Those interested can now watch in Budapest yet another product of the Turkish cinematic art, this time during the 8th Budapest International Documentary Festival (BIDF) to be held between January 22–30. During the Festival, the latest documentaries from the world will be screened, creative feature films that have achieved international success. The slogan of the Festival, which will present almost 50 films in 200 screenings in the halls of Cinema City Mammut II shopping mall and ten bigger towns, is “Courageous Films.”
The Turkish documentary to be presented now is set in Japan, and was directed by Ensar Altay. A brigade dressed in chemical protection suits from head to toe and wearing gas masks regularly appears in different places in the island country in Asia. During their deployments, they tidy up the apartments – full of keepsakes – of elderly people who had been working all their lives, lived lonely and died only to be forgotten. Norohito is also employed by such a firm. Several years before he had lost his family due to his being overworked. The further and further deaths, exposure to the personal objects of these elderly people, the indifference of their relatives make the also lonely but still young Norohito start thinking about and questioning the social order in Japan. The film was not only directed but cut by Ensar Altay as well, who was born in Turkey in 1980. He majored in economics but has always been interested in filmmaking. He graduated from the London Film Academy in filmmaking. In 2010, he started working as an assistant director. After this, he worked as a director and producer in the television business for five years. Since 2011, he has made several documentaries for various television channels.
Between January 24–26, those interested will also have the opportunity to meet Ensar Altay after the screening of his film in the cinema hall of Mammut II. In the countryside, the following towns will be screening the films of the 8th BIDF: Debrecen, Eger, Győr, Pécs, Szeged, Székesfehérvár, Szolnok, Szombathely, Veszprém, Zalaegerszeg.
