Grey Zone
Daniela Meressa Rusnoková / Slovakia / 2024 / International Premiere / 75 min.
synopsis
Some doctors refer to the situation of babies born long before term as a grey zone. At 24 weeks, the fetus is not yet legally perceived as a full human being and the pregnancy can be terminated prematurely. This introspective documentary puts us in the position of a mother inextricably linked to her child who, directly from birth, is given only slim chances of survival by the doctors. The film's tribute to mothers and families of premature babies stands out for the harrowing yet disarming honesty with which the director speaks of her own feelings of fear, humiliation, hopelessness, and hope as her son makes further progress.“Through the intimate confession of a mother, the documentary portrays the often traumatic reality of premature birth, the special care for a premature newborn or later a child with special needs or disabilities.”
Source quote: Film profile at AVF
biography
Daniela Meressa Rusnoková (1980) is a Slovak photographer and filmmaker. Her documentary work focuses on social issues within different minorities and cultures. From 2000 to 2003, she participated in ethnographic research in Roma settlements in Slovakia and her photographs were published in the book Phurikane giľa.more about film
director: | Daniela Meressa Rusnoková |
producer: | Jana Belišová |
script: | Daniela Meressa Rusnoková, Zuzana Mojžišová |
photography: | Radka Šišuláková, Jonathan Ryan King, Elisabeth Meressa, Pavol Pekarčík, Tereza Michalová |
editing: | Alexandra Gojdičová, Tereza Michalová, Jonathan Ryan King, Mária Hirgelová |
music: | Lenka Šiller, Ivan Šiller |
sound: | Richard Fűlek |
sound design: | Richard Fülek |
co-producer: | Slovenská televízia a rozhlas, Meressa Company, Punkchart Films |
executive producer: | Daniela Meressa Rusnoková |
contact
Jana Belišová / Žudrozudro@zudro.sk
Tereza Smetanová / FILM EXPANDED
adam.straka@filmexpanded.com
Screening time
Sunday 27. 10. 2024, 17:00
Kino Dukla – Reform
Monday 28. 10. 2024, 10:00
DIOD
Sunday 03. 11. 2024, 10:00
Kino DKO I
Film at festival
premiere type: | International Premiere |
festival edition: | 2024 |
section: | Ji.hlava Online, First Lights |
awards: | Nejlepší sound design |
Nejlepší film z visegrádského regionu | |
Nejlepší dokumentární debut nebo druhý dlouhometrážní film | |
language: | Slovak |
subtitles: | English |
colour: | Colour |
Info
director: | Daniela Meressa Rusnoková |
original title: | Šedá zóna |
country: | Slovakia |
year: | 2024 |
running time: | 75 min. |