DIDA

By Nikola ILIĆ, Corina SCHWINGRUBER ILIĆ

AMARENA FILM - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2021

What happens when roles reverse and parents suddenly become dependent on their children? A son is forced to confront this question along with the consequences of his migration.

Festivals
& Awards

Visions du Réel 2021
Burning Lights Competition
Kiev Molodist 2021
Documentary Competition
Icedocs 2021
Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND
    • Languages
    • SERBIAN, SWISS-GERMAN
    • Duration
    • 78 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Nikola ILIĆ, Corina SCHWINGRUBER ILIĆ
    • Writer(s)
    • Nikola ILIĆ, Corina SCHWINGRUBER ILIĆ
    • Producer(s)
    • Franziska SONDER (DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION), Karin KOCH (Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion )
    • Synopsis
    • Fifteen years ago Nikola left Serbia to follow his heart to Switzerland. Since then his life is shared between two countries and three women: his mother Dida, his grandmother and his wife. His mother has learning disabilities and has been dependent on the grandmother since ever. As grandmother is getting older, Belgrade is now calling Nikola back home.

      He can’t let his mother down, but he doesn’t want to give up his life in Switzerland. This forces him to face a moral dilemma: How can he help his mother live a life of independence without losing his own.

      A heartwarming and amusing documentary about a son who’s trying to step into grandmother shoes