On the outskirts of Budapest, in the heart of the woods, hides a ramshackle little hut. Inside, two social outcasts have formed the unlikeliest of bonds. Fanni, a 19 year-old transgender teenager, and Laci, a 60 year-old homeless man support each other in a makeshift family as father and daughter through hardship and change. A coming-of-age documentary about home, family and acceptance that sheds light on the challenges faced by the Hungarian LGBTQ+ community within the EU.
Gergő Somogyvári
Gergő Somogyvári is a Budapest-based cinematographer and documentary director. After studying photography and journalism, he graduated from the University of Film and Drama (SZFE) as a cinematographer in 2008. For 14 years, he has worked both in fiction and non- fiction projects as DOP and directed 5 short- and mid-length documentaries screened internationally on TV and festivals. In 2008, his experimental doc Carta Azulejo – Tile Mail received the most prestigious national award, the Main Prize of the Hungarian Film Week. Fairy Garden is his first feature-length documentary.