This year, 2023, a dozen PhD and MA students from across the continent during one week had been exploring with the cameras suite corners of Josefvaros, the mesmerizing and beautifully troubled 8th district of the Hungarian capital.
As a result of the joint work of participants and school leaders, 4 short film impressions were created, which covered topics such as sustainability, housing, migration and the state of democracy.
A two-way process
The film presents a subjective look at the phenomenon of migration, its (in)visibility in the urban space and various meeting places where the inhabitants of the most diverse in every respect district of Budapest meet and interact with each other.
An island
To discover a place where everyone can find shelter, feel free, and be together with other people who dream of a different future for themselves, creating an alternative community, one needs to leave the main street and immerse oneself in the other world of the "Third Space."
Suspicious look
The film presents different voices about the distant and not-so-distant history of the district and the personal stories connected with it, reflecting on how the "real" and "imagined" narration about the past may influence today's relationships of its inhabitants.
Roots under the city
What is the role of green areas and greenery in the city? How does it affect the well-being of its inhabitants? Are there alternative ways of thinking about the urban space to make it easier for people to (re)unite with nature in the concrete jungles of modern cities?