Who I Can Still Become

Lia Lőrinczy

Hungary, 2023. Doc., 29'

Who I Can Still Become

Synopsis

At first sight, Viki is an ordinary woman: a single mother, who does everything for her four children. Underneath apparent family harmony, recordings of playful moments in the Mothers’ Home (a shelter for unhoused mothers) reveal a dramatic past. Viki was constantly abused as a child, and her life changed forever when she was sold at 18 years old to a human trafficking business. She was only able to escape after many long years of prostitution. She started a new life, got married, and had four kids, but her new beginning was only the start for further struggles in her life. Two of her children stayed with their father, her middle child was raised by foster parents until the age of seven; only Viki’s youngest was allowed to stay with her. Viki never gave up on her children, and did all she could to be with them. This short documentary is her statement, a story about facing difficulties told by an exceptional survivor who has decided not to be silent anymore.

Festivals

– Best Documentary at the Blue Danube Film Festival 2024, Austria
– Special Mention at Version International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2024, Hungary
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Credits

Original title

Aki még lehetek

Genre

Documentary

Director

Lia Lőrinczy

Country

Hungary

Year

2023

Duration

29'

Production

Universitat de Teatre i Arts Cinematogràfiques, Institut Nacional de Cinema d'Hongria

Subtitles

Catalan

Idioma

Hungarian

Topic

Feminism and Women's Rights, Human trafficking

Lia Lőrinczy

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Lia Lőrinczy is a documentary filmmaker with a background in curatorial studies. She graduated from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts and later earned her MA in Documentary Filmmaking from the University of Theatre and Film Arts in 2023, studying under Tamás Almási and Attila Kékesi. She has directed several short documentaries, both independently and in collaboration with others. Her graduation film, Who I Can Still Become, premiered at the Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival and won a Special Mention; later, it received the Best Regional Documentary award at the Blue Danube Film Festival. Currently, she works as a freelance director and editor-reporter on various projects, including behind-the-scenes documentaries, music videos, commercials, and documentary films. She is developing her first feature-length documentary, My Shining Darkness.

Filmography

– Never Looking Back (2021)
– Raging (2021)
– Who I Can Still Become (2023)

Films

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