Mihaly Schwechtje and Genoveva Petrovits • Directors of Democracy Work in Progress
"Everyday corruption is poisoning our democracy"
At the closing ceremony of the 18th Transilvania International Film Festival, the Eurimages Co-production Development Award, worth €20,000, was given to Democracy Work in Progress, a black comedy presented during Transilvania Pitch Stop by Hungarian director Mihály Schwechtje and producer Genoveva Petrovits, of Budapest-based The Soup (see the news). The film focuses on a driving examiner who is finally forced to face up to some unpleasant truths after Julia, a young political activist, refuses to bribe him in order to get her licence. Read more here: https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/373779
