If Pigeons Turned to Gold

Original title: If Pigeons Turned to Gold
Year: 2026
Language: Czech, English
Available subtitles: English
Genre: Documentary
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Runtime: 110 min
Status: Released

Synopsis:
A raw, self-made and deeply personal work, IF PIGEONS TURNED TO GOLD cuts into addiction and intergenerational trauma, capturing several years in the lives of four family members. Pepa, the director, records on an iPhone and tries to understand why their beloved older brother and cousins live unhoused and experience substance addiction.  Formally inventive and playful, diaristic footage enters into dialogue with stylised memories, AI-animated photographs and graphic interventions, shaping a plural voice that negotiates with the past. Unsentimentally, the film traces the causes and fallout of addiction, asking where love ends, control begins, and what respect truly demands: to save, or to let go. 

Director: Pepa Lubojacki
Screenplay: Pepa Lubojacki
Cinematography: Tomáš Šťastný, Pepa Lubojacki
Editing: Pepa Lubojacki
Music: Adam Matej
Sound Design: Matěj Lindner
Sound: Jakub Trš
Producers: Klára Mamojková, Wanda Kaprálová
Co-Producer: Matej Sotník
Featuring: David Richter, Pepa Lubojacki, Marco Arnone, David Lubojacki

Festivals
Berlinale 2026 (Forum) - World Premiere

Awards
Berlinale 2026 - Berlinale Documentary Award 

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