I Was There

I Was There is a haunting exploration of familial bonds, intergenerational memory, and the afterlife of testimony. Moving between documentary, performance, and fiction, filmmaker Kamila Kuc enters the emotional current of inherited family history, where personal memory becomes collective reckoning. Through acts of bearing witness performed for herself and on behalf of her grandmother, Kuc confronts how stories are carried, silenced, and reactivated across generations. Past and present overlap in a layered palimpsest of voice, image, and vulnerability, revealing memory not as static archive but as a living, resistant force. At once intimate and political, I Was There honors the testimonial objects passed down from ancestors and the fragile yet vital connections that bind generations in the ongoing pursuit of justice and healing.