Balkan Champion
A glimpse of contemporary Romanian history: There are problems with
the political career of the Hungarian lawyer and politician Elöd Kincses. His attempts to be elected to parliament as an independent
candidate are unsuccessful. Réka Kincses observes her father‘s situation and takes stock for him: Why has it not been possible
for him to gain a foothold in the political system since 1989? Archive material, summary inserts, a personal off-screen commentary
and moving scenes from the everyday life of the family are conjoined into a multilayered confrontation with a personal past.
There are as many different ways of reading this past, as there are people involved. The film project does not remain impervious
to this either: the author‘s orientation and her perspectives of her parents change. (Duisburger Filmwoche)
European Panorama 2007
Réka Kincses
Germany 2006
color
86
minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay
Réka Kincses
Cinematography
András Petrik, Jakob Wehrmann, Júlia Varga
Editing
Réka Lemhényi, Jakob Wehrmann, Beatrice Babin
Music
Calexico, Zorán, Elemér Kincses
With Calexico, Zorán,
Elemér Kincses
Production
dffb Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Potsdamer Str. 2 10785 Berlin Deutschland T +49 30 257 59 152
F +49 30 257 59 162 wolff@dffb.de www.dffb.de