‘107 Mothers - Peter Kerekes’

Followed by a zoom q&a with the director Peter Kerekes.

Lesya has committed a crime of passion which brings her a seven-year sentence in one of Odessa’s women’s correctional facilities. When her son Kolya is born there, he is allowed to stay with the other small children in the prison until his third birthday. Until that day they lead a quiet and peaceful life. But as Kolya's third birthday approaches, Lesya's worries start to mount.

Peter Kerekes was born in Košice, Slovakia, and graduated from the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, earning a degree in film directing. In 2003, he directed and produced his debut feature documentary, 66 Seasons, which became a festival hit and won several awards. In 2013 his documentary Velvet Terrorists won the FEDEORA Award at the Karlovy Vary IFF and the Tagesspiegel Readers’ Award at the Berlinale FORUM.