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Leading festival spot for film-maker's debut on the far-right MP with a secret

March 17, 2016 11:47
Csanad Szegedi

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Marcus Dysch,

Marcus Dysch

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A film-maker's study of a far-right Hungarian politician who discovered he was Jewish is to premiere at one of the world's most prestigious festivals.

Alex Holder's film, Keep Quiet, about Jobbik party vice-president Csanad Szegedi, will be shown at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York next month.

Mr Holder, a former pupil of Hasmonean High School in north-west London, spent three years with Mr Szegedi as he underwent a transformation from antisemite to Orthodox Jew.

The pair spent time with a rabbi in Budapest, met Holocaust survivors and investigated Mr Szegedi's family history.

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