I Accidentally Wrote a Book

Véletlenül írtam egy könyvet / I Accidentally Wrote a Book 8+ 

Nóra Lakos, Hungary, the Netherlands, 2024, 98′, in Hungarian with Slovene subtitles  

Can books be written by accident? A vivid and playful tale of creativity, imagination and the trials and tribulations of growing up.  

This screening is accessible to the blind and partially-sighted, and the deaf and hard of hearing, with audio description, Slovene subtitles, and Slovene Sign language interpreting. 

Selected by young programmers from Elvira Vatovec Prade Primary School. After the screening, they talk to the film director.  

Nina is 13 years old and lives with her father and brother. The only connection she has with her mother is a bunch of memories. She is especially worried about not having any photo showing her mother’s face. When her father’s new partner Detti enters the family dynamics, Nina begins to write about her mother with the help of her bohemian neighbour Lidija, who is a writer. On this path, Nina delves into a whole whirlwind of emotions, confronting loss, growing up and first love. Oops, with all the delving and learning, Nina quite accidentally realises that she has written an entire book! The screenplay is an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Annet Huizing, which has also been published in Slovenian by the Zala publishing house.

Nóra Lakos (1977) is a screenwriter and film director from Budapest. Her debut feature Cream has received numerous awards all over the world, while her shorts have been screened at international film festivals such as Sarajevo, Encounters, Sofia and TIFF. She is active in the field of working with young audiences. Since 2018, she has been the director of Cinemira, the first international children’s and youth film festival in Hungary. Nóra is also the founder of the Children’s Film Academy, which organises year-round film workshops for children and produces short films and TV series for children.

Text by: Marijana Kuljanac, Kinodvor

Film poster by young programmers from the Elvira Vatovec Prade Primary School

In collaboration with the Liszt Institute, the Hungarian Cultural Centre Ljubljana and Cerknica Cultural Centre (Cinema without barriers).