Private Project

Davoria

What is real? Experiences shaped in the melting pot of the mass media, and faceless chat rooms of internet sites, or imprints of real time events encountered during parties supported by the power of community?

Processes determined by economic interests, or a kind of “experiment” in which empathy and tolerance forge people together?

A small group of Hungarian artists, called Davoria, believes that reality can still be achieved. But the only way to get there is through freedom. Through free tekno.

Breaking away from the realm of the entertainment industry, and the clichés of the consumer society, they are trying to reunite their followers by tuning up the silence of abandoned factories.

By providing an overview of their activities, my film is seeking to give an insight into the principles that guide them during their everyday life.

  • Robert Gyökér
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    58 minutes 47 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 9, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Hungary
  • Country of Filming:
    Hungary
  • Language:
    English, German, Hungarian
  • Shooting Format:
    QTFF
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Madras Independent Film Festival
    Chennai
    India
    December 30, 2021
    Semi-Finalist
  • Norient Film Festival
    Bern
    Switzerland
    January 14, 2022
  • Roma Short Film Festival
    Rome
    Italy
    September 3, 2022
    Best Feature Documentary Film
  • Venice Fullshot Film Festival
    Venice
    Italy
    September 7, 2022
    Best Director
  • Serbest International Film Festival
    Comrat
    Moldova, Republic of
    September 5, 2022
    Semi-Finalist
  • Japan International Film Festival
    Tokyo, Kanto
    Japan
    October 2, 2022
    Honorable Mention
  • Munich New Wave Short Film Festival
    Munich
    Germany
    November 3, 2022
    Honorable Mention
  • London Director Awards
    London
    United Kingdom
    February 9, 2023
    Selected
Director Biography - Robert Gyökér

I had started my career as a professional musician. After having spent five years in the Lebanese National Symphonic Orchestra I was admitted to University of Miskolc. I gained my Master’s degree in Cultural Anthropology in 2011 with specialization in ethnographic filmmaking under the guidance of Gyula Gulyás.

Since graduation, I am conducting long-term anthropological fieldworks on regular basis focusing on the everyday life of marginalized communities living in economically depressed regions of Hungary and self-organized communities trying to articulate their values in the midst of the consumer society. The outcomes of these researches are realized as independent ethnographic films.

Currently, I am a PhD student at the Department of Ethnography and Cultural Anthropology of University of Pécs. My field of research is the examination of value systems and identity politics of self-organized communities.

As a lecturer, I am giving courses in Visual Anthropology and Application of Video Technics in Anthropological Inquiry at University of Miskolc.

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