THE OTHER SIDE
(Odaát)
Hungary, short, 2008, 11 min

Writer/Director: Peter Szalay
Producer: Andras Muhi

Synopsis
A reenactment of the tragic real-life story about the last victim of the Iron Curtain era. Just weeks before the fall of the Berlin Wall, while an East German family tries to cross the Hungarian border a nervous guard accidentally kills the father. Director Szalay previously made a documentary Borderline Case, an account of the same incident.

Director Peter Szalay
Born in 1970, Peter Szalay graduated from the ELTE University with a degree in video-communications. He is the director of the production company, DA-Da Film.

Filmography:
Nomad Plaza, 2008-2009
Hatareset (Borderline Case), 2006
Panoptikum (Waxworks), 2006
Hatareset (Borderline Case), 2006
Drogzarandok (Drug Pilgrim), 2005
Csunya betegsek (Nasty Disease), 2002
Alsosofalvai anzix (Anzix from Alsosofalvai), 1998

DVD Source:
The Hungarian Consulate,
Los Angeles, California
Peter Szalay
szalay.peter@t-online.hu
dadafilm@t-online.hu
www.inforgstudio.hu