anita doron

PART OF: SYMPOSIUM ON THE RISE OF EASTERN EUROPE’S RIGHT WING

“Works by two young filmmakers with Hungarian roots are among the most interesting attempts to personally confront the subjects of the past and of mourning. The atmospheric feature EUROPA, EAST (2010) by Anita Doron, who was born in the multi-ethnic Carpathians, presents a bold blueprint for ways in which individual recollections can be placed in relation to collective memory, together with an investigation of mourning, repression, and memory. Splicing the fictive tale of the loss of a child and the end of a love affair with documentary footage showing the nationalist-tinged celebrations for the anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian uprising, and also the funeral held for a murdered Roma child, her film opens up a broad range of association.”