Sunday 20:30 ROW A, NUMBER 79: HER SEAT
Synopsis
Inside a prison in Odessa the young Lesya (Maryna Klimova) has just given birth to her first son, becoming yet another incarcerated mother. For the next three years she will be allowed to see her child twice a day, always under the watchful eye of a warden. Through an austere combination of documentary procedures and fictional construction emerges a harsh, yet deeply nuanced, collective testimony about the stories and hopes of women serving time and working in the prison system. (C. M.)
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Director
Peter Kerekes
Peter Kerekes was born in Košice, Slovakia. He majored in film directing from the Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. In 2003, he directed and produced his debut feature documentary, "66 Seasons'', which won several awards, including Best Film at DocAviv. His following documentary, "Cooking History" (2009), received the Prix Arte nomination for Best Documentary at the European Film Awards. Kerekes's 2013 feature documentary, "Velvet Terrorists", co-directed by Pavol Pekarčík and Ivan Ostrochovský, won the FEDEORA Award at the Karlovy Vary IFF and premiered at the Berlinale Forum.
Credits
Producers
Ivan Ostrochovský
Cinematographer
Martin Kollar
Editor
Martin Piga, Thomas Ernst
Sound
Tobiáš Potočný
Composer
Lucia Chuťková
Festivals
San Sebastian FF 2021
La Biennale di Venezia – Venice FF 2021
