“Which is stronger—fate or will?” Dávid, the director, takes the question while wandering with his skateboard and camera along the streets of Budapest, Hungary. The wheels of the skateboard pick up sceptical answers from a homeless man who was increasingly disillusioned with the world after the government began to consider imprisoning homeless people in the midst of the country’s crisis.
“Fate.”
However, it was different with Sanyi. A boy, whom Dávid found on a corner street in Budapest, always knows how to enjoy the world with joy amid the bunch of desperate vagrants. His authenticity convinced Dávid to focus the camera on Sanyi and let the boy lead the narrative construction for more than a decade. Sanyi refuses to throw in the towel in the face of the fate that overtook him in a 28-square-meter flat with his parents, two brothers, and grandmother.
Budapest’s streets and Dávid’s skateboards become Sanyi’s escape rides. With the spirit of conquering the world, he roams the streets with his friends, vandalizing homeless property, kicking balls everywhere, and scribbling asphalt with his colorful chalk-attempting to offer a softer touch to the tense world around him.
“I can do whatever I want. I can defeat anything I’m faced with. I’ll find the mistake in the world and correct it.”
Sanyi continues to hide in the hustle and bustle while secretly harboring a deeper wish for the world to accept him. People tend to see him as a mere troublemaker, but through the lens of Dávid and Bálint’s camera, they managed to capture the joyful and hopeful innocence of Sanyi. One day, his street action leads Sanyi to an unexpected fate, changing his life forever.
“Why do we all feel the urge to do bad things?”
“We do it because we don’t want to grow up.”
This 94-minute documentary directed by Dávid Mikulán and Bálint Révész longitudinally offers Sanyi’s journey of self-discovery through fast-moving scenes together with his skateboard wheels. It is a self-defining journey among Hungarian families, communities and streets. The new journey starts after the film ends. A journey that you can watch through KIX (2024) in International Feature-Length Competition FFD 2024. (Hesty N. Tyas) (Ed. Vanis) (Trans. Shafira Rahmasari)
Film Details
KIX
Dávid Mikulán, Bálint Révész | 94 Min | 2024 | Croatia, France, Hungary
In Competition for International Feature-Length
Festival Film Dokumenter 2024
Screening Schedule
Nov. 4 | 15:00 WIB | Militaire Societeit, TBY
Nov. 6 | 15:00 WIB | Ruang Seminar, TBY
