DOCUMENTARY
Concept & Director: Vera Lacková
Austria/Slovakia, 90min
Status: project development
scheduled completion: 2026
a co-production with: Media Voice (SK) & Kerekes Film (SK)
Logline:
Can it be true what Vera’s grandparents had once told her? Has an ancient curse been placed on her family causing recurring misfortune? Despite her scepticism, she sets out to find a true Roma witch – to overcome the spell.
DoP: Petr Racek
Sound: Klára Jašková
Dramaturgy: Jan Gogola ml.
Producers: Jürgen Karasek, Alice Karasek (AT), Vera Lacková, Peter Kerekes, Tereza Tokarova (SK)
Participation at Ex-Oriente 2023/24 & East Doc Forum 2024, ProPro 2023, CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator 2022, EFM Doc Toolbox Programme 2022,
development funded by: Austrian Filminstitute, Filmfund Vienna, Slovak Audiovisualfund, Kult Minor, HBO Europe
