FAST FORWARD 2024 / Projections:
12/12/2024 / 20h30 / Montenegrin Cinematheque / Podgorica
Dávid Mikulán, Bálint Révész / Hungary, France, Croatia / 2024 / 94′
Directors: Dávid Mikulán, Bálint Révész
Producers: Viki Réka Kiss, András Pires Muhi, Victor Ede, Bálint Révész
Director of photography: Dávid Mikulán
Editors: Yael Bitton, Károly Szalai
Sound: Ivan Zelić
SYNOPSIS
Film represents a twelve-year journey following Šonji’s adventure from a mischievous boy on the streets of Budapest to a disillusioned young man. Inspired by an unusual friendship with filmmakers Dávid and Bálint, the film captures Šonji’s life path marked by family struggles, troubles at school, and the burden of surrogate fatherhood in his relationship with his newborn sister. As Šonji confronts the challenges of adolescence, the filmmakers transition from active participants to observers of his life’s turbulence, culminating in a tragic twist that forces him to face the responsibilities of adulthood.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dávid Mikulán is an intermedia artist who graduated from the Fine Art University, Budapest. As part his studies he attended courses at Hamburg University of Applied Science – Film and Media Technology and was a participant at the ‘Space of Uncertainty’ project touring around Krakow, Budapest and Stuttgart. Among numerous group and solo exhibitions he collaborated with the Conceptual Soundproductions Budapest, Kolibri Theatre and the Hungarian State Opera. His multidisciplinary works reflect on how public spaces have an effect on social structures.
FESTIVALI I NAGRADE / FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
- Beldocs 2024
- Movies That Matters 2024
- One World Prague 2024
- ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival 2024
- International Documentary Film Festival Munich Dok.fest
- goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film
- TIFF Transylvania International Film Festival
- Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
- Jeonju International Film Festival
- Taiwan International Documentary Festival TIDF