''The District!'' ( hu, Nyócker!) is a 2004 Hungarian caricaturistic animated film directed by Áron Gauder. Its original title is a shortened colloquial form of ''nyolcadik kerület'', the eighth district of

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population o ...

, also known as

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, including an infamous neighbourhood where the film takes place. It has been distributed in the

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, United Kingdom, France, the

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countries,

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and

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, and it is going to be shown in the United States. It was also shown at film festivals in

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and the below venues and it will be shown in

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and

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Plot

The film displays the Hungarian,

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, Chinese and

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dwellers and their alliances and conflicts in a humorous way, embedded into a fictive story of a few schoolchildren's oil-making time-travel and a

Romeo and Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with ''Ham ...

-type love of a Roma guy towards a white girl.

Cast and crew

;Directed by :Áron Gauder ;Screenplay :Máriusz Bari :Viktor Nagy :Erik Novák :László Jakab Orsós ;Produced by :Erik Novák ;Original Music by :Erik Novák ;CastNyócker - Szereplők (karakterek)

Awards

Notes: *: The panel was shocked at the technological modernity of the film and at learning that it was only made from 105 million HUF (525,000 USD). *: "For its visual innovation, energetic style, and fearless satire of contemporary culture and politics" *: On the board ''Princess of Dneper'' — out of 130 films from 36 countries of the world. *: Awarded to Director Aron Gauder

Festivals

The film has been presented in several

film festival A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upo ...

s across the world, including: * 7 July 2005: Karlovy Vary Film Festival (

) * 24 August 2005:

Copenhagen International Film Festival Copenhagen International Film Festival (CIFF) was a film festival held annually in Copenhagen, Denmark from 2003 to 2008. The main prize, the Golden Swan, was awarded for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Script and Best Cinem ...

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) * 13 September 2005:

Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a perman ...

(

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) * 15–25 September 2005:

Helsinki Film Festival The Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy ( fi, Rakkautta & Anarkiaa) is a non-competitive film festival held since 1988 in Helsinki, Finland, yearly in September. The festival promotes the artistry of filmmaking, the inventive, v ...

* September/October 2005:

Melbourne International Film Festival The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is an annual film festival held over three weeks in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1952 and is one of the oldest film festivals in the world following the founding of the Venice Film Fes ...

2005 * 27 October 2005:

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has becom ...

* 18 November 2005: Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema (Canada) * 18 November 2005: Oslo International Film Festival (

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) * 1 February 2006: Gothenburg Film Festival (

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) * 16 February 2006: !f Istanbul Independent Film Festival (

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) * 10 March 2006:

Mar del Plata Film Festival The Mar del Plata International Film Festival ( es, Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata) is an international film festival that takes place every November in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina. It is the only competitive feature fest ...

(

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) * 7 April 2006: Philadelphia International Film Festival (

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, USA) * 3 June 2006:

Transilvania International Film Festival The Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF; ro, Festivalul internațional de film Transilvania) is the first international feature film festival in Romania, which is held annually in the historic capital of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca. Found ...

(

Cluj-Napoca ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = Counties of Romania, County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Subdivisions of Romania, Status , subdivision_name2 ...

) * 12 April 2007:

Wisconsin Film Festival The Wisconsin Film Festival is an annual film festival, founded in 1999. The festival is held every April in Madison, Wisconsin, and has recently been expanded from five days to eights days. The Festival presents a broad range of independent Amer ...

(

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

, USA) * 6 December 2007: Festafife - Festival International de Marionetas e Cinema de Animação ( Afife,

* 5 January 2008: Project Twenty1 Film-A-Thon (

, USA

External links

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References

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