FIVE
BIRTHS
FIVE BIRTHS
Year 2014, 53 min
A documentary about a Czech maternity ward and its approach to childbirth.
Set behind the scenes of the maternity ward of Prague’s Vinohrady Hospital and shot over the course of twelve days, the film captures five different moments of birth through the perspectives of new parents, doctors and midwives, showing different attitudes towards coping with the moment of childbirth.
Written and Directed by: Erika Hníková
Documentary Consultant: Jana Hádková
Camera: Lukáš Hyksa
Editor: Jana Vlčková
Sound: Michal Gábor, Václav Flegl, Vítězslav Jíra
Executive Producer of Czech TV: Veronika Slámová
Creative Producer of Czech TV: Petr Kubica
Distributor
Czech television