It Takes a Family

De skygger vi arver
history & memory
family
identity
archival footage
Europe
Susanne Kovács
Denmark
2019
60min
English, Danish, German, Hungarian
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Archive of the Planet

It Takes a Family is a family drama about secrets and repressed memories. Director Susanne Kovacs is the grandchild of Jewish Holocaust survivors, and the daughter of a German mother and Danish Jewish father. Her grandparents saw her as a child of the enemy and a constant reminder of their tragic past. When Susanne starts asking difficult questions, she discovers that the war never really ended in her tormented family; somehow, the horrors of the past were always present as a deafening, yet unspoken, trauma.

Producer: 
Ulrik Gutkin
Editor: 
Marion Tuor
Camera: 
Casper Høyberg
Susanne Kovács
Music: 
Povl Kristian
Production info: 
Copenhagen Film Company Short & Doc
Distribution info: 
Taskovski Films Marina Díaz-Cabrera festivals@taskovskifilms.com https://www.taskovskifilms.com
Awards: 
Biografilm 2020 Best Film in the International Competition Nominee
Göteborg FF 2020 Dragon Award Nominee