Silent Land

An affluent couple’s dreamy getaway turns nasty in this compelling relationship drama and feature debut from Polish director Aga Woszczyńska.

An affluent Polish couple rent a luxurious Italian holiday home, but are frustrated to find an empty pool in a state of disrepair. Ignorant of the fact that the local area faces a water shortage, they insist someone fixes it, triggering a relationship-testing and disturbing chain of events. This terrifically assured feature debut by Aga Woszczyńska is a beautifully tense and finely observed unravelling of people and privilege.

Silent Land debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, before picking up the FIPRESCI award for the International Competition at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.