Genre: short fiction, Length: 17min, Country: Hungary, Year: 2014

SYNOPSIS

Incella is the teen daughter of a greengrocer family, a confused and vulnerable creature. Charged by her alcoholic mother, she leaves for bread, when the elevator of the run-down apartment block of Budapest breaks down and gets stuck for three days. As no one reacts to the alarm bell, Incella sits and waits patiently. The family notices that the elevator is broken, and after a while... that Incella is missing, too. The family and the tenants come to help – under-informed policemen, lost repairmen, the thinmouthed social worker woman and the colorful group of vacuous ladies – all expecting István, the almighty caretaker to come up with the solution. Finally, Győző, the 8 years-old little friend, suffering from Down-syndrome takes notices of Incella’s voice in the elevator and rescues her. After 3 days spending in her prison, Incella escapes. But to what end? It seems, she had a better time inside.

WORKSHOPS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS


 CAST AND CREW

Incella - Réka Sinkó, Győző - Szabolcs Szekeres, István the Caretaker - Ferenc Borbiczki, Mrs. Kovács - Mari Nagy, Mrs. Kerekes - Ibolya Csonka, Mrs. Szabó - Klára Czakó, Mrs. Károly - Tünde Szalontay, Mr. Károly - Imre Sipos, Family Social Worker with constricted lips - Anita Tóth, Elevator repairman - József Incze, Eleveator repairmen assistant - Kristóf Ódor, Policeman - Antal Cserna, Policeman assistant - Attila Fritz
Writer, director: Júlia Széphelyi - Producer: Ákos Schneider - Camera: Ábris S. Gosztola - Sound: Gábor Holtai - Music: Balázs Alpár - Editing: Szilvia Papp - Set design: Diana Kutas - Costume: Judit Sinkovics

DIRECTOR’S BIO

Júlia Széphelyi graduated at the University of Drama and Film, Budapest as a screenwriter. She worked for AZT-Media and Easy Explain production companies as a writer and creative consultant, writing commercials and short animations. Her commercial for Transparency International and ARC were awarded. She developed web-series and a TV series concept for HBO as a co-writer. She has just finished the Serial Eyes, the postgraduation programme of DFFB Berlin and London Filmschool.
Contact:
julia.szephelyi@gmail.com
00 36 30 431 5493

PRODUCER’S BIO

Akos Schneider received his Economics BA degree in 2004, later he learned screenwriting at CEU and in 2009 he received his absolutorium MA in Film studies. Akos worked as a film critic, organized film workshops and in 2008 he founded his production company AZT-Media Ltd., which produces commercials and feature films. In 2012 his feature film project was selected for Cinema Total and in 2013 for Biennale College Cinema. AZT-Media's short films were selected for festivals like Annecy, Cannes, Montreal.
Contact:
akos@aztmedia.hu
00 36 20 448 8848

PRODUCTION - AZT-Media Ltd. www.aztmedia.hu

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