Black Shawl

Kamila Boichenko
2025

FILM INFO

Blackmailed over her missing husband, refugee Lesya finds solace in her widowed friend Maria. As their bond deepens over shared grief, Lesya's daughter Anya suspects their friendship is evolving into romance.

Original title
Czarna Chusta
Country
Poland
Year
2025
Duration
27’
Color / Black&White
Color
Form
Fiction

DIRECTOR

Kamila Boichenko

Kamila Boichenko is a young Ukrainian director from the Odesa region, currently living and pursuing a degree in Film Directing at the Warsaw Film School, Poland. She has been an active advocate for prisoners of war since 2022, following the imprisonment of her brother by Russian troops in Mariupol, Ukraine. In 2023, she delivered a powerful speech at the OSCE conference, drawing attention to the plight of prisoners and continuing her advocacy efforts. Despite her activism, Kamila remains committed to filmmaking, focusing on the exploration of universal human emotions and needs within the context of contemporary realities.

Filmography

Світло (2022)

team

Director
Kamila Boichenko
Screenplay
Kamila Boichenko
Camera
Jakub Łobko, Witold Prokopczyk
Cast
Iryna Ostrovska, Oksana Cherkashyna, Yelyzaveta Pavlenko
Editing
Michał Pyszora
Producer
Maciej Ślesicki