The lush, dark green woodland lining the meandering Tisza River hides a special world. The jungle-like, dense forest is dotted with handkerchief-sized fields and orchards, small, stilt-house fishing lodges. On the inner side of the dam, which protects it from floods, the Tisza regularly floods, but the people who live and work here see this not as a hardship but as a gift of life-giving water. While the villages on the other side of the dam are plagued by dry, hot, droughty weather, here we find the richness of nature. The characters in the short documentary Wild Water Country are fishermen, anglers, water conservation experts and perhaps the last of the floodplain farmers to guide us through this special landscape, telling us about living with the Tisza.
Title: Wild Water Country
Directed by Máté Bartha, Zsófia Szonja Illés
Researched by Zsófia Szonja Illés.
Director of Photography, Editing: Máté Bartha
Sound design by Botond Nagy
Length: 26 minutes
Directed by Máté Bartha, Zsófia Szonja Illés
Researched by Zsófia Szonja Illés.
Director of Photography, Editing: Máté Bartha
Sound design by Botond Nagy
Length: 26 minutes
Created for the MADOK "Everyday Creativity" open call by the Hungarian Museum of Etnography
Photo for poster by Zsófia Szonja Illés:
