Special Screenings / Kdyby se holubi proměnili ve zlato / Czech Republic, Slovak Republic 2026
Not just the Best Documentary Award at this year’s Berlinale turned pigeons to gold for modern Czech documentary film. Have you ever mourned someone who is still alive? Shooting on her iPhone, director Pepa Lubojacki tries to understand why her beloved older brother and two cousins live unhoused while struggling with addiction. Avoiding the siren song of sentimentality and shot in a DIY aesthetic enriched by the creative use of stylized remembrances, graphic interventions, and artificial intelligence, this disarmingingly personal film explores family history, the causes and consequences of addiction, and the limits of personal integrity. What is the right expression of love – to save, or to let go?
Vojtěch Kočárník
113 min / Color, DCP
Director Pepa Lubojacki
/ Screenplay Pepa Lubojacki
/ Dir. of Photography Pepa Lubojacki, Tomáš Šťastný
/ Music Adam Matej
/ Sound Adam Matej
/ Editor Pepa Lubojacki, Alan Sýs
/ Art Director Marek Špitálský
/ Producer Klára Mamojková, Wanda Kaprálová
/ Production Claw films
/ Coproduction Guča films, Česká televize, FAMU
/ Cast David Richter, Pepa Lubojacki, David Lubojacki, Marco Arnone
/ Sales Split Screen
/ Contact Adam Hříbal
/ Distributor Aerofilms
www: @claw_films @pepa.lubojacki @pigeons_film
Pepa Lubojacki. Filmography: About-hair (O-chlup, 2019, short), If Pigeons Turned to Gold (2026, doc.).
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Adam Hříbal
E-mail: [email protected]
Pepa Lubojacki
Film Director
Klára Mamojková
Producer
Wanda Kaprálová
Producer
Matej Sotník
Producer
Lucie Králová
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