Name: Oscar Night: If Pigeons Turned to Gold [screening + Q&A]
Start: 2026-10-19T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-19T21:30:00-04:00
Location: Bohemian National Hall

Oscar Night: If Pigeons Turned to Gold [screening + Q&A]

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See Czechia’s Oscar submission, a Berlinale-winning story of family and addiction, followed by a director and crew Q&A.

Bohemian National Hall

Join us for a welcome drink reception, followed by the screening and a Q&amp;A with director Pepa Lubojacki and members of the film crew.If Pigeons Turned to Gold / dir. Pepa Lubojacki / 2026 / documentary / Czechia, Slovakia / 110 min.

Over five years, Lubojacki follows their older brother and two cousins as they navigate addiction and homelessness. Combining intimate iPhone footage with animated family photographs and playful visual collages, If Pigeons Turned to Gold explores family ties, inherited trauma, and the limits of trying to save others, with unexpected humor and tenderness.The film won the Berlinale Documentary Award and Caligari Film Prize at the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival. It is Czechia’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 2027 Academy Awards.

Pepa Lubojacki is a Prague-based screenwriter and documentary filmmaker who studied screenwriting, dramaturgy, and documentary filmmaking at FAMU. Her short essay film About-hair (2019) screened at festivals across Europe. She has programmed for Mezipatra and FAMUFEST and co-organized the Queer Eye cultural festival. Her work explores gender stereotypes, family trauma, and addiction, and she is writing her first fiction book. If Pigeons Turned to Gold is her feature debut.

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