Focus Country - Hungary. Apám lánya / My Father’s Daughter

Synopsis

Lea Podhradská was eight years old when her sister, Deni, vanished without a trace. No one searched for her, until 27 years later, a letter arrived from her. The letter, however, brought no comfort: her family threw it away, along with the return address. Lea then decided to pick up a camera and set out to find her sister, and in the process, herself .

The film is both a real-life investigation and a psychological journey, navigating between past and present, reality and memory . Through family archives, self-reflective narration, and imaginative animated sequences, it unravels a story woven from silence. It sensitively reveals how family secrets and trauma are passed down through generations, and serves as a mirror reflecting the social conditions of post-socialist Eastern Europe and the invisibility of women's fates.