The District! Explained

Nyócker!
Director:Áron Gauder
Producer:Erik Novák
Music:Erik Novák
Runtime:87 minutes
Country:Hungary
Language:Hungarian
Budget:525,000 USD

The District! (Hungarian: Nyócker!) is a 2004 Hungarian caricaturistic animated film directed by Áron Gauder. Its original title is a shortened colloquial form of nyolcadik kerület, the eighth district of Budapest, also known as Józsefváros, including an infamous neighbourhood where the film takes place.

It has been distributed in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, United Kingdom, France, the Benelux countries, Romania, Poland, Portugal and Taiwan, and it is going to be shown in the United States.

It was also shown at film festivals in Helsinki, Toronto, Copenhagen, Zagreb, Karlovy Vary and the below venues and it will be shown in Warsaw, Vancouver and São Paulo.

Plot

The film displays the Hungarian, Roma, Chinese and Arab dwellers and their alliances and conflicts in a humorous way, embedded into a fictive story of a few schoolchildren's oil-making time-travel and a Romeo and Juliet-type love of a Roma guy towards a white girl.

Cast and crew

Directed by
  • Áron Gauder
    Screenplay
  • Máriusz Bari
  • Viktor Nagy
  • Erik Novák
  • László Jakab Orsós
    Produced by
  • Erik Novák
    Original Music by
  • Erik Novák
    Cast[1]
    voice actor face actor character notes
    L.L. Junior Krisztián Rostás Ricsi LakatosMain character, Roma kid
    László Szacsvay József Németh Guszti LakatosRicsi's grandfather
    Károly Gesztesi László Jakab Orsós Lóránt "Lóri" LakatosPub owner, Ricsi's father
    Károly "Karesz" CsorbaNightclub owner, Lóri's rival
    Gábor Csőre Kristóf Novák Simon "Simi" CsorbaKaresz's son, Ricsi's rival
    ChenChinese kid
    Andrea Roatis Kriszti Szénási Julika CsorbaKaresz's daughter, Ricsi's love interest
    Dorka Gryllus Fanny Volcsánszky Mari LakatosRicsi's sister, Simon's love interest
    Judit Jónás Rózi LakatosGypsy fortune teller, Guszti's wife and head of the family
    István Betz Erno Báder Sandokan KolompárRicsi's fearless friend
    András Faragó István Nagy KolompárSandokan's father
    Zoltán Rajkai Gyula Horváth AbdulArab kid
    Csaba Krisztián Csík András Molnár OmarAbdul's father
    Barnabás Szabó Sipos Zsolt Lengyel Dr. ZsírvágóJewish gynecologist and plastic surgeon. The name literally means "fat-cutting doctor"
    Balázs Simonyi Máriusz Bari MórickaGeeky, genius kid, Zsírvágó's son
    Sándor Badár BadárPoliceman
    János Horváth János Horváth VizyPoliceman
    Csaba Pindroch Béluska "Bélus"Vizy's son
    Anna Orosz Éva Járvás Ági néniTeacher
    Andrea Fullajtár Zsuzsa Kocsis Irina
    Nóra Parti Renáta Kósa Anett
    Éva Dögei Veronika Gróf Isaura
    Mike Kelly Simon József SteveCIA agent

    Awards

    DateAwardFestivalLocationLinkobs
    2004–12 Best Visual ExpressionMagyar FilmszemleHungaryhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080120234339/http://www.szemle.film.hu/object.0cb4c98f-65f0-446c-8f28-65c7b24e2599.ivy
    2005-06-11Cristal for best featureAnnecy International Animated Film FestivalAnnecy, Francehttp://www.annecy.org/home/index.php?Page_ID=604^
    2005-08-19Grand PrizeSeoul International Cartoon and Animation FestivalSeoul, South Koreahttps://web.archive.org/web/20071023140810/http://sicaf.or.kr/Eng/board1/view1.php?board_id=news_eng&num=35
    2005-09-25Mercury Filmworks Grand Prize For Animated FeatureOttawa International Animation FestivalOttawa, Ontario, Canadahttps://web.archive.org/web/20080121152251/http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/film/film.aspx?iIDArticle=7168^
    2005-09-28Best Animated FeatureKROK International Animated Films FestivalRussiahttp://www.krokfestival.com/index.php?p=results&year=2005&ver=eng^
    2005-10-13Best Animated FilmFestival de Cine de SitgesSitges, Spainhttp://www.cinemasitges.com/uk/index.php?a=premis05
    2005Hungaryhttp://www.okm.gov.hu/main.php?folderID=2124&articleID=122990&ctag=articlelist&iid=1^
    2005Best Hungarian Feature; Kecskemét City AwardKAFF (Kecskemét Animation Film Festival)Kecskemét, Hungaryhttp://www.kaff.hu/2005/awards.html
    2005Golden Zagreb awardAnimafest ZagrebZagreb, Croatia
    2006Best FeatureAnimaSpain
    2006Best FeatureCUFF 2006 (Calgary Underground Film Festival)Zagreb, Canadahttp://calgaryundergroundfilm.org/archives/CUFF06/movies06/district.html
    2006Best feature; Audience Award Anima (film festival)Belgium
    2007Lisbon City PrizeMonstra FestivalLisbon, Portugal

    Notes:

    The panel was shocked at the technological modernity of the film and at learning that it was only made from 105 million HUF (525,000 USD).

    "For its visual innovation, energetic style, and fearless satire of contemporary culture and politics"

    On the board Princess of Dneper – out of 130 films from 36 countries of the world.

    Awarded to Director Aron Gauder

    Festivals

    The film has been presented in several film festivals across the world, including:

    External links

    References

    1. http://www.nyocker.hu/szereplok.html Nyócker – Szereplők (karakterek)