Birthmark + A Mom for Julia(HKIDF 2020)

Movie Name: Birthmark
Language: Russian, Ukrainian(English Subtitles)
Category: --
Duration: 20 mins
Director: Maria Shevchenko
Cast: --
Story: The director went to search for her estranged mother, a schizophrenic who drifted away when she was only two and who now lives alone in a rural village. The director hopes not only to improve her mother’s livelihood, but also to uncover her pain buried beneath her condition and better understand her emotional world.

Movie Name: A Mom for Julia
Language: Russian(English Subtitles)
Category: --
Duration: 79 mins
Director: Natalya Kadyrova
Cast: --
Story: Julia was born inside a prison for women to one of the inmates, from whom she was separated when she turned three. Over the years, as Julia grew from a nine month old baby to a girl of seven, three women have been trying to be her ‘mom’.