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‘Balomania,’ ‘KIX’ Filmmakers on Ethics of Filming Protagonists on Society’s Margins
At CPH:DOX, the directors of 'Balomania' and 'KIX' discussed the challenges and ethics involved in following protagonists on the margins of society.
Shot over more than a decade, “Balomania” by Sissel Morell Dargis is the fascinating and wild story of secret gangs from Brazil’s favelas who make and chase gigantic hot air balloons. Fascinated by their art, which is illegal and can land the “baloeiros” in jail because of the threat it poses to public safety, she had to earn their trust in order to follow them on their underground journeys to locations where they build and launch the balloons. For Bálint Révész and Dávid Mikulán, the makers of “KIX,” which chronicles the 12-year journey of Sanyi from a rowdy street kid in Budapest to a disillusioned young adult, their film is as much an ode to childhood as a social study of the society they grew up in.
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