DOK.fest is in the Here&Now: THE EUPHORIA OF BEING
in cooperation with MVHS
How is growing old viewed today? What ideas about the final phase of life shape us, and which role models break through the clichés of aging? Four extraordinary documentaries tell the stories of people who continue to live out their passion for dance, music, creativity, and love in their old age. An Auschwitz survivor finds a way to express her traumatic experiences on stage, an elderly New York interior designer creates rooms that reflect her eccentric life, a Polish bon vivant persistently pursues her passions, and elderly people in Denmark look back on the great loves of their lives and draw special strength from them. Haunting and inspiring portraits about dignity, longing, and the courage to shape one's own life until the very end.
Course number: W249320
Free admission, registration welcome.
THE EUPHORIA OF BEING
Ungarn 2019 – Director: Réka Szabó – Original language: Hungarian – Subtitles: English – Length: 83 min.
Éva Fahidi was 18 when she was deported with her family to Auschwitz. She was the only one to survive. Touched by her biography, the choreographer Réka Szabó puts together a performance with Fahidi and the dancer Emese Cuhorka. The film follows them through their rehearsals and as they engage in a dialogue in which they are increasingly confronted by trauma. Pablo Bücheler
Biography
Réka Szabó is the artistic director of one of Hungary's most important dance theatre groups. Some of her experimental films such as MOURNING were screened at several festivals. THE EUPHORIA OF BEING is her first feature-length documentary film.
Filmography (selection)
GYÀSZFILM, HU 2014, 14 min.
English/Original Title: A LÉTEZÉS EUFÓRIÁJA. Writer: Réka Szabó. Camera: Claudia Kovács. Sound: Simon Koch, Dániel Bőhm, Gergely Hollósi, Levente Udud, Bálint Zándoki. Editing: Sylvie Gadmer, Péter Sass. Music: Balázs Barna. Production: Campfilm. Producer: Sára László, Marcell Gerő (Campfilm), Réka Szabó (The Symptoms). International Sales: The Symtoms.
