Dusk / Félhomály 


Short film
21’ Hungary


“An ominous documentary viewing a global theme from the perspective of a small Hungarian community. A “landguard” and his son go on patrol in the border area near Serbia, where an invisible danger looms.”


Director: Bálint Bíró
Cinematography: Ezequiel Salinas
Produced by: Bálin Bíró, Ezequiel Salinas
Editing: Mariannas Rudas
Sound: Bálint Bíró 
Sound design: Federico Dissandro



Festivals: 

IDFA 2020
Sarajevo Film Festival 2021
CamerImage Film Festival 2021
Astra Film Festival 2021
FipaDoc, Biarritz 2020
Silver Eye Award Nomine, Jihlava Film Festival 2021
Febio Film Festival 2022
Go Short International Film Festival 2021
Zsigmond Vilmos Film Festival 2022 - Festival Prize winner
BIDF 2021 - Award for Best Short Film









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Budapest Silo 


Short documentary
25’ Hungary


Synopsis:

József has been working at the largest still-operational grain mill in Budapest, Hungary for over 30 years. During the day, he wanders through the thick coat of dust which covers every corner of the monstrous maze-like entrails of the mill. Then, like a diver, he descends into the 25-meters-deep silos, surrounded by darkness, he undertakes the seemingly hopeless task of cleaning them, brushing the dust away. József has been suffering from the effects of long-term grain dust on his lungs, yet, he seems unable to escape the mill. An unspoken bond seem to tie them together, at night, from the window of his small trailer he watches over the menacing concrete structure, while during the day, hanging from his harness, utterly alone, he performs dazzling, dizzying dance-like movements in the depths of the silo, his body is feels light as if swimming.




Director, Producer: Zsófia Paczolay
Co-Director: Nora Ananyan
Producer, Editor: Bálint Bíró
Cinematography: Ezequiel Salinas
Sound design: Ádám Gyöngyösi
Music: Andor Sperling
Editing Supervisor: Marianna Rudas

Festivals:
IDFA 2022 - Competition for Short Documentary
Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2023 - Winner - Best Short Film award
BelDocs 2023- Short Competition - Winner - Best Short film award
Friss Hús XI. - Competition for Best Documentary
Zsigmond Vilmos Film Festival 2023 - Critics Choice Award Winner
CamerImage 2023 - Short Documentary Competition
Hungarian Film Critics Choice Award 2023: Special Mention
FipaDoc, Biarritz 2024
Verzió International Documentary Film Festival: Special Mention






 
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Salt and Bread


Short documentary
12’ Georgia 

“Mamuka (12) spends the summer high up in the Southern Caucasian mountains with no friends around to play. In his solitude, he finds company in the older men of the village, that eventually initiate him to the traditions of the Georgian table.”


Director: Bálint Bíró, Diego Quinderé de Carvalho, Salome Razikashvili
Produced by DocNomads

Festivals: 

Tbilisi International Film Festival 2020
Extra City, Antwerpen 2022












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Land of Last Things


Experimental short
25’ Belgium, Hungary

“A small group of people leaves civilization behind to establish a system of their own”.


Director, Producer, Cinematographer: Bálint Bíró







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Portraits of Őrség


Portrait film
3’ Hungary 

“Portrait of a West Hungarian region called Őrség.”

Director: Barnabás Tóth-Justh and Bálint Bíró
Written by: Barnabás Tóth-Justh
Cinematography: Fülöp Schmal, Bence Bakonyi










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