Reception / Befogadas

country, year

Hungary, 2018

genre

documentary

running time

44’

directed by

Lilla Zentai 

languages

English, Hungarian, Persian

subtitles 

Slovene subtitles

about the film

The documentary builds up of interviews with a family in a Hungarian city, Pannonhalma during the period of 2016 – 2018. For the family the most evident reaction to the arrival of refugees in Hungary is to accept them into their own home and by doing so, support them in the first phase of their life in Hungary. The film shows their successes and their struggles during an increasingly powerful anti-migration campaign.

 

about the author

Lilla Zentai is a visual and cultural anthropologist who works as a social worker on the field of migration. She is assisting those refugees who reached Hungary and been granted international protection. She helps them in the phase of their integration and believes that this can be supported by films and different form of art. Her mission is to sensitise the local society to be more open and helpful towards people who may come from a different culture and practice different religion.

festivals and awards

The film got a Special mention by the SIGNIS Jury at Religion Today Film Festival, Trento, Italy in 2018.

filmography 

This is Lilla Zentai’s first film.