Romani film-maker
Katalin Bársony (born 1982) is a Hungarian Romani film-maker and sociologist. She produced the series Mundi Romani – The World through Roma Eyes and directed the documentary How Far the Stars.
Life
Katalin Bársony was born in 1982 in Budapest to a Romani mother (Ágnes Daróczi [de]) and a Jewish father.[1] She studied for a PhD at the Corvinus University.[2] She then worked in television and created Mundi Romani – The World through Roma Eyes, the first documentary series about Romani communities to be shown on Hungarian television.[1]
In 2009, Bársony was one of four experts who briefed the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe on Romani issues.[3] She is the executive director of the Romedia Foundation, which produces films about Romani communities.[4] Bársony was asked to curate a selection of 35 films about Romani culture for the RomArchive.[5] She took her 2019 documentary How Far the Stars to festivals including Sarajevo Film Festival and Eastern Neighbours.[6][7]
Selected works
- 2019 How Far the Stars (director of documentary)
- 2007–2011 Mundi Romani – The World through Roma Eyes (creator of series)
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