If Pigeons Turned to Gold

Special Screenings / Kdyby se holubi proměnili ve zlato / Czech Republic, Slovak Republic 2026

Synopsis

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 sentimality 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

About the film

110 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 / Distributor Aerofilms
www: @claw_films @pepa.lubojacki @pigeons_film

About the director

Pepa Lubojacki. Filmography: About-hair (O-chlup, 2019, short), If Pigeons Turned to Gold (2026, doc.).

Contacts

Split Screen
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United Kingdom
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Aerofilms
Milady Horákové 383/79, 170 00, Praha 7
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 224 947 566
E-mail: [email protected]