KIX

Dávid Mikulán, Bálint Révész

KIX is a 12-year odyssey following Sanyi's journey from a rowdy street kid in Budapest to a disillusioned young adult. Fueled by an unlikely friendship with filmmakers Dávid and Bálint, the film captures the evolution of Sanyi's life marked by family struggles, school issues, and the weight of surrogate fatherhood to his newborn sister. As Sanyi faces the challenges of adolescence, the filmmakers shift from active participants to observers in his life tumults; these culminate in a tragic turn of events forcing him to confront the responsibilities of adulthood. The film actively reflects upon the relationship between subject and filmmakers and raises the core questions of documentary filmmaking: does observation change the observed and in KIX's case, the observers?

Hungary, France, Croatia 2024, '92

DIRECTOR: Dávid Mikulán, Bálint Révész

SCENARIO: Bálint Révész, Dávid Mikulán

CAMERA: Dávid Mikulán

MONTAGE: Yael Bitton, Károly Szalai

MUSIC: Csaba Kalotás

PRODUCERS: Viki Réka Kiss, András Pires Muhi, Victor Ede, Bálint Révész

PRODUCTION: ELF Pictures, Cinephage

FESTIVALS & AWARDS:

CPH:DOX (2024)

Dávid Mikulán

Dávid Mikulán is an Intermedia artist and filmmaker who graduated from the Fine Art University,
Budapest. He has been making films since age 12. His artistic practice is influenced by skateboarding,
punk music, fluxus, video art and experimental music. His multidisciplinary work's main focus is how
public spaces have an effect on social structures.
His short films and animations were presented at Vladimir film festival, Budapest Architecture film
festival, BUSHO, XAFT, KAFF, OFF-Biennale Kid’s Eye film festival, Early Melons, Alter-native film
festival etc. He was a participant at the ‘Space of uncertainty’ project touring around Krakow, Budapest
and Stuttgart. Amongst numerous group and solo exhibitions he collaborated with the Conceptual
Sound Productions Budapest, Kolibri Theatre and the Hungarian State Opera, Ludwig Museum. As a
volunteer and filmmaker he worked together with NGO’s and human right organizations like Oltalom
Sport Association, Alternative Communities Association, The Hungarian Anti Poverty Network, the
Workfare Movement For The Future. His first feature documentary entitled KIX is being co-produced in
3 different countries, with the involvement of major broadcasters (ARTE, HBO etc.) and world-class
film professionals.

Bálint Révész

Bálint Révész has worked in a range of roles through editor, writer, producer, director, and university teacher. He's the founder behind a handful of film related organisations: UK based production company Gallivant Film, Budapest-based production company, Roughhouse Project, Kontra (a distribution company) and Kulturlink (a cross-cultural foundation focusing on impact among other things).

Bálint focuses on making films about controversial subject matter, using challenging methods such as his first feature documentary, Granny Project which has been 7 years in the making. The film has received the MDR prize at Dok Leipzig, Best Documentary and Editing from the Hungarian Film Critics Association, Next Generation Award at Taiwan IDFF, Doc Alliance nomination and was featured at Hot Docs, CPH:Dox. Another News Story, a film produced by him, about journalists documenting the refugee crisis, across seven countries, was in competition at the KVIFF, ZFF and featured at IDFA in 2017. He's the director/producer behind KIX which has been supported by HBO Max, ARTE France, and CNC. On his current projects he's collaborating with NYTimes Op-Docs, IDFA Bertha Fund and Creative Media Europe.

KIX

Dávid Mikulán, Bálint Révész

Dávid Mikulán

Bálint Révész

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