PATERNAL LEAVE / БАТЬКІВСЬКА ВІДПУСТКА

Leonid Nefedovich
Sep 18
1 min read

Updated: Sep 19

2025 / 113' / feature / Germany, Italy

Alone and looking for answers, a teenager travels to the North Italian coast to meet her biological father. Their first encounter is tense – fraught with questions, longing and unresolved anger. Can they work towards finding acceptance, love, and honesty?

Screenings schedule:

September 27, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. at the Zhovten Cinema, Hegemon Hall

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DIRECTOR - ALISSA JUNG

Biography

Alissa Jung discovered her passion for storytelling as a child, participating in radio plays and acting in theater. At the age of 16, she was discovered while acting in a theater play and has since built a successful acting career. In her mid-20s, she began directing short films, documentaries, and youth theater plays.

After taking time to complete her medical degree and work as a pediatrician, she returned to the film industry in 2020, earning a degree in screenwriting from the Drehbuchwerkstatt Munich. In 2022 and 2023, she directed the short films The Wall Must Fall and Farah, the latter of which won the 2024 Goldener Spatz Award, awarded by the Festival Des Deutsche Films für Kinder (German Children's Film Festival). Paternal Leave marks her feature film directorial debut.

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