BUDAPEST SILO
Zsófia Paczolay, Nora Ananyan | Hungary 2022 | 24 min. | Hungarian with English subtitles
MONDAY, 20.05. | 5pm
De France, Saal 1 | TICKETS
PART OF THE SHORT FILM PROGRAMME ISA I
In presence of Zsófia Paczolay
In BUDAPEST SILO, we dive into the unknown and fascinating world of József. All his life, József has worked in Budapest’s largest grain silo and lived in the container next door. It is a hard and dangerous job that also marks his face and health. With cool aesthetics and an atmospheric sound design, the film condenses into a moving portrait of a man and his unusual profession.
Director: Zsófia Paczolay, Nora Ananyan
Cinematography: Ezequiel Salinas
Editing: Bálint Bíró
Sound: Ádám Gyöngyösi
Production: Doc Nomads
SCREENINGS AND AWARDS
WORLD PREMIERE – DOC ALLIANCE, 2022
35. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, 2023
15. Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival – BEST SHORT FILM, 2023
20. Festiwal Filmowy Millennium Docs Against Gravity – BEST SHORT FILM, 2023
11. Friss Hús Budapest Short Film Festival – AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER, 2023
7. Zsigmond Vilmos Film Festival, 2023
8. IsReal – Festival di Cinema del Reale – 2ND PRIZE WINNER, 2023
16. Documentarist Istanbul Film Festival, 2023
22. Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, 2023
9. MDOC – Festival Internacional de Documentário de Melgaço – SPECIAL MENTION, 2023
5. Castrovillari Film Festival – JURY SPECIAL MENTION, 2023
13. Kaohsiung Film Festival, 2023
6. BEAST International Film Festival, 2023
4. PLONS! International Short Documentary Film Festival, 2023
39. interfilm Festival, 2023
31. EnergaCAMERIMAGE, 2023 – OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
24. Izmir International Short Film Festival, 2023
29. Caminhos Film Festival, 2023
20. Verzió International Documentary Film Festival – SPECIAL MENTION, 2023
7. Zsigmond Vilmos Festival – CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD, 2023
8. Winter Apricots: Prilep International Film Festival – BEST SOUND, 2023
6. FIPADOC – International Documentary Festival, 2024
27. International Film Festival ZOOM – ZBLIŻENIA, 2024
9. Filmfest Bremen, 2024
BIOGRAPHY
Zsófia Paczolay is a freelance art worker based in Europe with a background in architecture and filmmaking. She is working on documentary films in different corners of the world – now mainly with a small Hungarian collective – with the intention of showing them in cinemas, community houses, and other, inappropriate locations. As a space/idea/film-maker she’s collaborating with the Moha performance group in diverse projects which are engaging with different groups of people, neighbourhoods on the peripheries and public space mainly in the Netherlands, and in Germany. She is interested in boundaries, how to connect to people and reduce harm.
