Online screening + discussion: Honeymoons

Young women from socialist Hungary seek their happiness and a chance to connect with foreign consumerism through relationships with Italian men. How does this idyll turn out? See for yourself in the documentary film Honeymoons, that you can watch online for free from 13 February. There will also be an online discussion on February 17.

Online

The film is available on our website here until February 18 and you need a voucher to view it for free. Please email us at films@kinedok.net and we will send it to you.

HONEYMOONS (Szomjas György, 1970, Hungary, 37 min)

A short documentary film explores the phenomenon of Hungarian women in the 1970s attempting to establish relationships with Italian men who came to the socialist country for cheap summer entertainment. The film primarily consists of interviews conducted in Hungary with young women who interacted with the holidaymakers. We hear various gossip spread among the girls, but also learn about the ideals and hopes these men represented for them, as well as the fates of friends who married Italians and moved to Italy. However, the allure of foreign luxury, known only from magazine covers or imported popular culture, may not have been an accurate depiction of the reality awaiting these young women.

The film is available in all KineDok countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Croatia, and Hungary).

DISCUSSION: 17. 2., 7 PM (GMT+1)

Join a panel discussion (in English) on the topics from the film, that will be held on Monday on Facebook (@KineDok International) and our YouTube channel (@InstituteOfDocumentaryFilm). You can look forward to free-lancing cultural researcher, film historian and university lecture Andrea Pócsik, it will be moderated by film critic and historian Silvestar Mileta.

Andrea Pócsik

Andrea Pócsik is free-lancing cultural researcher, film historian and university lecturer. She published a book about Roma representation in 2017. Her academic activities are devoted to the purposes of domesticating engaged scholarship and building cultural resistance through critical film education. She was involved in several art events as a curator. From 2016 until present she has been doing research in memory and archival studies. She frequently publishes reviews and articles about the above-mentioned topics in cultural and academic journals.

Silvestar Mileta

Silvestar Mileta is a film critic and historian. He teaches History of Croatian Cinema at the Faculty of Croatian Studies and the Media Culture School “Dr. Ante Peterlić.” Previously, he taught at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Teacher Education. He is the artistic director of Croatian Film Days and head of the media office for Animafest Zagreb. A former managing editor of Croatian Film Chronicles, he has contributed to Filmonaut, national television, and various media. He has worked in documentary filmmaking and frequently engages in film education and festival juries.