Mandula Lujza

The same year I finished high school, SZFE (the Hungarian theatre and film university) collapsed (a government takeover led to the faculty resigning and students occupying the building). I was part of the FreeSZFE protest, and out of solidarity, I didn’t apply to the new SZFE either. I spent a few years living off film acting while continuing to make my own projects. During a film workshop where I’d been invited as an actor, I met Gábor Ferenczi, who encouraged me to apply to the ELTE film school, where he was teaching. I’ll finish my studies this year with a film directing diploma. Because there was only a film directing course aside of the New Szfe it happens that most of my classmates are also actors.