Director of Photography
What if democracy fails citizens by not serving them all equally? What if inequality becomes the norm and the most vulnerable citizens are left behind with no money, no home, no rights, and no country of their own? In Hungary, the government has slashed social benefits and criminalized homelessness, but a group of activists, homeless and middle class, is confronting authorities to defend social justice and their right to be citizens. After the tragic death of two of its founding members, the group feels that Hungary is growing more hostile and their struggle is more important than ever. Despite all odds, their own community keeps them going—a mini-society with democracy and solidarity at its heart, an island of hope, belonging and dignity in a society gradually shifting the other way.
Director of Photography
Twenty years ago, one of the most influential bands in post-millennium Hungarian pop music, Bëlga, burst onto the scene. But the band members, who hide behind sunglasses and costumes, have always kept themselves hidden from the public eye, and so far no comprehensive documentary has been made about them, and they are rarely interviewed.
Gergely Laki and Bálint Klopfstein-László's film Bëlga - Ancestral History focuses on the birth and early days of the band.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr62wO8A0ws)
