Zebra Dreams
Reni, two-time world boxing champion, is the mother of a 7-year-old son she is raising with her partner Judit — a relationship the Hungarian state does not recognize. When the government moved to ban Pride, Reni bought an inflatable zebra costume and began appearing in it at mass protests. The first half of the film is the uprising; the second half follows what actually happens once the old regime is gone: whether one woman's life can finally catch up with the change she helped bring about.
Production stage: Pre-production
Estimated release: 2028/29
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Botond Püsök graduated as a film director at the University of Theatre and Film Arts, SZFE Budapest documentary film directing MA. In 2016 he won the best director award for his short documentary Angela at the Astra International Film Festival. His first feature-length film, Too Close, premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2022, was awarded at several international film festivals including Fipadoc Biarritz, received the Hungarian Film Critics Prize for best documentary, and was nominated for the Gopo Award in Romania. Botond also works as a cinematographer and dramaturgist, his main interest is the field of creative documentary, character driven stories focusing on human rights and exploring the boundaries of humanity in challenging life situations.
Brigitta is a Spain-based Hungarian film editor with over 20 years of experience in documentary, animation, and fiction. She studied at the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest, the Norwegian Film School, and Eötvös Loránd University. Her credits include Free Entry (Yvonne Kerékgyártó, SXSW Gamechanger Award), Balcony (Dávid Dell’edera, Annecy Grand Prize), and Too Close (Botond Püsök, FIPA Doc Young Europeans Award). She is the development editor of Zebra Dreams by Botond Püsök and the creative producer of Réka Pinczés’ Chronically Undateable, a Hungarian-German co-production in post-production, and currently editing Caretakers (Ambrus Hernádi). She also teaches at academic and professional levels.