Inside

synopsis

For a woman, having an abortion can outwardly bring humiliation, social condemnation and an admission of inevitability. What goes on inside often remains hidden. This analytical piece on attitudes towards motherhood is built precisely upon the contrast between the visible surface (archival footage of mothers and flowers) and the unknown inner world (women’s anonymous accounts).

“This topic is personal to me. If for no other reason, then simply because as a woman, I am disturbed by the curtailing and limiting of my own freedom to decide about my fate and health.” — Dorota Vlnová

Source: European Short Pitch

biography

Dorota Vlnová is a documentary filmmaker and a graduate of Peter Kerekes’s Documentary Film Studio at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. She has made a film for RTVS about the climate crisis, After Us, the Flood (2022), and the series The World in Slovakia (2023). She also works on audio documentaries and enjoys collaborating with non-profit organisations.

film details

director:	Dorota Vlnová
producer:	Roman Pivovarník
script:	Dorota Vlnová
photography:	Radka Šišuláková
editing:	Barbora Búbelová
music:	Samuel Štefanec
co-producer:	Katarina Prpić, Danijel Pek

contact

Roman Pivovarník / HITCHHIKER
Cinema roman@hitchhikercinema.sk