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‘Blockade’ Movie Nominated For Oscar by Hungary

• 9 Sep 2022 11:53 AM
• Hungary Matters

Hungary is nominating Blockade, a film about the October 1990 taxi drivers’ blockade, for the 2023 Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, the National Film Institute (NFI) said on Thursday.

The film is about the blockade taxi drivers mounted with their cars in Budapest and later across the country in protest against drastic petrol price hikes.

“Blockade isn’t just a chronicle of the four days of unrest led by taxi drivers; it also shows the struggles behind the scenes of a prime minister fighting for democracy,” NFI said in its synopsis. Blockade is directed by Ádám Tősér.

The lead actors are Zoltán Seress, Attila Vidnyánszky Jr, Tibor Gáspár, Zsolt Végh and Ildikó Tóth. The film will be screened at Hungarian cinemas from Oct. 20.

The shortlist of Oscar nominations will be published on Jan. 24.

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