If Pigeons Turned to Gold

In postproduction Latest update: 16 January 2024

If Pigeons Turned to Gold
Kdyby se holubi proměnili ve zlato

Czech Republic, Slovakia / 80 min / Czech
Documentary / Debut

In postproduction Latest update: 16 January 2024

If Pigeons Turned to Gold
Kdyby se holubi proměnili ve zlato

Czech Republic, Slovakia / 80 min / Czech
Documentary / Debut

Pepa, the film’s author, meets their cousin David after many years lying in hospital where his legs were amputated. Pepa’s older Brother sleeps in a concrete shed in the middle of a housing development where they grew up. He's lived on the street for over a decade. Their cousin Marco, David’s brother, houses in a garage and makes do collecting electronic waste. Pepa was unable to save their father but is resolved to save their Brother and cousins. The film follows three years in the lives of four relatives, contrasting a common childhood with a present fundamentally at odds. A mosaic-structured documentary, it charts the story of a quest for balance between love and hate, care and self-destruction, exploring the roots of addiction and the possibility of breaking with generational trauma.

Dop / Pepa Lubojacki , Tomáš Šťastný    Editor / Alan Sýs , Pepa Lubojacki    Sound / Jakub Trš    Story / Pepa Lubojacki    Writer / Pepa Lubojacki

Completion date / March 2025
Release date / 15 March 2025

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