Paweł Pawlikowski, the filmmaker behind Oscar winner “Ida” and Oscar nominated “Cold War,” has executive produced Natalia Koniarz’s documentary “ Silver ” about Bolivia’s highest silver mine and its never-ending tunnels.

“It’s a sensory and poetic experience. It brings images from the depths with remarkable clarity,” he said about a Polish-Norwegian-Finnish co-production led by Warsaw-based Telemark. “It’s brutal, hypnotic and profoundly humane.”

“Silver” is shot by Stanisław Cuske, currently at work on Pawlikowski’s upcoming drama “1949” with Sandra Hüller, depicting writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika as they embark on a road trip in still-reeling Germany.

“ ‘Silver’ changed how I think about cinematography in documentary films,” Cuske said.

“At the time I wa

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