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IBORFIA

THE REFERENDUM

Alexa Bakony

Hungary, 2017, 21 Min

“Do you want the EU to be able to impose the compulsory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary without the consent of the Hungarian Parliament?” All ten voters vote “No” in the smallest Hungarian village of Iborfia.

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The propaganda machine against the admission of migrants is running on state television on 2 October, 2016, the day of the referendum. At the centre of the documentary is an old man who keeps repeating the phrases almost silently although he also has to admit that the abandoned community could really do with some new inhabitants. Using calm images, director Alexa Bakony delivers a subtle portrait of an abandoned village which votes completely in accordance with the party line. Although the opinions about the subject can be quite different. Such approval rates didn't even exist during communism. JT

Filmformat
HD File | doc. | Farbe/ colour

Drehbuch
Alexa Bakony

Kamera
Dániel Kóródi

Ton
Andor Horváth

Schnitt
Marianna Rudas

Musik
Dimitrios Theodoris

Produzent
Miklós Bosnyák

Produktion
University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest

Co-Produktion
Katapult Films

Kontakt
Alexa Bakony
aprobakony@gmail.com
+36304593025

Alexa Bakony - born in 1992 in Hungary. After finishing school, she moved to Budapest, where she studied directing at the University of Theatre and Film Arts. She has already made several short films and is currently working on her full-length debut entitled TOBIAS. A documentary film that was pitched at ZagrebDox, among others.

Movies
CHARLES (2012, short)
THE LITTLE PRINCE (2014, short)
FAMILY LUNCH (2016, doc, short)
HOMEMADE EMPIRE (2017, doc, short)

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