MAMBO MATERNICA

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fiction feature, 92 min, Hungary / Germany / France, 2026

Synopsis

Somewhere in Europe, three women are having a difficult day. While navigating life-changing decisions beyond the so-called norm, they are confronted with the issues of late motherhood. On their path toward self-determination, one question echoes: How free are they, to live the lives they desire?

 

A production of  Lupa Pictures (Hungary), Voices Films (Germany), the German Film & TV Academy Berlin (Germany), and Sister Productions (France)

Funded by

Hungarian National Film Fund – Inkubátor Debut Film Program (Hungary)
Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Germany)
ALCA – Nouvelle-Aquitaine (France)

Crew

Writer/Director: Borbála Nagy
Producers: Petra Iványi, Margarita Amineva-Jester
Co-producer: Daria Wichmann, Julie Paratian
Cinematographer: Moritz Friese
Editor: László Dunai
Sound Design: Tamás Bohács
Original Score: Selma Mutal

Cast

Orsolya Török-Illyés, Rozália Székely, Vera Sipos, Zoltán Schmied, Bea Lass, Kati Zsurzs, Fabian Gerhardt, Mouloud Ayad, Anne-Sophie Marie

Awards

Producers Network Award at connecting cottbus, Germany, 2022 
Most promising fiction feature project at Budapest Debut Film Forum, Hungary, 2022

Invited to

First Cut+ Lab, France, 2024
First Cut Lab, France, 2024
connecting cottbus, Germany, 2022
Full Circle Lab, France, 2022
Budapest Debut Film Forum, Hungary, 2022

Festivals

45. Hungarian Film Festival, Hungary, 2026

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