For five years, director Pepa Lubojacki has been documenting the emotional stories of her own family. Why did addiction rob her beloved brother and two cousins of their relationships, sense of security, health, and shelter? And what if addiction itself is behind it all, but something that began much earlier? The novel mix of intimate diary footage, vivid photographs, stylized memories, and graphic collages makes the film an original experience that is both raw and playful. As a director and sister, Pepa faces a question with no easy answer: where does love end and control begin? To save or to let go?
The brutally honest film conquered the prestigious Berlinale festival, where it took home the Best Documentary Award, and was also selected as the national representative for the American Academy Awards (Oscars). This extraordinary festival triumph brings a strong emotional end to this year's Telegraph Film Festival.
If Pigeons Turned to Gold
Documentary
Czech Republic / Slovakia 2026 110 min
Directed by: Pepa Lubojacki
FEMMES FATALES. Fatal women. The kind that are not forgotten.
The sixth year of the Telegraph Film Festival belongs to women in front of and behind the camera. Film heroines and their authors. Directors, artists and illustrators of different generations. Some have already made a significant impact on the history of Czech film, others are coming with contemporary work and new themes. Each different. Each in their own way.
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