9-Month Contract

For her daughter Elene’s education, Zhana goes to the extreme: while also working arduous low-wage jobs in Tbilisi, she resolves to take on several (clandestine) surrogate pregnancies. When the strains on her health force her secret out into the open, Elene confronts her. A special mother daughter relationship captured on film in a tender and powerful way. 

Source: DOK.fest München 2025 / Anna Magdalena Hofer