28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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director: Dorottya Zurbo
original title: Távolság
country: Hungary
year: 2017
running time: 8 min.

synopsis

The filmmaker returns to a Hungarian village for her last visit to her grandmother. The blurring images emphasize the mental distance resulting from physical distance, but also the time that has passed since the childhood memories remembered in her quiet voiceover, which make up for the disappearing memories of the aging body.

“The film grew out from a personal life situation when my grandmother got dementia at the age of 85. While she was losing her memories I tried to keep them even stronger than ever.” D. Zurbó

biography

Hungarian filmmaker Dorottya Zurbó (1988) studied documentary film directing at the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest. Her contemplative works explore personal memories but also look at broader social issues such as immigration, homesickness and aging.

more about film

director: Dorottya Zurbo
producer: Erika Winkler
script: Dorottya Zurbo
photography: Dorottya Zurbó, Arun Bhattarai, Asia Dér
editing: Dorottya Zurbó
music: Andor Sperling
sound: Rudolf Várhegyi
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