Your Life Without Me
Magdi, a strong-willed, but lonely caregiver faces a daunting reality as she grows older: if she were to pass away, her disabled adult son Feri would be left to the inhumane conditions of the Hungarian state care system, and would quickly follow her. Determined to secure a future for Feri, Magdi unites with a group of mothers who are in the same situation and they take legal action against the state. Your Life Without Me is a story of the strength and sacrifices of these women who find their own voice through the common fight and their community.
Anna Rubi, born in Hungary, studied media design at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest and in 2015 graduated from the Zürich University of the Arts at transdisciplinary studies (MA). Her collaborative web-documentary New Flower (2015) explores activism infused public space art in the ever urbanizing Addis Ababa. In the period of 2017-2022 she was the videographer of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, extensively working with disabled communities and activists on short documentaries and campaigns. Your Life Without Me (2024) is her debut feature length documentary that premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival and won the Human Rights award.
