The District! () is a 2004 Hungarian caricaturistic animated film directed by Áron Gauder. Its original title is a shortened colloquial form of nyolcadik kerület, the eighth district of Budapest, also known as Józsefváros, including an infamous neighbourhood where the film takes place.
It has been distributed in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, United Kingdom, France, the Benelux countries, Romania, Poland, Portugal and Taiwan, and it is going to be shown in the United States.
It was also shown at film festivals in Helsinki, Toronto, Copenhagen, Zagreb, Karlovy Vary and the below venues and it will be shown in Warsaw, Vancouver and São Paulo.
Plot The film displays the Hungarian, Roma, Chinese and Arab dwellers and their alliances and conflicts in a humorous way, embedded into a fictive story of a few schoolchildren's oil-making time-travel and a Romeo and Juliet-type love of a Roma guy towards a white girl.
Cast and crew Directed by Áron Gauder
Screenplay Máriusz Bari Viktor Nagy Erik Novák László Jakab Orsós
Produced by Erik Novák
Original Music by Erik Novák
CastNyócker – Szereplők (karakterek)
voice actor face actor character notes L.L. Junior Krisztián Rostás Ricsi Lakatos Main character, Roma kid László Szacsvay József Németh Guszti Lakatos Ricsi's grandfather Károly Gesztesi László Jakab Orsós Lóránt "Lóri" Lakatos Pub owner, Ricsi's father Győző Szabó Károly "Karesz" Csorba Nightclub owner, Lóri's rival Gábor Csőre Kristóf Novák Simon "Simi" Csorba Karesz's son, Ricsi's rival Chen Chinese kid Andrea Roatis Kriszti Szénási Julika Csorba Karesz's daughter, Ricsi's love interest Dorka Gryllus Fanny Volcsánszky Mari Lakatos Ricsi's sister, Simon's love interest Judit Jónás Rózi Lakatos Gypsy fortune teller, Guszti's wife and head of the family István Betz Erno Báder Sandokan Kolompár Ricsi's fearless friend András Faragó István Nagy Kolompár Sandokan's father Zoltán Rajkai Gyula Horváth Abdul Arab kid Csaba Krisztián Csík András Molnár Omar Abdul's father Barnabás Szabó Sipos Zsolt Lengyel Dr. Zsírvágó Jewish gynecologist and plastic surgeon. The name literally means "fat-cutting doctor" Balázs Simonyi Máriusz Bari Móricka Geeky, genius kid, Zsírvágó's son Sándor Badár Badár Policeman János Horváth János Horváth Vizy Policeman Csaba Pindroch Béluska "Bélus" Vizy's son Anna Orosz Éva Járvás Ági néni Teacher Andrea Fullajtár Zsuzsa Kocsis Irina Nóra Parti Renáta Kósa Anett Éva Dögei Veronika Gróf Isaura Mike Kelly Simon József Steve CIA agent
Awards
Date Award Festival Location Link obs 2004–12 Best Visual Expression Magyar Filmszemle Hungary 2005-06-11 Cristal for best feature Annecy International Animated Film Festival Annecy, France ^ 2005-08-19 Grand Prize Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival Seoul, South Korea 2005-09-25 Mercury Filmworks Grand Prize For Animated Feature Ottawa International Animation Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ^ 2005-09-28 Best Animated Feature KROK International Animated Films Festival Russia ^ 2005-10-13 Best Animated Film Festival de Cine de Sitges Sitges, Spain 2005 Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary Hungary ^ 2005 Best Hungarian Feature; Kecskemét City Award KAFF (Kecskemét Animation Film Festival) Kecskemét, Hungary 2005 Golden Zagreb award Animafest Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia 2006 Best Feature Anima Spain 2006 Best Feature CUFF 2006 (Calgary Underground Film Festival) Zagreb, Canada 2006 Best feature; Audience Award Anima (film festival) Belgium 2007 Lisbon City Prize Monstra Festival Lisbon, Portugal
Notes: : The panel was shocked at the technological modernity of the film and at learning that it was only made from 105 million HUF (525,000 USD). : "For its visual innovation, energetic style, and fearless satire of contemporary culture and politics" : On the board Princess of Dneper – out of 130 films from 36 countries of the world. : Awarded to Director Aron Gauder
Festivals
The film has been presented in several film festivals across the world, including:
7 July 2005: Karlovy Vary Film Festival (Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic) 24 August 2005: Copenhagen International Film Festival (Denmark) 13 September 2005: Toronto International Film Festival (Canada) 15–25 September 2005: Helsinki Film Festival September/October 2005: Melbourne International Film Festival 2005 27 October 2005: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 18 November 2005: Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema (Canada) 18 November 2005: Oslo International Film Festival (Norway) 1 February 2006: Gothenburg Film Festival (Gothenburg, Sweden) 16 February 2006: !f Istanbul Independent Film Festival (Istanbul, Turkey) 10 March 2006: Mar del Plata Film Festival (Mar del Plata, Argentina) 7 April 2006: Philadelphia International Film Festival (Philadelphia, USA) 3 June 2006: Transilvania International Film Festival (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) 12 April 2007: Wisconsin Film Festival (Wisconsin, USA) 6 December 2007: Festafife – Festival International de Marionetas e Cinema de Animação (Afife, Portugal) 5 January 2008: Project Twenty1 Film-A-Thon (Philadelphia, USA)
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