According to an agreement with the ELTE University Library and Archives, we will also host the popular ELTE–NFI University Film Club screening and discussion series beside the University Square campus. The film club, organised in cooperation between Eötvös Loránd University and the National Film Institute, will be hosted in two locations, with the cooperation of our library, and is expected to be held weekly from next semester. All ELTE citizens are welcome to attend these events.
The next screening will be Dániel Hevér’s first feature film, the dramedy Some Birds, which tells the story of a special friendship that spans generations. The story follows Béla (László Szacsvay), a stubborn old man living alone, who finds change difficult to bear. When his son places him in a nursing home after a minor accident, he feels the whole world is conspiring against him. From that moment on, his only goal is to get out of the institution as soon as possible. Another outsider, 17-year-old Zoe (Lilla Kizlinger), a wild child who works at the home as a punishment, joins him in his plan. Despite the almost 60-year age gap between them, their similar characters, loneliness and the feeling that they are just in everyone’s way, quickly turn them into an alliance.
„Drama comma comedy”
„The uplifting story of an unusual friendship between an elderly man trying to get out of a nursing home and an impulsive teenage girl on social work who decides to help him.”
Venue: University Square campus (1053 Budapest, Egyetem tér 1-3. fszt., corridor next to the cloakroom)
Date: 19 February 2025, 18:00
dramedy, 2023, 90 min
Our guests in the post-screening discussion are Dániel Hevér, debuting feature film director, and Andrea Csengei, social worker and elderly care provider. László Szacsvay, Jászai Mari Award-winning actor and one of the main characters in the film, will also join us. Registration form and film trailer are available here.
