A Fiery Autumn in the Cold War - Hungary in 1956
This film offers a gap-filling summary by presenting the history of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in a world political context. It considers the development of a normality after the Second World War, the characteristics…
Akác Street
Flora managed to move out of the Gypsy colony and her life changed for the better.No one else has managed to make their own living conditions fit for human beings by their own efforts, only through the outside (although…
Bishop's Garden. The Bishop And The Philosopher.
An old man is taking a walk in a garden pondering among the grass of memories. The garden and the house are the dwelling of László Ravasz, a retired bishop of the Reformed Church.
Egerszalók
Later, someone passing by, turned the tap on, and water began to flow freely. The people living in the area discovered the thermal water and started building pools with the help of the local co-operative. The thermal…
The End Of The Road
Eastern Hungary 2001 - 2002. Village life offers nothing but hard, poorly-paid work in agriculture and living standards on the edge of poverty. Director Tamás Almási follows a family who decide to improve their lot and…
Escape into Love
In her vérité documentary, director Edit Kószegi followed a temperamental Roma widow who'd lost her beloved husband to cancer. Taken by the social and emotional dilemma raised by her new love affair, we are violently…
Nurse Joseph and the yellow bicycle
József Székely is a healthcare assistant in Kommandó, a settlement at the highest point in Transylvania. Here, isolated from the rest of the world, people really depend on each other's help. Nurse Józsi's "ambulance" is…
Slitfilm
"Since I've been involved in film-making it has always bothered me that images in films are too concrete and as such they ignite the imagination but do not let it soar. The image seen in the target of a film camera…
This is the Time
This montage film uses professional and amateur photos dating from 1956 in order to look behind the events, since we know that things happen deep inside. The compelling personalities are all public figures, and perhaps…