Golden Hut.A Year With Emilke Karácsony in the Hidegség of Gymes
Aranykalyiba.Egy év Karácsony Emilkével a Gyimesi Hidegségben, Hungary, 2003, 55 min, Beta, Portrait, Society
Thirteen-year-old Emilke, who can be compared to Ábel (the protagonist of a famous novel about a young boy living in the mountains of Transylvania), lives in his mountain hut in a place called Hidegség in Gimes, Transilvania.From early spring to the first snowfall he grazes cows, makes cheese from the milk, and only sees his parents when one or the other goes up to the mountain pasture and takes the cheese home. These meetings are rare and short. The only companions for the boy are the cows and the dogs, since he has to climb one or two hills just to get to the closest neighbour. The hours, days, weeks, spring, summer, and autumn melt into each other in this solitude...
Director:
Dezső Zsigmond
Producer:
Sándor Buglya
Screenplay:
Dezső Zsigmond
Director of photography:
Arthur Bálint
Editor:
Gabriella Koncz
Sound:
Vince Kapcsos
Languages:
Hungarian
Subtitles:
English
Danube Region Foundation
Krisztina krt 59/B
1013 Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian Film Union (Magyar Filmunió)
Városligeti fasor 38
1068 Budapest, Hungary
Main Prize+Best Cinematography -
Sfintu-Gheorghe film.dok 2004
Special Mention -
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival 2004
Best Cinematography -
Budapest Hungarian Film Week 2004
Bronze Remi Award -
Houston Worldfest 2005