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Documentary Captures Austrian Mothers’ First-Year Parenting Realities

8/19/2026

Summary

Story summary

Director Josephine Ahnelt’s 16mm documentary features artist Judith Rohrmoser and follows five Austrian women through their first year of motherhood using close-up, home-video style framing.
One mother says she did not feel all-encompassing love until it arrived gradually.
Another mother reports judgmental comments after switching to bottle feeding when breastfeeding was difficult.
A third participant notes that friends underestimated how having a baby would alter her relationship.

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Story summary

Director Josephine Ahnelt’s 16mm documentary features artist Judith Rohrmoser and follows five Austrian women through their first year of motherhood using close-up, home-video style framing.
One mother says she did not feel all-encompassing love until it arrived gradually.
Another mother reports judgmental comments after switching to bottle feeding when breastfeeding was difficult.
A third participant notes that friends underestimated how having a baby would alter her relationship.