2025 Best British

Soviet Fantasia

Hajnal needs to get out of here. In this surrealist fantasy, they prepare to leave their home country for England.

DIRECTOR:

Penn Bálint (they/he)

PRODUCER:

Gerzson Szántó, Penn Bálint

WRITER:

Penn Bálint, Zsófi Kemény

RELEASE YEAR:

2024

Uk, Hungary, 8 mins

Mae angen i Hajnal fynd allan o fan hyn. Yn y ffantasi swrealaidd hon, maen nhw’n paratoi i adael eu mamwlad am Loegr.

Penn Bálint is a writer-director exploring disability, queerness and cultural hybridity through a surrealist lens. Their work has screened at BFI Flare, Aesthetica and Oska Bright. A BFI New Voices alumnus, Penn also curates and judges for festivals, and leads the Devon-based DIY collective The Yoko Situation.


Mae Penn Bálint yn awdur-gyfarwyddwr sy’n archwilio anabledd, queerness a chymysgedd diwylliannol trwy lens swrealaidd. Mae eu gwaith wedi’i ddangos yn BFI Flare, Aesthetica ac Oska Bright. Yn gyn-fyfyriwr BFI New Voices, mae Penn hefyd yn curadu ac yn beirniadu ar gyfer gwyliau, ac yn arwain y cydweithfa DIY The Yoko Situation sydd wedi’i lleoli yn Nyfnaint.


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