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Year of Production 2023

Pelikan Blue

English title: Pelikan Blue
Original title: Kék Pelikan
German title: Pelikan Blue
Hungary, 2023

Director: Csaki, Laszlo
Production company: Cinemon Entertainment, Umbrella
Length: 79 min.
Film genre: Animated Documentary

Synopsis:
In the 1990s Hungary, travelling is finally possible but unaffordable. By forging international train tickets, three young men provide the opportunity for a whole generation to experience the outside world. With the fall of the Iron Curtain, Hungary’s borders suddenly open up. Everyone wants to travel to Western Europe – young people in particular – but the price of a train ticket is prohibitive. What good is freedom if you can’t afford it? Ákos, Petya and Laci discover a simple method of using household detergents to dissolve Pelikan Blue’s carbon ink, allowing them to forge train tickets to any destination. Over time, they become professional and infamous forgery artists. For a long time, everything goes along smoothly, but when the police starts an investigation, the friends discover that freedom comes at a price.

Festivals:
Black Nights Tallinn IFF 2023, Torino IFF 2023, Annecy IFF 2024, Dok Leipzig 2024 (awarded), Cottbus IFF 2024, Animafest Zagreb 2024 (special mention), Peja Animafest 2024, Anima IFF Brussels 2025 (special mention)

World sales address/es:
Cinemon (HU)