, film groups, and film school students and graduates who create their films outside the commercial system.
More about the Festival: https://www.solanin.pl/
THE WIND OVER ALEPPO
Directed, screenplay, dialogue, artistic design, and backgrounds 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
painting animation by Agnieszka Sadurska
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, Telewizja Polska SA, EC1 Łódź – Miasto Kultury
Animation 2D, 25:00 min., colour, format 2K 1998 x 1080, stereo 5.1.
Date of production: 2026-02-01
© 2026 TV Studio Filmów Animowanych Sp. z o.o., Agimagine – Agnieszka Sadurska, Telewizja Polska SA, „EC1 Łódź – Miasto Kultury” w Łodzi
