Updated: 09/07/2012 18:41 | By pa.press.net

Hungary send Gypsy film to Oscars

Hungary's National Film Fund has selected a film about Gypsy life as the country's entry for next year's Academy Awards.


Hungary are entering Gypsy film Just the Wind in next years Oscars

Hungary are entering Gypsy film Just the Wind in next years Oscars

Hungary's National Film Fund has selected a film about Gypsy life as the country's entry for next year's Academy Awards.

Just the Wind, a film featuring a cast of amateur Roma actors, is a Hungarian-German-French co-production directed by Bence Fliegauf, which depicts a day in the life of a Roma family while their community is threatened by a series of deadly attacks.

Four men are on trial in Budapest charged with attacking Roma, or Gypsies, in nine Hungarian villages in 2008 and 2009. Six Roma were shot to death, including a 5-year-old boy, and many were injured.

The Oscar for best foreign film is awarded to one of five nominations selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from the international entries.

Just the Wind won a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival this year.

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