Following a film shoot unfolding between 25 July and 4 September, Katalin Moldovai’s Without Air [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] is now in post-production. Starring in the cast of this debut feature film (coming courtesy of a director who notably turned heads within Cannes’ 2019 Cinéfondation short films competition, by way of As Up to Now) are Ágnes Krasznahorkai (who played a small part in El Fotografo de Mauthausen [+leggi anche:
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Written by Zita Palóczi and Katalin Moldovai, the story revolves around Ana, a high school literature teacher, being accused of misconduct for recommending a movie named Total Eclipse for her students. The local press writes about the case, and the scandal that follows has unforeseeable consequences upon her life and the student’s life, whose father makes the complaint. In the small town where the action takes place, people start to behave concerned, and prejudices surface.

Without Air is produced by Béla Attila Kovács, András Muhi and Katalin Moldovai on behalf of Magma Cinema, in co-production with Salamandra Film and Spot Film. Shot over 32 days in Romania (in Gheorgheni/Gyergyószentmiklós and Miercurea Ciuc/Csíkszereda) with András Táborosi at the helm of photography, this feature film is also supported by the Incubator programme, courtesy of the Hungarian National Film Institute (NFI) who are also steering international sales.