Picturesque Epochs
The main focus of the new series A Private Hungary consists of 8mm footage from the private archives of the painter Mária Gánóczy (1927), whose rhythm is accentuated by the director’s syntactic additions. Gánóczy’s…
Hunky Blues – The American Dream
The internationally acclaimed director and recipient of the Erasmus Award in 2007, Péter Forgács created a documentary exploring the fate of hundred thousands of Hungarian men and women who arrived to the United States…
I Am von Höfler - Variation on Werther pt. 1
Péter Forgács specializes in collecting amateur movies and re-editing them into unique cinematic works. This time, he presents the von Höfler family saga, which began 250 years ago. The family belonged to the…
I Am von Höfler - variation on Werther pt. 2
How does the process of film-making—like weaving a carpet, a of a 250 years saga of the Hungarian von Höfler family—render the chosen subject topical, re-liveable? And what is the topical signifier, is it merely a…
Miss Universe 1929 - Lisl Goldarbeiter. A Queen In Wien
A film about the life of Lisl Goldarbeiter - the first and only Austrian Miss Universe - and her cousin Marci, who kept his camera trained on her throughout his life. A film about big-time fame and eternal love, set…
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.