Downstream
In the barren countryside, a young girl is trying to accomplish the impossible. Vivien, taken away from her mother as a child, spent most of her life drifting from one adoptive family to another, finding her only solace in a military youth community. Now, as she turns 18, she decides to stand on her own two feet and change her life for the better. She dreams of a decent job, a loving partner, and reuniting with her mother. She's strong and ready to take decisions. But is she strong enough to change the fate she inherited?
Máté Bartha is a photographer and documentary filmmaker based in Budapest. He obtained two MAs, at the Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design, and at the University of Theatre and Film Arts. His most recent photography project, Kontakt, was awarded the Robert Capa Grand Prize Hungary in 2018.