(2017, feature, color, 104 minutes, DolbyDigital)
Aurora Borealis is a family story with two twisting timelines. Mária, the elderly mother of Olga – a successful lawyer living in Vienna, falls unexpectedly ill and is now in a coma. As Mária hovers between life and death, Olga incidentally unearths a secret that has been deliberately hidden. Her investigation takes her all the way back to a war-torn Europe of the 1950s. The film discusses the dramatic situations that grow out of identity crises, the open wounds caused by war in a shattered Europe, and the liberating power of lies unveiled.
Actors
Awards
Chicago International Film Festival - 2017
Audience Award
Cluj-Napoca Transilvania - 2018
Lifetime Achievement Award to Marta Meszaros
Lagów International Film Festival - 2018
Juliusz Burski Prize
Festivals
Luxembourg CinÉast - 2017
Opening film
Haifa International Film Festival - 2017
Warsaw International Film Festival - 2017
Calcutta International Film Festival - 2017
(in competition)
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - 2018
Belgrade International Film Festival - 2018
(in competition)
Créteil Women Films Festival - 2018
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival - 2018
Vienna Let s CEE Film Festival - 2018
Wiesbaden GoEast Film Festival - 2018
(in competition)
Seoul International Women's Film Festival - 2018
Palic International Film Festival - 2018
Ghent Flanders International Film Festival - 2018
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
Copenhagen East by Southeast Film Festival - 2018
Targu-Mures AlterNative - 2018
National premiere:
19/10/2017
World premiere:
06/10/2017
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