Verzio in Pécs, November 19-21, Apolló Cinema, Pécs
This year for the 6th time Verzió in Pécs is organized in cooperation with Apolló Cinema and House of Opportunities.
11.19. Thursday 17.00
A Syrian Love Story
Sean McAllister / UK / 2015 / 76min / English
Filmed over 5 years, the film charts an incredible journey of Raghda's and Amer's hopes, dreams and despair: for the revolution, homeland and each other.
11.20. Friday 17.00
The Érpatak Model
Benny Brunner, Keno Verseck / The Netherlands / 2014 / 76min / Hungarian
The mayor of Érpatak, a village in eastern Hungary, develops his own social model that divides the villagers into "builders" and "destroyers".
11.20. Friday 19.00
The Look of Silence
Joshua Oppenheimer / Denmark & UK & Indonesia & Norway & Finland / 2014 / 98min / Indonesian & Javanese
Through Oppenheimer’s footage of perpetrators of the 1965 Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered, as well as the identities of the killers.
11. 21. Satruday 17.00
Toto and His Sisters
Alexander Nanau / Romania / 2014 / 93min / Romanian
Three Roma siblings in a run-down suburb of Bucharest struggle to shape their own future after their mother’s imprisonment. An immersive portrait of complex family bonds partially filmed by the children themselves.
11.21. Saturday 19.00
Those Who Feel the Fire Burning
Morgan Knibbe / The Netherlands & Greece & Italy / 2014 / 74min / Arabic & Bengali & Greek & Italian & Tigrigna & Wolof & Persian
An unconventional, poetic exploration of a serious social problem: the hopeless existence of refugees stuck at Europe’s edge.
