NIGHTSIREN

SVETLONOC

By Tereza NVOTOVA

VELVET SPOON - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, POLAND

Drama - Completed 2022

A young woman returns to her native mountain village, searching for answers about her troubled childhood, but as she tries to uncover the truth, ancient superstitions lead the villagers to accuse her of witchcraft and murder.

Festivals
& Awards

Ventana Sur 2022
European Screenings
AFI European Union Film Showcase 2022
Official Selection
Kerala International Film Festival 2022
Official Selection
Kolkata International Film Festival 2022
Cinema International
Transit Filmfest Regensburg 2022
Official Selection
Goa International Film Festival 2022
Macabre Dreams
Abertoir Horror Film Festival 2022
Locarno Film Festival 2022
Pardo d'Oro Concorso Cineasti del presente
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Drama, Horror, Female director
    • Countries
    • SLOVAKIA, CZECH REPUBLIC
    • Languages
    • SLOVAKIAN
    • Budget
    • N/A
    • Duration
    • 109 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Tereza NVOTOVA
    • Writer(s)
    • Barbora NÁMEROVÁ, Tereza NVOTOVÁ
    • Producer(s)
    • Miloš LOCHMAN (MOLOKO FILM), Peter BADAC (BFILM)
    • Synopsis
    • In a remote mountain village, two sisters grow up at the mercy of their abusive mother. A terrible accident happens when the eldest, Šarlota, escapes into the woods, followed by her sister Tamara.
      Otyla, a Roma woman living on the outskirts of town, is blamed for the girls’ disappearance and accused of witchcraft.
      Twenty years later, Šarlota unexpectedly shows up in the village. As she digs into her past, the locals grow suspicious. Only a young and eccentric herbalist, Mira, is willing to befriend her.
      When the animals in the village start to fall ill, the locals accuse Šarlota of conjuring Otyla's spirit.