KIX is a 12-year odyssey following Sanyi's journey from a rowdy street kid in Budapest to a disillusioned young adult. Fueled by an unlikely friendship with filmmakers Dávid and Bálint, the film captures the evolution of Sanyi's life, which is marked by family struggles, school issues, and the weight of surrogate fatherhood to his newborn sister. As Sanyi faces the challenges of adolescence, the filmmakers shift from active participants to observers in his tumultuous life; these culminate in a tragic turn of events forcing him to confront the responsibilities of adulthood.
CREW:
Director: Bálint Révész, Dávid Mikulán
Producer: Viki Réka Kiss, András Pires Muhi, Victor Ede, Bálint Révész
Cinematographer: Dávid Mikulán
Sound: Ivan Zelić
Awards
Camera Justitia Award at the Movies That Matter Festival (2024)
Director
Bálint Révész
Bálint Révész is a young director/producer who focuses on the frontier between documentary and fiction. He graduated from the University of Brighton in 2012. His first feature documentary as director, Granny Project, received the MDR prize at Dok Leipzig, the Next Generation Award at Taiwan IDFF, received a Doc Alliance nomination, and was featured at Hot Docs, CPH:DOX, and other major festivals. He's the founder of the London-based Gallivant Film Collective and the producer behind Another News Story, a doc in competition at the KVIFF & ZFF among others, which was presented at IDFA in 2017. His upcoming documentary Kix captures 10 years of the chaotic street life of a Hungarian child as he grows from rowdy kid to public enemy.
Selected Filmography
KIX (2024), Touch Wood (2020), Granny Project (2017), Dreampire (2014), Monster - Party-dokumentumfilm (2006)
Director
Dávid Mikulán
Dávid Mikulán is an intermedia artist who graduated from the Fine Art University, Budapest. As part of his studies he attended film and media technology courses at the Hamburg University of Applied Science, and was a participant in the ‘Space of Uncertainty’ project touring around Kraków, Budapest and Stuttgart. Amongst numerous group and solo exhibitions he has collaborated with Conceptual Soundproductions Budapest, the Kolibri Theatre and the Hungarian State Opera. His multidisciplinary works reflect on how public spaces affect social structures.Selected Filmography
PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY (2015)
