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KIX
KIX

Director(s): Dávid Mikulán, Bálint RévészHU, FR, HR94 min.2024
81%(32 ratings)
Categoriesdocumentary
Accessibilitynot suitable for minors under 15 years of age
LanguagesHungarian (orig.)
SubtitlesEnglish, slovak
Black and white / colourcolor

Sanyi is a wild and energetic eight-year-old boy who races around the streets of Budapest on his skateboard. The city is his playground, a haven of chaos far away from his family’s cramped one-room apartment. By chance, he meets the young filmmakers Dávid and Bálint on the street, and so begins a long friendship. Over the course of 12 years, KIX documents how an innocent eight-year-old boy grows up to become a persecuted enemy of the state. ‘Fate is stronger than will’, as a homeless man says to the camera. A dark prophecy that casts a shadow over Sanyi. For how long can he avoid the consequences of his actions? And is he simply doomed to fail? KIX is a sensation of a film that combines a complete unruly wildness with a genuine social commitment – even when the story takes a tragic twist. Film premiered at CPH:DOX in 2024. It won FIPRESCI award for Best Documentary at the ZagrebDox festival.

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