by Kornél Szilágyi & Linn Löffler
2022, 24 min.
experimental documentary
2022, 24 minutes, shot on 16 mm film
About 30 years ago, it was Hungary that tore down the Iron Curtain by opening its borders for East German refugees. But in 2015, the Hungarian government had a new border fence made of barbed wire rebuilt along the Serbian-Croatian border. How do the inhabitants of the border zone feel about it? The power of spaces and symbols with a fence as the main protagonist is negotiate in FEARKINGDOM.
Crew:
Directors: Kornél Szilágyi, Linn Löffler
DOP: Igor Buharov
Sound: Linn Löffler
Editing: Kornél Szilágyi, Linn Löffler
Sound Design: Gábor Ripli
Color Grading: Sergi Sanchez
Music: Nandor Hevesi, Die Abstände, Spaßbremse
16mm Development: Szilárd Szilás, LaborBerlin e.V.
16mm Scan: Laszló Dunai, LaborBerlin e.V.
Title Design: Lehel Kovács
Directors’ Note:
About 30 years ago, it was Hungary that tore down the Iron Curtain, but in 2015, out of “fear of refugees”, the Hungarian government had a new border fence rebuilt along the Serbian-Croatian border.
This architectural structure troubled us, we felt the same aversion about the backward movement caused by the fence, at the same time we have a great fascination for the hybrid spaces of the border region.
With our film we want to raise questions about the norm and practice of territoriality and identity in a playful and abstract way.
