Amma, Do Giraffes Cry?
Kartikeya Saxena
Czech Republic, 2025, 25 min
In this magical-realist documentary, a filmmaker’s fantastical worldview collides with his zoologist mother’s rigidly rational approach to the natural world. The filmmaker’s encounters with captive animals at the Prague Zoo take the mother-son duo back in time. As memories of wild tigers and pet rabbits resurface, the zoologist is forced to confront a long-held belief.