Statues Also Die?
dir. Thais Fernandes / 2026 / Brazil, Hungary, Portugal, Belgium / 12 min
A group of kids become an interviewing team in a Budapest park, a graveyard of enormous old communist statues. Their questions and observations awaken forgotten echoes.
>>> A film to watch in Block 5. Trapped in History
The weight of history becomes light in the hands of children. A group of kids become an interviewing team in a Budapest park, a graveyard of enormous old communist statues. Their questions and observations awaken forgotten echoes, and through playful and clever editing, the film captures in this limited space the magnitude of the country’s past and present.
- duration:
- 12 min
- country / year of production:
- Brazil, Hungary, Portugal, Belgium / 2026
- director:
- Thais Fernandes
- cinematography:
- Thais Fernandes
- production:
- Thais Fernandes/DocNomads
- selected festivals and awards:
- 2026 - IFF Rotterdam
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