Bernadett Tuza-Ritter is an independent Hungarian director and editor, specializing in creative documentaries and fiction. She studied directing and editing at the Budapest University of Theater and Film. In 2013, she participated in the collective film Cinetrain: Russian Winter, which won the Audience Award at Visions du Réel. Her first feature-length documentary, A Woman Captured was presented in International Competition at IDFA in 2017. It was then selected for Sundance, where it was the first Hungarian feature to screen in competition, in January 2018. Tuza-Ritter is especially interested in experimenting with film language and pushing the boundary between fiction and documentary.
Being held as a slave in Europe today seems impossible. Yet it is the case for millions of people. Marish, 52, has been held captive by a family for 10 years and forced to work without pay. She has forgotten what freedom feels like and has lost all will to escape. Drawing courage from the presence of the filmmaker, she decides to escape the unbearable oppression and regain her freedom. This fil...
Being held as a slave in Europe today seems impossible. Yet it is the case for millions of people. Marish, 52, has been held captive by a family for 10 years and forced to work without pay. She has forgotten what freedom feels like and has lost all will to escape. Drawing courage from the presence of the filmmaker, she decides to escape the unbearable oppression and regain her freedom. This fil...