No Country for the Poor

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 52 min
  • Premiere: 2017. January 1.

What if democracy fails citizens by not serving them all equally? What if inequality becomes the norm and the most vulnerable citizens are left behind with no money, no home, no rights, and no country of their own? In Hungary, the government has slashed social benefits and criminalized homelessness, but a group of activists, homeless and middle class, is confronting authorities to defend social justice and their right to be citizens. After the tragic death of two of its founding members, the group feels that Hungary is growing more hostile and their struggle is more important than ever. Despite all odds, their own community keeps them going—a mini-society with democracy and solidarity at its heart, an island of hope, belonging and dignity in a society gradually shifting the other way.

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Camera

László Halász

Director of Photography

Gergely Áron Pápai

Director of Photography

Dorottya Balczó

Additional Camera

Ákos Baranya

Additional Camera

Márk Kovács

Additional Camera

Márta Mészáros

Additional Camera

Crew

Sándor Szőke

Dramaturgy

Bernd Seidl

Commissioning Editor

Margje de Koning

Commissioning Editor

Directing

Editing

Production

Carmel Fuhg

Producer's Assistant

Andrea Hronyecz

Producer's Assistant

Polina Georgescu

Executive Producer

Antje Boehmert

Executive Producer

Sound

Yann Toualy

Original Music Composer

Camera

László Halász

Director of Photography

Gergely Áron Pápai

Director of Photography

Dorottya Balczó

Additional Camera

Ákos Baranya

Additional Camera

Márk Kovács

Additional Camera

Márta Mészáros

Additional Camera

Crew

Sándor Szőke

Dramaturgy

Bernd Seidl

Commissioning Editor

Margje de Koning

Commissioning Editor

Directing

Editing

Production

Carmel Fuhg

Producer's Assistant

Andrea Hronyecz

Producer's Assistant

Polina Georgescu

Executive Producer

Antje Boehmert

Executive Producer

Sound

Yann Toualy

Original Music Composer