AFFRICATE
​​​by Anna Gyimesi

26min | Hungary | 2022

An adventure by the seaside opens a single mother's eyes up about the martyrdom that she takes for her disabled daughter.
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Original Title Affrikáta
Year of production 2022
Length 26min
Country Hungary
Dialogue Hungarian, English, Croatian
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Director Anna Gyimesi 
Producers Ádám Felszeghy, Zoltán Mártonffy 
Production Company Umbrella, Cinesuper
Writers Anna Gyimesi, Fruzsina Danszki 
Cinematographer Gergely Pálos 
Editor Anna Gyimesi, Attila Csabai
Sound Designer Botond Csizmadia 
Art Director Ágnes Bobor 
Costume Design Ildi Tihanyi
Music Flóra Lili Matisz
Production Manager Veronika Nemes-Jeles 
Cast Adél Kováts, Kinga Csutak-Hoffmann, Lilla Kizlinger, Márk Nagy

Festival selections
Sarajevo Film Festival 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina  -World Premiere
​PÖFF Shorts (Black Nights Film Festival) 2022, Estonia
Macau International Short Film Festival 2022
Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival 2023, Serbia - Bronze Egg Award
Febiofest - Bratislava International FilmFestival 2023, Slovakia
Festival de cine Al Este 2023, Peru
Cinefemina 2023, Romania
​SEEFest - The South East European Film Festival of Los Angeles 2023, USA
Seattle International Film Festival 2023, USA
Akbank International Short Film Festival 2023, Turkey
​Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival 2023, Hungary - Best Hungarian Live Action Film Award, Best Actress Award for Adél Kováts
​​​​Huesca International Film Festival 2023, Spain
​​FEST - New Directors/New Films Festival 2023, Portugal
​CINEMA JOVE - Valencia International Film Festival 2023, Spain
Bašta Fest 2023, Serbia
​​Scottish International Short Film Festival 2023, UK
​Calabria Movie International Short Film Festival 2023, Italy - Best Film Award, Best Actress Award for Adél Kováts
Odense International Film Festival 2023, Denmark
​BuSho Film Festival 2023, Hungary - Best Actress Award for Adél Kováts
​Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy 2023, Finland
​Blue Danube Film Festival 2023, Hungary - Danube Mermaid Film Award 
​Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival 2023, Italy
Filmtettfeszt - Erdélyi Magyar Filmszemle 2023, Romania
Zsigmond Vilmos Film Festival 2023, Hungary
​Alter-Native International Short Film Festival 2023, Romania - Grand Prize
​Lublin Film Festival 2023, Poland
​​​Zubroffka Film Festival 2023, Poland
​International Usak Short Film Festival 2023, Turkey
​​ZOOM - ZBLIZENIA International Film Festival 2024, Poland
​Independent Days International Filmfestival 2024, Germany
Grenzland-Filmtage Selb International Film Festival 2024, Germany
​Beirut International Women Film Festival 2024, Lebanon
​​Prague International Film Awards 2024, Czech Republic - Grand Prix Award
​Cinema Talks 2024, Austria - Best Film Award (Inspiration Category)
Ferfilm Festival 2024, Kosovo
​MEDIAWAVE Film & Music Festival 2024, Hungary - Jury Prize
Yerevan Short Film Festival 2024, Armenia
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