A family suicide leads the narrator, Catalina Kulczar, on a quest to explore her Jewish lineage and her family’s immigration story over multiple generations, with open-water swimming becoming her way to come to terms with the present.

We will be presented with the film (English, Spanish, Hungarian language film) and then have a special conversation with the screenwriter of this biographical documentary herself, Catalina Kulczar. You can see a preview of this film at: www.daisythefilm.com

About the Featured Guest: Catalina Kulczar

Director, Cinematographer & Co-Writer

Catalina is a Hungarian-Venezuelan award-winning filmmaker and photographer based in New York City. Her oeuvre is courageous, connected and honest, often exploring women’s roles in contemporary society.

She has been published in The New York Times and C41, among many other international publications. Catalina has also made portraits of musicians including David Byrne and St. Vincent, artist Shantell Martin, actors Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan, lawyers fighting for social justice including Sharyn Tenaji, CEO if the National Women’s Law Center Fatima Goss Graves, comedians, social entrepreneurs, typography designers, among many others.

Catalina was recently the cinematographer for the short films “Lindsay, Lindsey, Lyndsay” (2022) and “Can Love Hate” (2022). She has two upcoming projects: “Garúa” (Cinematographer and Producer) and “Bola!” (Cinematographer and Producer).

*** This program is brought to you through collaboration with Liszt Institute and AFHLE, Hungarian House