Yugoslavia, 1991. Far away from the war zones, Branka gets a job at a maternity ward of a state hospital. The young woman is all alone, but it turns out loneliness is not the hardest burden Branka has to carry. Newborns are disappearing from the hospital. Year of production 2021 Length 20min Country Hungary Shooting Format Digital Aspect Ratio 2:1 DialogueSerbian, Bosnian, Hungarian
Director Ákos K. Kovács Producer Gábor Osváth, Zsuzsi Gyurin Production Salamandra Film, Filmfabriq Co-Director Tamás Oláh Writer Ákos K. Kovács, Tamás Oláh Cinematographer Levente Tóth Editor Dániel Márton Production Designer Selena Orb Sound Levente Markos CastDina Mušanović, Dorottya Antóci, Nenad Pećinar, Natália Vicei
Festival selections Krakow Film Festival 2021, Poland - World Premiere Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival 2021, Hungary European Film Festival Palić 2021, Serbia BuSho (Budapest Short) 2021, Hungary - Student Jury Best Fiction, BuSho Award 2021 - Prize of Szeged Courts d'un soir - Montreal International Short Film Festival 2021, Canada Sedicicorto International Film Festival 2021, Italy Batumi International Art-House Film Festival 2021, Georgia FEST - New Directors/New Films Festival 2021, Portugal El Gouna Film Festival 2021, Egypt Tehran International Short Film Festival 2021, Iran Linea d'Ombra Festival - CortoEuropa Competition 2021, Italy - Special Jury Award, Audience Award Film Front - International Short Film Festival 2021, Serbia Soria International Short Film Fest 2021, Spain - Best Short Film Award, Best Actress Award Castellinaria Film Festival Bellinzona 2021, Switzerland Izmir International Short Film Festival 2021, Turkey Istanbul Golden Film Festival 2021, Turkey Pittsburgh Shorts 2021, USA INTERFILM - International Shortfilm Festival Berlin 2021, Germany - Best Short Film Award (Confrontations Competition) Ce l'ho Corto Film Festival 2021, Italy - Best Short Film Award (Kinocorto Competition), Best Soundtrack Award Longue vue sur le court 2021, Canada Lakiteleki Filmszemle 2021, Hungary - Best Short Film Award, Audience Award Euroshorts Young Filmmakers 2021, Poland - Marshal of the Pomorskie Voivodeship Award, Best Fiction Film International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala 2021, India Music & Cinema - Festival International du Film à Marseille 2022, France International Film Festival ZOOM - ZBLIZENIA 2022, Poland - Jury Special Prize Semana de Cine de Medina del Campo 2022, Spain Karama Yemen Human Rights Film Festival 2022 ClujShorts International Short Film Festival 2022, Romania - Best Cinematography Award Movies That Matter Festival 2022, Netherlands Martovski Festival - Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival 2022, Serbia Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2022, Netherlands Landshut Short Film Festival 2022, Germany Grenzland-Filmtage Selb International Film Festival 2022, Germany South East European Film Festival Los Angeles 2022, USA Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2022, Japan Leiria Film Fest 2022, Portugal - Best International Fiction Short Film Award In The Palace International Short Film Festival 2022, Bulgaria Philosophical Film Festival 2022, Republic of North Macedonia - Audience Award Figari Film Fest 2022, Italy Vukovar Film Festival 2022, Croatia - Best Short Film Award ShorTS, International Film Festival 2022, Italy - Audience Award Social World Film Festival 2022, Italy - Best Photography Award Klein Film Festival 2022, Croatia Galichnik Film Festival 2022, Republic of Macedonia Bengaluru International Short Film Festival 2022, India Minikino Film Week – Bali International Short Film Festival 2022, Indonesia Festival international du film de Nancy 2022, France Festival Off-Courts Trouville 2022, France - Audience Award Hexagon Film Festival 2022, Italy LIFE AFTER OIL International Film Festival 2022, Italy - Best Short Movie Award (Human Rights Section) Tripoli Film Festival 2022, Lebanon - Best Short Film Award CinEast - Central and Eastern European Film Festival 2022, Luxembourg - Audience Award Un Festival C'est Trop Court - Festival Européen du Court Métrage de Nice 2022, France Lobo Fest - Festival Internacional de Filmes 2022, Brazil Fenêtres Sur Courts 2022, France - Grand Prix Award Still Voices Short Film Festival 2022, Ireland Barcelona International Short Film Festival 2022, Spain - Best Narrative Short Film Award Lublin Film Festival 2022, Poland Festival International de Court Métrage de Ouagadougou 2022, Burkina Faso Eastern Neighbours Film Festival 2022, The Netherlands - New Talents Competition Award Festival Tous Courts - Festival international de courts métrages à Aix-en-Provence 2022, France - Jury Award Grand OFF - World Independent Film Awards 2022, Poland ONE Country ONE Film - Apchat-Issoire International Festival 2023, France Director's Statement The film is based on many true stories. It was a scary realization for me that everyone around me from the older generation in Serbia knew about the child abducting stories. They just simply didn’t talk about it. This great common silence began to interest me. This was the origin for the story of 'Branka'.
