“Mom Is Going Back” Awarded at the 23rd Uhvati Film Festival in Serbia and Croatia
Mikołaj Janik’s “Mom Is Going Back” got two awards at the 23rd Uhvati Film Festival: Grand Prix at the Novi Sad edition, and Second Prize for Documentary Film in Rijeka, Croatia. Organized in the region of Southern Europe (Novi Sad in Serbia, Rijeka in Croatia, and Kotor in Montenegro) in October and November, the festival features fiction and documentary films presenting themes of disability.
Awarded earlier at the Barcelona Disability FF and the Carpatian Mountain FF in Ukraine, and presented, among others, in Thessaloniki, Namur, and Washington, a documentary short “Mom Is Going Back” tries to answer questions like whether it is possible to journey in place, and if one can replace the Himalayan amplitude with the Beskidian hills. Ever since Weronika was born – suffering from cerebral palsy, her mother Weronika struggles with these questions attempting to continue her previous passions in a new life with her daughter.
More information about the festival: www.uhvatifilm.org
