Person swimming in river with a bridge and cityscape in the background.

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KIX

(KIX)

Over the 10 years of filming, Sanyi changes from a curious street kid to a troubled teenager. The film captures his attempts to avoid the fate of a child from a poor family in Viktor Orbán’s Hungary.

The director first met 7-year-old Sanyi in downtown Budapest. They started skateboarding together, looking for fun and adventure. The street gradually becomes Sanyi’s second home. Whenever he can, he runs away from the old ground floor studio flat where he lives with his parents, two siblings and grandmother. The camera is there when the family prepares for social security checks, when Sanyi finds his first girlfriend or when he and the gang start partying. “Convince me you are not going to be an alcoholic, homeless, junkie, lazy bum,” says the director to the teenage protagonist. What direction will Sanyi’s life eventually take?

03/23 16:00

Atlas – Small Hall, Ke Štvanici 371/4, Praha 8

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03/24 17:30

Evald, Národní 28, Praha 1

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03/27 20:30

Světozor Cinema – Large Hall, Vodičkova 41, Praha 1

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Bálint Révész, Director
Tomáš Poštulka, Moderator
Dávid Mikulán, Director

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Title	KIX
Original Title	KIX
Original Language	Hungarian
Subtitles	Czech, English
Premiéra	Czech premiere
Film type	Full-length documentary
Year of Production	2024
Country of Origin	Hungary, Croatia, France
Length	92 min.
Tags	Children and Youth, Social Exclusion, Europe
Director	Bálint Révész, Dávid Mikulán

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