Budapest Silo

Budapest Silo
Doc Future Student and Debut Film Competition
society
workers
experimental

József has worked at the largest, still-operational grain silo in Budapest for more than 30 years. He lives in a container home next to the structure, and trucks and trains often rumble past his window. Lowered into the ten-story-deep silos to clean them, he looks like a scuba diver. It’s dangerous and potentially deadly work, especially considering József’s decades-long exposure to crop dust. But rather than escape, it seems as if he has become an integral part of his environment.

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The filmmakers are happy to discuss their film Budapest Silo, and can be contacted by e-mail at budapestsilofilm@gmail.com.

Gallery 
Zsófia Paczolay

Zsófi Paczolay is the director of the short film Budapest Silo, co-director of the documentary Estou Aqui (Itt vagyok/I Am Here), co-founder of MOHA films collective in Budapest with Bíró Bálint, member of MOHA art collective in Amsterdam, and freelance artist and filmmaker. Her background is in architecture, social work, performance art, movement and basketball.

Screenings 
Saturday, 25 November 3:00PM
Corvin - Jávor
Monday, 27 November 4:30PM
Toldi - Small Hall
Hungary
2022
24min
Hungarian
 
Director 
Zsófia Paczolay
Producer 
MOHA films, Docnomads, Zsófia Paczolay, Bálint Bíró
Editor 
Bálint Bíró
Cinematographer 
Ezequiel Salinas
Sound 
Ádám Gyöngyösi
Music 
Andor Sperling
Distribution info 
Gargantua Film Distribution Andrea Gatopoulos administration@gargantuafilm.it SEE NL & Eye Experimental, Edith van der Heijde, experimental@eyefilm.nl
Festivals and Awards 
Best Short Film at Millennium Docs Against Gravity
Best Short Film at BelDocs 2023
Audience Award at Friss Hús 2023