Perla

Feature Film, AT/SK 2025, DCP, 110 min, OmdU, OmeU

Vienna, 1981. After fleeing from Czechoslovakia, Perla has built a new life for herself and her daughter Julia. When Julia’s father claims to be seriously ill, Perla’s past catches up with her—and she returns to her former homeland to make a final decision. A film about the possibility to change and the strength it takes to do so.

Director: Alexandra Makarová
Script: Alexandra Makarová
Cast: Rebeka Poláková, Simon Schwarz, Noël Czuczor, Carmen Diego, Hilde Dalik, Grazyna Dylag, Ivan Romančík
Camera: Georg Weiss
Editor: Joana Scrinzi
Location Sound: Johannes Baumann
Music: Johannes Winkler, Rusanda Panfili
Sounddesign: Atanas Tcholakov
Production Design: Klaudia Kiczak
Costumes: Monika Buttinger
Additional Credits: Art Directors: Brigita Teplanová, Dorota Volfová; Maskenbild: Sam Dopona, Verena Pellegrini; Regieassistenz: Hanuš Polak jr.; Herstellungsleitung: Sabine Gruber; Produktionsleitung: Karin Schmatz
Producers: Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber; Co-Produzent:innen: Tomáš Krupa, Ruth Beckermann
Production: Golden Girls Film
Co-production: Hailstone (SK), Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion (AT)
World Sales: CERCAMON
Distribution in Austria: Stadtkino Filmverleih
Funded by: ÖFI+
ÖFI – Österreichisches Filminstitut
FFW – Filmfonds Wien
Slovak Audiovisual Fund Cash Rebate
Slovak Audiovisual Fund
Land Niederösterreich Kultur
in Zusammenarbeit mit dem ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen und STVR – Slovak Television and Radio
World Premiere: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025
Austrian Premiere: Diagonale '25
Kinostart: 11.04.2025
Production format: digital