Ma Na Sapna
Ma Na Sapna – A Mother's Dream
Switzerland, April 2013
FILM,
Documentary,
86 min.
- directed by
- Valerie Blankenbyl
- Written by
- Valerie Blankenbyl
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.manasapna.com
The story of several women in India, who dream of a better future for themselves and their families through surrogacy. The film follows six women through different stages of surrogacy and their surrogate broker in a clinic in the north-west of India. It explores the women's hopes, the conflicts they face while living together and what happens to them after they give birth to the babies.
credits
- World Premiere
- April 2013
- Original Version
- Hindi, Gujarati, English (english subtitles), couleur, DCP, 86 min.
- Production
- Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK - Departement Darstellende Künste und Film
- Producer
- Dario Schoch
- directed by
- Valerie Blankenbyl
- Written by
- Valerie Blankenbyl
- Cinematography
- Gabriela Betschart
- Editing
- Natascha Cartolaro
- Sound Editing
- Jacques Kieffer
- Sound Design
- Jacques Kieffer
- Re-Recording Mix
- Jacques Kieffer
- Music
- Georg Rohbeck
- Location Sound Mix
- Manaledi Laura La Roche
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Journeyman Pictures
Awards
(a selection)
- Kiev, Docudays UA International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival, DOCU/RIGHT Competition Jury Award 2014 (Winner)
- Berlin, First Steps Der Deutsche Nachwuchspreis, First Steps Awards - Berlin, Dokumentarfilme 2013 (Nomination)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Fünf-Seen-Land, 8. Fünf Seen Filmfestival
23.07.2014 - 03.08.2014 -
Munich, 29. DOK.fest Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München
07.05.2014 - 14.05.2014 -
Kiev, Docudays UA 11th International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival
21.03.2014 - 28.03.2014 -
15th One World International Human Rights Film Festival Prague
03.03.2014 - 12.03.2014 -
Solothurn, 49. Solothurner Filmtage
23.01.2014 - 30.01.2014 -
Saarbrücken, 35. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken
20.01.2014 - 26.01.2014 -
30. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest
12.11.2013 - 17.11.2013 -
Vancouver, 32nd Vancouver International Film Festival
26.09.2013 - 11.10.2013 -
St. Petersburg, 23rd "Message to Man" International Film Festival St. Petersburg
21.09.2013 - 28.09.2013 -
29. Festroia Festival internacional de Cinema Setubal
07.06.2013 - 16.06.2013
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Nyon, 19e Visions du Réel Festival international de cinéma Nyon
19.04.2013 - 26.04.2013