"DOMINO EFFECT" WINS IN BUDAPEST
Last weekend was particularly successful for Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski. Their documentary film "Domino Effect” won in the Let Me Follow the Call section at the first edition of the Budapest International Documentary Festival.
Budapest International Documentary Festival is a very young festival - its first edition was held from 24 to 28 September. "Domino Effect" by Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski goes down in history, as one of the winners of the historical first edition. The film won in the Let Me Follow the Call competition section, triumphing over ten other documentaries qualified for the participation in this competition.
Rafael - one of the two main protagonists of the film - is the Minister of Sport in the Republic of Abkhazia, not recognised by other countries, Natasha - a Russian opera singer. For Rafael, Natasha abandoned her career and family in Russia. However, living in a country not recognised virtually by anyone, marked with civil war and completely dependent on Russia's whims, quickly ceases to be a romantic adventure. Just like as in a chain reaction when one event launches a series of following events, the fates of the protagonists are intertwined with the course of history.
It is worth adding that "Domino Effect" is one of the winners of the 54th Krakow Film Festival, it also won awards at the festivals Visions du Reel in Switzerland, Golden Apricot in Armenia and DokuFest in Kosovo.
Documentary Film Festival in Budapest was created by the well-known Hungarian documentary filmmaker Ágnes Sós and Rita Balogh - creative producer - as the first documentary film festival in Hungary. The aim of the festival is to provide the Hungarian audience with access to documentary films from around the world, to draw attention of the foreign guests to the Hungarian documentary cinema and to make it easier for Hungarian documentary filmmakers to establish industry contacts.
More information on the festival's website.