Director Kristóf Deák’s Sing (entitled Mindenki ‒ Everyone ‒ in Hungarian) has won the 2017 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. It covers in 25 minutes the personal relations, humiliations, rebellions and daily conflicts that must be resolved even in childhood, through a story involving a school choir and the teacher who heads it. Alongside the roles of a little girl, her friend, and the teacher, there is another leading part in the film, played by the music. The story gains life and credibility from the choral works Elderflower (Bodzavirág) by Árpád Balázs, Bullfight (Bikaviadal) by Lajos Bárdos, and Fox Dance (Rókatánc) by Leó Weiner.

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