As Hungary’s political climate becomes increasingly radicalized, Virág, a former green politician, loses faith in the pretend-to-be democratic parliament of Hungary and retires from politics. She and her musician partner Nóra decide to adopt a child and focus on building a family together. With a sensitive lens and close access, directors Asia Dér and Sári Haragonics follow the two women through their long and ultimately successful adoption process to bring home their young daughter. But tensions begin to rise between the two as Virág thrives in her role as a mother and Nóra struggles to find her place within the family. As the rising tides of right wing propaganda in Hungary begin to overflow into their family, their lives hit a boiling point and they must face the difficult decision of whether to leave their country behind.
The project participated at:
Eurodoc Regional Workshop, Budapest, Hungary, 2016
DunaDock 2016 Workshop, Budapest, Hungary - where it received the Best Pitch prize awarded by the IDF-East Doc Platform
ZagrebDox PRO Workshop, Zagreb, Croatia, 2017 - won the HBO Adria Award
East European Forum, Prague, Czech Republic, 2017
Verzio DocLab workshop 2017, Budapest
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival - Persister programme (2020)
26th Sarajevo Film Festival, Competition Programme, Documentary Film (2020)
31. International Queer Film Festival | Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg (2020)
Institute of Documentary Film (IDF) Slver Eye Award nominee (2020)
27th Minsk International Film Festival Listapad (2020)
in documentary competition
57th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (2020)
in offical competition
DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival (2021)
in official competition
7th Budapest International Documentary Festival (2021)
Competition of Hungarian Films // Empire of Love
Award: Special mention award in Competition of Hungarian films
Zinegoak - 18th Bilbao International Gaylesbitrans Film and Performing Arts Festival (2021)
Offical Selection - DOK Section
23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (2021)
Top Docs Section
19th The International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (2021)
international competition of Great Reportage
15th International Female Film Festival Malmö Sweden - IFEMA (2021)
in the offical program
13th Millenium International Documentary Film Festival (2021)
in the international competition
23rd One World - International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (2021)
"Panorama" Category
19th Festival Internacional de Cine de Derechos Humanos FICDH (2021)
"Miradas De Género” Section
Crossing Europe Filmfestival Linz (2021)
Competition Documentary
Award: CROSSING EUROPE Social Awareness Award - Best Documentary
1st Magyar Mozgókép Festival (2021)
in the offical program
Moscow International Documentary Film Festival DOKer (2021)
Main Competition
Award: Best Feature Documentray and Best Editing (Flóra Erdélyi)
26th Chéries-Chéris LMBTQ Film Festival, Paris (2021)
in documentary competition
Award: Jury Prize
6th Festival de Cine LGTBI (2021)
Award: Audience Award // Special mention by the grand jury and the student jury
20th Transilvania International Film Festival -TIFF (2021)
Hungarian Day category
12th Bujtor István Film Festival (2021)
in documentary competition
Award: Special Award
Nepatogus Kinas / Inconvenient Films (2021)
"We are Everything" category
28th queerfilm festival Bremen (2021)
18th Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (2021)
Hungarian Competition
24th FCG - FanCineGay - Festival Internacional de Cine LGBT de Extremadura (2021)
"Largometrajes" section
14th Some Prefer Cake - Bologna Lesbian Film Festival (2022)
in the documentary category
DOCUMENTARIST HIHFF Human Rights Film Festival (2022)
