{"id":19093,"date":"2026-03-06T12:56:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T11:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/?p=19093"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:39:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:39:06","slug":"19093","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/06\/19093\/","title":{"rendered":"Film : Silver \/ Natalia Koniarz \/ BOZAR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The documentary\u00a0Silver<\/em><\/strong> (2025) by Natalia Koniarz\u00a0 paints a striking portrait of life in the highest silver mine in Bolivia. Families live there in an arid landscape where the search for the precious metal defines existence itself. Exhausting labor, constant danger, and psychological tension shape everyday life. Children learn to defend themselves against violence, while spirituality remains a fragile anchor. The visually breathtaking images reveal a lunar landscape that contrasts with lives marked by colonial legacies and the cost of European wealth. Her work is largely inspired by her long stay in South America during the pandemic. Winner of several awards at the 65th Krakow Film Festival, her documentary Silver<\/em>\u00a0is both fascinating and terrifying, recounting the history of the silver mines of Potos\u00ed and the invisible victims of globalization.<\/p>\n

The film received the award from the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival for Best Documentary 2025 (Opus Bonum)<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Natalia Koniarz<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Director, PhD candidate and lecturer at the Krzysztof Kie\u015blowski Film School in Katowice. Winner of three awards at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, including Best Documentary Film 2025 (Opus Bonum), Best Documentary Film from the Visegrad Region, and Best Cinematography. Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival (documentary competition). Nominated for the Polish Film Academy Awards (Or\u0142y) in the category Best Documentary Film.<\/p>\n

IG: @silverdocumentary<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

20 March at 7:00 PM<\/strong><\/span>
Screening followed by a conversation with the director<\/p>\n

21 March at 2:00 PM<\/span>
BOZAR<\/strong>, 23 Ravenstein Street, Brussels
BOOK YOUR TICKET<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The documentary\u00a0Silver (2025) by Natalia Koniarz\u00a0 paints a striking portrait of life in the highest silver mine in Bolivia. Families live there in an arid landscape where the search for the precious metal defines existence itself. Exhausting labor, constant danger, and psychological tension shape everyday life. Children learn to defend themselves against violence, while spirituality […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":227,"featured_media":18936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,100,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-programme-en","category-film","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nFilm : Silver \/ Natalia Koniarz \/ BOZAR - Instytut Polski w Brukseli<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/06\/19093\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pl_PL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Film : Silver \/ Natalia Koniarz \/ BOZAR - Instytut Polski w Brukseli\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The documentary\u00a0Silver (2025) by Natalia Koniarz\u00a0 paints a striking portrait of life in the highest silver mine in Bolivia. Families live there in an arid landscape where the search for the precious metal defines existence itself. Exhausting labor, constant danger, and psychological tension shape everyday life. Children learn to defend themselves against violence, while spirituality […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/06\/19093\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Instytut Polski w Brukseli\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-06T11:56:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-23T10:39:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/posterek-1024x576.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"missonea\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Napisane przez\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"missonea\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Szacowany czas czytania\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minuty\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"event\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/06\/19093\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/06\/19093\/\",\"name\":\"Film : Silver \/ Natalia Koniarz \/ BOZAR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/06\/19093\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":[\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/posterek.png\",\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/posterek-300x169.png\",\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/posterek-1024x576.png\",\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/posterek.png\"],\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/posterek.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-06T11:56:25+02:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-23T10:39:06+02:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/#\/schema\/person\/f41db53be78e91d342f7df407326d8f7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/06\/19093\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"pl-PL\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/06\/19093\/\"]}],\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"startDate\":\"2026-03-20\",\"endDate\":\"2026-03-21\",\"eventStatus\":\"EventScheduled\",\"eventAttendanceMode\":\"OfflineEventAttendanceMode\",\"location\":{\"@type\":\"place\",\"name\":\"\",\"address\":\"\",\"geo\":{\"@type\":\"GeoCoordinates\",\"latitude\":\"\",\"longitude\":\"\"}},\"description\":\"The documentary\u00a0Silver (2025) by Natalia Koniarz\u00a0 paints a striking portrait of life in the highest silver mine in Bolivia. Families live there in an arid landscape where the search for the precious metal defines existence itself. Exhausting labor, constant danger, and psychological tension shape everyday life. Children learn to defend themselves against violence, while spirituality remains a fragile anchor. The visually breathtaking images reveal a lunar landscape that contrasts with lives marked by colonial legacies and the cost of European wealth. Her work is largely inspired by her long stay in South America during the pandemic. Winner of several awards at the 65th Krakow Film Festival, her documentary Silver\u00a0is both fascinating and terrifying, recounting the history of the silver mines of Potos\u00ed and the invisible victims of globalization.\\nThe film received the award from the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival for Best Documentary 2025 (Opus Bonum).\\nNatalia Koniarz\\nDirector, PhD candidate and lecturer at the Krzysztof Kie\u015blowski Film School in Katowice. Winner of three awards at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, including Best Documentary Film 2025 (Opus Bonum), Best Documentary Film from the Visegrad Region, and Best Cinematography. Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival (documentary competition). Nominated for the Polish Film Academy Awards (Or\u0142y) in the category Best Documentary Film.\\nIG: @silverdocumentary\\n\u00a0\\n\u00a0\\n20 March at 7:00 PMScreening followed by a conversation with the director\\n21 March at 2:00 PMBOZAR, 23 Ravenstein Street, BrusselsBOOK YOUR TICKET\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"pl-PL\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/06\/19093\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/posterek.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/posterek.png\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1440},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/06\/19093\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Film : Silver \/ Natalia Koniarz \/ BOZAR\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/\",\"name\":\"Instytut Polski w Brukseli\",\"description\":\"Instytuty Polskie\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"pl-PL\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/#\/schema\/person\/f41db53be78e91d342f7df407326d8f7\",\"name\":\"missonea\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"pl-PL\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34ccb132d984086e65e1c2c896f1bc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34ccb132d984086e65e1c2c896f1bc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"missonea\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/author\/missonea\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Film : Silver \/ Natalia Koniarz \/ BOZAR - Instytut Polski w Brukseli","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/06\/19093\/","og_locale":"pl_PL","og_type":"article","og_title":"Film : Silver \/ Natalia Koniarz \/ BOZAR - Instytut Polski w Brukseli","og_description":"The documentary\u00a0Silver (2025) by Natalia Koniarz\u00a0 paints a striking portrait of life in the highest silver mine in Bolivia. Families live there in an arid landscape where the search for the precious metal defines existence itself. Exhausting labor, constant danger, and psychological tension shape everyday life. Children learn to defend themselves against violence, while spirituality […]","og_url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/06\/19093\/","og_site_name":"Instytut Polski w Brukseli","article_published_time":"2026-03-06T11:56:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-23T10:39:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/posterek-1024x576.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"missonea","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Napisane przez":"missonea","Szacowany czas czytania":"3 minuty"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"event","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/06\/19093\/","url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/06\/19093\/","name":"Film : Silver \/ Natalia Koniarz \/ BOZAR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/06\/19093\/#primaryimage"},"image":["https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/posterek.png","https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/posterek-300x169.png","https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/posterek-1024x576.png","https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/posterek.png"],"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/posterek.png","datePublished":"2026-03-06T11:56:25+02:00","dateModified":"2026-03-23T10:39:06+02:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/#\/schema\/person\/f41db53be78e91d342f7df407326d8f7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/06\/19093\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"pl-PL","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/06\/19093\/"]}],"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","startDate":"2026-03-20","endDate":"2026-03-21","eventStatus":"EventScheduled","eventAttendanceMode":"OfflineEventAttendanceMode","location":{"@type":"place","name":"","address":"","geo":{"@type":"GeoCoordinates","latitude":"","longitude":""}},"description":"The documentary\u00a0Silver (2025) by Natalia Koniarz\u00a0 paints a striking portrait of life in the highest silver mine in Bolivia. Families live there in an arid landscape where the search for the precious metal defines existence itself. Exhausting labor, constant danger, and psychological tension shape everyday life. Children learn to defend themselves against violence, while spirituality remains a fragile anchor. The visually breathtaking images reveal a lunar landscape that contrasts with lives marked by colonial legacies and the cost of European wealth. Her work is largely inspired by her long stay in South America during the pandemic. Winner of several awards at the 65th Krakow Film Festival, her documentary Silver\u00a0is both fascinating and terrifying, recounting the history of the silver mines of Potos\u00ed and the invisible victims of globalization.\nThe film received the award from the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival for Best Documentary 2025 (Opus Bonum).\nNatalia Koniarz\nDirector, PhD candidate and lecturer at the Krzysztof Kie\u015blowski Film School in Katowice. Winner of three awards at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, including Best Documentary Film 2025 (Opus Bonum), Best Documentary Film from the Visegrad Region, and Best Cinematography. Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival (documentary competition). Nominated for the Polish Film Academy Awards (Or\u0142y) in the category Best Documentary Film.\nIG: @silverdocumentary\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n20 March at 7:00 PMScreening followed by a conversation with the director\n21 March at 2:00 PMBOZAR, 23 Ravenstein Street, BrusselsBOOK YOUR TICKET"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"pl-PL","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/06\/19093\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/posterek.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/posterek.png","width":2560,"height":1440},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/06\/19093\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Film : Silver \/ Natalia Koniarz \/ BOZAR"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/#website","url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/","name":"Instytut Polski w Brukseli","description":"Instytuty Polskie","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"pl-PL"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/#\/schema\/person\/f41db53be78e91d342f7df407326d8f7","name":"missonea","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"pl-PL","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34ccb132d984086e65e1c2c896f1bc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34ccb132d984086e65e1c2c896f1bc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"missonea"},"url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/author\/missonea\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19093"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19404,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19093\/revisions\/19404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}