When someone you love is struggling, where does care end and control begin? Czechia’s Oscar submission returns to Czech Center Cinema for a second screening. Discover an intimate documentary that finds humor and tenderness in a family’s experience of addiction, followed by a Q&A with producer Klára Mamojková.
TICKETSIf Pigeons Turned to Gold / dir. Pepa Lubojacki / 2026 / documentary / Czechia, Slovakia / 110 min.
Over five years, Pepa Lubojacki follows her older brother David and two cousins as they struggle with addiction and homelessness. Searching for the roots of their experiences, she explores her family’s past and her own determination to save the people she loves. Intimate iPhone footage, stylized memories, graphic collages, and AI-animated photographs come together in a candid, inventive family portrait punctuated by unexpected humor.
The film premiered in the Forum section of the 2026 Berlinale, where it received the Berlinale Documentary Award and the independent Caligari Film Prize. The first Czech film to win the festival’s documentary award, it was subsequently selected as Czechia’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 2027 Academy Awards.
Following the screening, producer Klára Mamojková will discuss the making of the film and the challenges of bringing such an intimate family story to the screen.
Klára Mamojková is a Prague-based Slovak producer and co-founder of CLAW films. She studied film theory and history at Masaryk University and production at FAMU. Her work focuses on documentaries and hybrid projects exploring social, environmental, and queer themes.
