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The film, which is based on a series of murders of Roma in Hungary in 2008 and 2009, was awarded the Amnesty International Film Prize and the Peace Film Prize at the Berlinale.
The jury for the Amnesty International Film Prize said the film "points skillfully to the alarming situation of Roma people in...Hungary" and praised its "edgy camera work" that makes the characters' fear accessible to viewers.
The jury of the Peace Film Prize said Fliegauf managed "to undermine the common mythical and resenting image of the Roma, and to show his characters in all their individuality and brokenness".
"Fliegauf does not romanticise the Roma and their way of life, he rather shows us the world of those unprotected who live among us and whose everyday life in 21st century Europe is still defined by resentment, taboos and violence," the jury added.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI) / Photo: MTI
