EUNIC London & Open City Docs presents:
monthly screenings at Picturehouse Central
GÁBOR HÖRCHER / 2014 / HUNGARY
It’s not easy being an 18-year-old in poverty-stricken rural Hungary. Ricsi dreams of becoming a professional racecar driver but all he’s getting is fines for driving without a licence. As he speeds through life, stealing and running away from police, his single mother and deadbeat father despair. Ricsi craves attention but the girls ignore him as much as his father does.
Drifter was shot over five years and is a fascinating portrait of a restless young man living his life on the edge as he tries to come to terms with growing up.
Supported by the Hungarian Cultural Institute
Premier at IDFA Competition for First Appearance 2014
Winner of the IDFA Award for the Best First Appearance Documentary 2014
Winner of the Best Documentary Award – Fünf Seen Filmfestival 2015
Winner of the Special Mention of the Jury – goEast Film Festival 2015
Winner of the Special Mention of the Jury – Docs Against Gravity Film Festival 2015
Winner of the Special Mention of the Jury – East Silver Market 2015
