Film info

Storyline

Yugoslavia, 1991. Somewhere near the Hungarian border, far away from the war zones and frontlines, Branka - a nurse from Sarajevo - gets a job at a maternity ward of a state hospital. The young woman is all alone, she is far away from her family stuck in the warzone. On her first day she meets Angéla who came to deliver her first baby without anyone accompanying her. Strong bonds form between the two of them in a short period of time. They recognize their own vulnerability in each other. However, it soon turns out that loneliness is not the hardest burden Branka has to carry. Newborn babies are mysteriously disappearing from the hospital.

About the director

Ákos K. Kovács was born in 1991 in Senta, Yugoslavia. After he finished high school in Subotica he moved to Budapest Hungary, to study cinematography in the Metropolitan University. His BA diploma work, Away (directed by Roland Ferge) debuted at the Berlinale Generation in 2014 where it won Special Mention of the Generation Kplus International Jury. His other collaborations as DOP include Szabolcs Hajdu’s It’s Not the Time of My Life. Since then Ákos started to work in films also as writer and director. Branka is his first short film.

Screening schedule

• 02.07.2022.

  Terrace - Agency for waterways

  21:00h

Tickets for screenings at Cinestar Vukovar, Danubian Sand Island, Borovo Cinema are free. For screenings at locations - Terrace of Agency for Waterways and Castle Eltz Park admission is 15 HRK. Tickets.