International documentary film festival
March 30 - April 6, 2025
Kaptol Boutique Cinema, Zagreb

Fairy Garden (Fanni Kertje)

Gergő Somogyvári

Fairy Garden

On the outskirts of Budapest, in the heart of the woods, hides a ramshackle little hut. Inside, two social outcasts have formed the unlikeliest of bonds: Fanni, a 19 year-old transgender teenager ), who was thrown out to the streets by her family, and Laci, a 60 year-old homeless man who accepts Fanni as she is. They have lived under the same roof for four years in a kind of father-daughter relationship. Set on the margins of Hungarian society life is tough, but it is theirs. They have a lot of conflicts, but Laci - like a good parent - is always there to help, even if he has no experience whatsoever with either gender ambiguity or a teenager at all. Let your conventions be challenged in this coming-of-age documentary about home, family and acceptance.

Hungary, Romania, Croatia 2023, '83

DIRECTOR: Gergő Somogyvári

SCENARIO: Gergő Somogyvári, Zsolt Pocsai

CAMERA: Gergő Somogyvári

MONTAGE: Judit Feszt

MUSIC: Viktor Bátki

PRODUCERS: Nóra Somogyvári, Gergő Somogyvári

PRODUCTION: New Retina Productions, Avanpost, Campfilm, Restart

FESTIVALS & AWARDS:

Sarajevo FF: Special Jury Award (2023)
Verzio FF: Best Film in Hungarian Competition; Audience Award (2023)
Trieste FF (2024)

Gergő Somogyvári

Gergő Somogyvári

Gergő Somogyvári is a Budapest-based cinematographer and documentary director. After studying photography and journalism, he graduated from the University of Film and Drama (SZFE) as a cinematographer in 2008. For 14 years he has worked both in fiction and non-fiction projects as DOP and directed 5 short- and mid-length documentaries screened internationally on TV and festivals. In 2008, his experimental doc Carta Azulejo – Tile Mail received the most prestigious national award, the Main Prize of the Hungarian Film Week. Fairy Garden is his first feature-length documentary.

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