SYNOPSYS
The results of the broken shoe-factory: 70 years tradition, 8000 laborer, 10 million pair of shoes. Could this be recreated in the present?
Andras is a young enterpreneur. In the nineties he left his home in Ungvar (UA) to study in Budapest (H), hoping to achieve a better life. For him, Hungary was the "West" just like for every other college student from Eastern Europe. Although his dream was to become an astrophysicist, coming from a fortuneless household he decided to choose a more practical profession in order to maintain financial security for his family. After some years of hard work at multinational companies, he invested in an old company which once had great prestige in Hungary, the shoe factory, Tisza. But having a well-known brand name doesn't grant effortless success, the once famous company lost it's fame since the '70s and the factory became a dying ex-socialist workhorse whithout market, machines and with huge debts collected. Andras has a goal in his mind, he wants to revive this company, create jobs, win a tender to producing shoes for the military again, start continous production and bring some fashion into the appearance of work-shoes. This documentary is about a possesed businessman, his life, his aims, and the thoughts, actions and dreams behind the long way of success.
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András fiatal vállalkozó. A kilencvenes években Ungvárról jött Budapestre tanulni - sikeresebb élet reményében. Számára Magyarország volt a nyugat, csakúgy, mint minden határon átjött kollégiumi társa számára. Bár mindig is asztrofizikus szeretett volna lenni, családja miatt mégis inkább gyakorlatiasabb szakmát választott, hogy fenn tudja tartani számukra az anyagi biztonságot. Multinacionális cégeknél eltöltött évek után szerény tőkével végre sikerül megvennie egy vállalatot, amely nevének itt Magyarországon nagy a presztízse: a Tisza Cipőgyárat. Hiába viszont a nagy név, az egykor híres vállalat rég elvesztette a fényét a hetvenes évek óta, és egy haldokló, ex-szocialista igáslóvá vált munkagépek és piac nélkül, súlyos adósságokat felhalmozva. András mégis elhatározza, hogy életre kelti a jószágot, elindítja a folyamatos termelést, állandó munkahelyeket teremt, újra megnyeri a katonai cipőgyártói pályázatot és szinte egyedüliként divatot visz a munkacipőkbe. Ez a dokumentumfilm egy megszállott vállalkozóról szól, a vég nélküli munkanapokról, az életről, a gondolatokról, tettekről, és mindenről, ami a sikerhez vezető út mögött áll.
FESTIVALS
Astra Film Festival
UK Monthly Film Festival
Malter Film Festival
Cégér Film Festival Budapest
Headline International Film Festival Canada- Honorable Mention
CREW
UK Monthly Film Festival
Malter Film Festival
Cégér Film Festival Budapest
Headline International Film Festival Canada- Honorable Mention
CREW
Director: Annamária Batka
Produced by: Ákos Schneider
Written by: Annamária Batka
Director of photography: Dániel Szandtner, Dániel Szőke
Written by: Annamária Batka
Director of photography: Dániel Szandtner, Dániel Szőke
Edited by: Attila Lecza
Original Music by: Chris Allan Tod
DIRECTOR'S BIO
After graduating at Eötvös Lóránd University of Sciences studying Film theory and Aesthetics she started to work at the Hungarian National Television as an editor.She participated at the production of several projects - including short films, documentaries and televison series, editing films for national and international TV channels. She was invited to attend in Dok.Incubator workshops and the movies edited by her was screened at several film festivals including Hotdocs(CA), Sarajevo Film Festival and IDFA.
After graduating at Eötvös Lóránd University of Sciences studying Film theory and Aesthetics she started to work at the Hungarian National Television as an editor.She participated at the production of several projects - including short films, documentaries and televison series, editing films for national and international TV channels. She was invited to attend in Dok.Incubator workshops and the movies edited by her was screened at several film festivals including Hotdocs(CA), Sarajevo Film Festival and IDFA.
Shoestrings is her first work as a director.
PRODUCER'S BIO
Akos Schneider received his Economics BA degree in 2004, later he learned screenwriting at CEU and in 2009 he received his absolutorium MA in Film studies. Akos worked as a film critic, organized film workshops and in 2008 he founded his production company AZT-Media Ltd., which produces commercials and feature films. In 2012 his feature film project was selected for Cinema Total and in 2013 for Biennale College Cinema.
AZT-Media's short films were selected for festivals like Annecy, Cannes, Montreal.Contact: akos(at)aztmedia.hu
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