A single woman Ingrid lives with her daughter and grandmother in the same household, in a village in eastern Slovakia, where there is a stigma towards the Roma population. Nevertheless, she decides to become a professional parent of a Roma girl so that she can survive.
AWARDS
🏆 Best International Film – New York Shorts International Film Festival (Canadian Screen Awards qualifying)
🏆 Honorable Mention – Thomas Edison Film Festival (Oscar® qualifying)
LIST OF FESTIVALS – OFFICIAL SELECTION
World Premiere
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lebu (Oscar® & GOYA qualifying)
North American Premiere
HollyShorts Film Festival (Oscar® & BAFTA-qualifying)
Asian Premiere
Balinale – Bali International Film Festival (Oscar® qualifying)
New Jersey Premiere
Thomas Edison Film Festival (Oscar® qualifying)
The film was supported by Slovak Audiovisual Fund (www.avf.sk), Litfond Slovakia (www.litfond.sk) and Košice Regional Film Office and Košický samosprávny kraj (www.vucke.sk, www.fk-ksk.sk www.kosiceregion.com).
There is land destroyed by man. A place with no future where no one would want to return. Apart from one woman who seeks for her place on Earth.
The film was supported by the Slovakian Audiovisual Fund and Litfond Slovakia. The film is currently in production. The project was presented during pitching at the 30th Febiofest Bratislava and won the FIPADOC Doc Around Europe Award during the 38th Dok.fest Munich.
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