Visiting Mamajé
80 years separate them in age, yet both of them try to get closer to each other. They sit and talk: the 20-year-old granddaughter (Noémi), who is discovering her way, and the 103-year-old grandmother (Mamajé), who has lived through world war, communism, dictatorship, revolution, regime change, and is at the dawn of her life. At their regular meetings in Mamajé's apartment they watch archival interviews, as Noémi wants to get closer to the stories and emotions of a century of life. In the course of their conversations, finding common ground is not always easy, and understanding has physical and emotional difficulties. Can the openness for understanding and love connect a century of changes?
Hanna Sára Kádár finished her degree in 2022 at VSMU in Bratislava as a documentary film director after she left her studies in Budapest due to the government’s attacks on the University of Theatre and Film Arts. ‘Visiting Mamajé’ is her graduation film where she explores her favourite topic, intergenerational relationships. Coming from a big family she is prone to observe family dynamics, functional and dysfunctional connections in families, her approach gives an intimate look at difficult relations without judgment. Her student film ‘Separated’ was screened at Verzió in 2021 as part of the freeSZFE section. In 2023, she was a jury member for the Young European Stories Section at FIPADOC. She is currently looking for topics to start to work on her first documentary out of university.
