Sorella’s Story brings to life a smuggled atrocity photograph taken in Latvia in December 1941. In this immersive film, the audience follows 10-year-old Sorella on her final journey to the beach on the Baltic Sea where close to 4,000 people, mostly women and children, were murdered.
Sorella’s Story
Sorella's Story
25th TiDF: Greek Premiere

Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Peter Hegedüs
- Script: Peter Hegedüs
- Cinematography: Gilberto Roque
- Editing: Jemma Potgieter
- Sound: Peter Kurucz
- Actors: Kiara Kalmár, Charlotte Stent, Erzsébet Zernovácz, Éva Anna Szabó, Eszter Szabó, Laura Libor, Sarah Hope, Peter Hegedüs, Tibor Héger, István Takács, Sándor Hegedüs, András Mészáros, Mikael Rosén
- Producers: Peter Hegedüs, Jaclyn McLendon, Bobbi-Lea Dionysius
- Co-producers: Axel Grigor, András Muhi
- Costumes: Kolos Schilling
- Production Design: Gábor Bacsó
- Make Up: Alexandra Nyúl
- Format: VR – Virtual Reality, Stereo
- Color: Color, B/W
- Production Country: Australia, Sweden, Hungary
- Production Year: 2022
- Duration: 16'
- Awards/Distinctions: Selected In-Competition for Venice Immersive – Venice International Film Festival Gold Award for Art, Innovation Specialized Cinematography category - Australian Cinematography Society Finalist for Immersive category – SPA Awards (Screen Producers Australia)
Peter Hegedüs
Filmography
2000 Grandfathers and Revolutions
2013 River Beauty (short)
2018 Lili
2021 Emmi (short)
2022 To Never Forget
2022 In Their Name
2022 Sorella’s Story
2013 River Beauty (short)
2018 Lili
2021 Emmi (short)
2022 To Never Forget
2022 In Their Name
2022 Sorella’s Story