Songs from People's Island
The skeletal remains of factories on People’s Island today serve only as mementos of a time when this landscape was considered a prime industrial area of Budapest and the Danube. The rust belt is dynamically transforming, taking on a new face each year. Change is inevitable, but in whose interest is the island being transformed? And what impact does this transformation have on the people living on the island? Songs from People’s Island is a visual study and musical panorama with elements of absurdist tragicomedy, exploring the changes occurring on the island from the perspective of a homeless islander.
Danijar Bíró earned his BA in Social Sciences from UCL in London, and then began his career as a video journalist at Partizán in Budapest. His portrait series, Faces of War which covers the Russian-Ukrainian war through personal stories, received the Hégető Honorka Award. In 2024, he completed his graduation film, Songs from People’s Island as part of the MA Documentary Film program at Goldsmiths, London.
