Short film

Don't Politicize
2026 · 16 min
A quiet, unsettling look at how ideology seeps into young lives, leaving you uneasy about what shapes belief.
- Directed by
- Jasmijn Kooijman, Wyneke van Nieuwenhuyzen
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- In the northern region of Hungary, the populist propaganda of Orbán’s regime dictates the lives of military high school student Luca and her friends. But how do you distinguish between the opinions imposed on you and your own intrinsic beliefs in the most forming period of your life? DON'T POLITICIZE is part 1 of the diptych DON'T POLITICIZE : GO HUNGARY
- How it feels
- Tense, melancholic, dark and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Politics, identity, power, education
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Jasmijn Kooijman, Wyneke van Nieuwenhuyzen
- Genres
- Documentary