27
Alice lives at her parents' place at the age of 27 with no private life or a relationship. It takes a bicycle accident and a short coma to make her realize that it's time to move out.
Interview with Director Flora Anna Buda
Congratulations! Why did you make your film?
Thank you so much! I made the film because I really needed to put the past behind my back.
Imagine I’m a member of the audience. Why should I watch this film?
Because it will put you in the present for 11 minutes.
How do personal and universal themes work in your film?
The film is about the housing crisis and how a single female in her late twenties is dealing with it. It started from a very personal - almost autobiographical point of view and during the development, I found out how universal this problem actually is.
How have the script and film evolved over the course of their development?
At the beginning I just wrote down my own story very thoroughly. And little by little I started sculpting it into a fiction that still contains all the life events I experienced but in a more abstract way.
What type of feedback have you received so far?
Many viewers are reaching out to me and expressing how much they related to the film, regardless of age, cultural background or gender. But maybe the biggest achievement was when my 60+ parents started a conversation with their same-age friends about sexual education after watching the film.
Has the feedback surprised or challenged your point of view?
I'm deeply touched by the feedback the film has received. It also shows how many people are suffering from the lack of affordable housing opportunities and the lack of privacy while being pushed by their government to start a family.
What are you looking to achieve by having your film more visible on www.wearemovingstories.com?
I want the film to reach the audience.
Who do you need to come on board (producers, sales agents, buyers, distributors, film festival directors, journalists) to amplify this film’s message?
Journalists and buyers mostly.
What type of impact and/or reception would you like this film to have?
I'd like to start a conversation about the psychological impact of the housing crisis on young adults and how it is related to the lack of sexuality among these individuals.
What’s a key question that will help spark a debate or begin a conversation about this film?
When was the last time you felt like you could talk about your sexual desires without feeling any shame or judgmental feelings about it?
Interview: December 2023
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27
Alice lives at her parents' place at the age of 27 with no private life or a relationship. It takes a bicycle accident and a short coma to make her realize that it's time to move out.
Length: 11:00
Director: Flora Anna Buda
Producer: Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron, Gàbor Osvàth, Pèter Benjàmin Lukàcs
Writer: Flora Anna Buda
About the writer, director and producer:
Born and raised in an artistic environment on the outskirts of Budapest, FLORA ANNA BUDA started creating at an early age. At age 9, her dream was to become a film director but later on - influenced by her adolescence - she decided to study fashion design first. After her studies in fashion, her love for drawing and interest in storytelling led her to make animation. She got accepted at MOME where she graduated at the age of 27. Her graduation film called Entopia was premiered at the 69th Berlinale, and received the 33th Teddy Award. Right after her graduation, she became an intern at MIYU Productions where later she made her first professional film - in co-production with Boddah - called 27. The film was finished at the beginning of 2023 and it had its premiere at the Festival de Cannes where it won the Palme D’Or for short films. And now it will head to Friss Hús Budapest, to have its Hungarian premiere and then to the Official Competition of the Annecy Festival. The film was developed at ASF (Animation Sans Frontiére), pre-produced at the Open Workshop Residency in Viborg, Denmark, and received the CICLIC Award at the MIFA Pitch Forum at Annecy Festival. The production was taking place in Paris, in Budapest and in the CICLIC Residency in Vendôme. Currently, she is developing new projects, installations and paintings and started to create hand-crocheted headpieces that bring her closer to fashion again. She is using art and filmmaking as a tool to communicate. One of her main goals is to keep searching for new ways of creating diverse universes, telling honest stories and finding a way to create an artistic project out of her recent interest, with an open mind.
Key cast: Natasa Stork: Alice, Ádám Fekete: Dani, Franciska Farkas: Police 1, Simon Szabó: Police 2, Éva Enyedi: Mother, Márk Kaszás: David
Looking for: journalists
Facebook: Buda Flóra Anna
Twitter: @budafloraanna
Instagram: @floraannabuda
Hashtags used: #27_animated_short
Website: floraannabuda.com
Other: Vimeo
Made in association with: Miyu Production, Boddah
Funders: CNC, ARTE, CICLIC, Open Workshop, Magelis, ALCA Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Where can I watch it next and in the coming month?
Sundance, PIAF, Premiers Plans, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival