''107 Mothers'' is a 2021
docudrama
Docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of television show, television and feature film, film, which features Drama (film and television), dramatized Historical reenactment, re-enactments of actual events. It is described as a hybrid of docu ...
film directed by
Peter Kerekes
Peter Kerekes (born 3 April 1973) is a Slovak film director, documentarist and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in Košice, the son of a television director, in 1998 Kerekes majored in documentary direction from the Academy of Performing Ar ...
who co-wrote the screenplay with Ivan Ostrochovský. Its world premiere took place on 1 September 2021 at the
78th Venice International Film Festival
The 78th annual Venice Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 September 2021, at Venice Lido in Italy. This edition marked the festival's return to its full format following the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, COVID ...
, where it was screened in Horizons competition program. It was selected as the Slovak entry for the
Best International Feature Film at the
94th Academy Awards
The 94th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The awards were scheduled after their usual late February dat ...
.
It is a co-production between Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Ukraine.
Plot
In a Ukrainian women's prison, mothers are permitted to serve their sentences with their children until their third birthday.
Cast
* Maryna Klimova
* Iryna Kiryazeva
* Lyubov Vasylyna
See also
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References
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2021 films
2021 drama films
2021 documentary films
Docudrama films
Slovak documentary films
Slovak drama films
Czech documentary films
Czech drama films
Ukrainian documentary films
Ukrainian drama films
2020s Russian-language films
Ukrainian-language films
Documentaries about women
2020s Ukrainian films
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Russian-language Ukrainian films