Another film produced in Moldova wins Grand Prix at “Golden Beggar” Festival in Slovakia

The documentary film “A Mother of the Kingdom of Shadows,” produced by OWH Studio, Chisinau, Moldova has been awarded the Grand Prix at the XIII International Festival of Local Televisions “Golden Beggar” held in Kosice, Slovakia, the most important festival of this genre in Europe. According to Victoria Coroban from the OWH Studio press office, the film portraits the relationship between imprisoned the mothers and their children. “The law says we are offenders. But nobody took our right to be a mother and the maternal feelings are alive as ever. Some of us haven’t lost our minds or committed suicide only for the children’s sake”, says Angela, mother of 3, who is in the Rusca prison for women, and who offered her diary for this film script. The documentary had been shot during 2006 in the Women’s Penitentiary Nr. 7 in Rusca, and was directed by Violeta Gorgos. The photography was signed by Marin Iliut, with the film’s idea belonging to him, and by Vlad Druc. The film was produced with the financial support of PNUD Moldova under the Act-2006 Programme, in cooperation with the Department of Penitentiary Institutions. The documentary film “A Mother of the Kingdom of Shadows” was broadcast for the first time by Romania’s TVR International, and Moldova’s Euro TV Chisinau. It was also on the agenda of the Festival of Romanian Contemporary Film, held in Chisinau from June 25 to July 2. Another Moldovan documentary film has previously won the Grand Prix at this famous documentary festival. In 1998, Alina Radu got this trophy for the main role in “Gone with the Wind”, a story about the Moldovan pilots who disappeared in Africa.