Features in competition in Magyar Filmszemle

The debut feature of Réka Almási represents the weird development of the capitalist Hungary through the twisted logic of team building management techniques. The basic idea was a story told by a friend of Almási, about a weird team building session, when the workers of the company  had the possibilty to destroy an old coffee maker slot machine and it turned to a collective smashing ritual – which referred the inside tension not only them but inside all Hungary.
Almási was learning filming in the same class with Ágnes Kocsis (Fresh Air), Áron Mátyássy ( Lost Times), Attila Gigor (The Inspector).
The film was shot in a not so well treated hotel in Budapest.
The budget of the film was HUF 103 million, the Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary (MMKA, www.mmka.hu) granted HUF 44 million, the Hungarian Public Television (MTV, www.mtv.hu) gave HUF 20 million. The film was made in coproduction with 27 Films Production (Germany) http://www.27films.biz/ and Superkrush Films (Germany) http://www.superkrush.com/, so they had the right to have the 20% rebate. The Hungarian producer is Ferenc Pusztai, KMH Film http://www.kmhfilm.com/ .

cast: Zsolt Nagy, Péter Nagy, Andrea Fullajtár, Latham Alexis, Iván Kamarás, Péter Blaskó, Zoltán Géczi, Mariann Szalay, Ferenc Elek, János Derzsi, Emese Vasvári, Mária Varga

Crew:
director: Réka Almási,
script: Réka Almási,
dop:Viktor Gibárti ,
editor: Csaba Tóth,
co-producers: Oliver Damian, Chris J. Taylor,
producers: Ferenc Pusztai
co-production partner: 27 Films Production (Germany), Superkrush Films (Germany),
production company.: KMH Film,
duration 90 min.


Czukor Show

Tamás Dömötör's film has strong criticism towards cruel TV talk shows – the idea of the film was suggested by a evening show in which a woman who killed his child was questioned. So the story is based on a play of  Milán Füst, a story of poor people, and they are guests in a TV show called Czukor Show. The story had a theatre version as well, so the filming could be very fast: within 10 days the film was shot. Also helped that 6 cameras were operating.
The budget was HUF 100 million, the production company is KMH Film http://www.kmhfilm.com/ , the producer is Ferenc Pusztai, Inez Matis. There was a Swedish cop-production partner Anagram Produktion AB http://www.anagramproduktion.se/, some post-production phase of work was done in Sweden. The MMKA www.mmka.hu  granted the film HUF 22 million.

Cast: Zsolt Anger, Attila Árpa, Szilvia Csonka, Balázs Czukor, Kata Péter, Sándor Simicz, Mihály Szabados, Emese Vasvári

Crew:
director/script: Tamás Dömötör
dop:: Máté, Tóth Widamon,
editor: Richárd Lenkey
co-producer: Martin Persson,
producers: Inez Mátis, Ferenc Pusztai
duration: 88 mins,
www.czukorshow.hu


Question in Details (Köntörfalak)

After his two fresh comedy (Tesó, Kész cirkusz), Zsombor Dyga turned to the darker side: his new film is a triangle of relationships full of tension. The key is the dialog – a girl and a guy meet in a blind date than they get to the flat of the girls, but not for the obvious purpose. Then they meet the brother of the girl there. The conversations of the three persons reveal not only a crime, but many secrets and lies.
The film was shot in the office loft of the production company Filmteam http://www.filmteam.hu/ . The film could win a co-production grant from MMKA (HUF 10 million) (www.mmka.hu) , the total budget was HUF 86 million. The director of photography Gábor Marosi were using digital RED camera. There was a Slovak co-production partner called Goldeneye Factory s.r.o..  

cast: Ferenc Elek, Kátya Tompos, Roland Rába,

Crew:
director/script: Zsombor Dyga,
dop: Gábor Marosi,
editor: Judit Czakó,
co-producers: György Durst, Andrea Kozma,
producer: István Major ,
co-production partner: Mediawave 2000 Kft., Goldeneye Factory s.r.o.,
production company: Filmteam,
duration 81 mins


Vespa

The second feature of Diana Groó (Csoda Krakkóban) is about a roma kid who won a Vespa scooter  and tries to get it, so he has to travel from a ill-developed region of Hungary to Budapest and after back home. Groó was mixing the fiction and the non-fiction, many characters were found where the filming happened. Through the story we can realize the power of our prejudices.
The budget is HUF 70 million, the MMKA granted the film HUF 50 million. A Serbian co-production partner VisionTeam http://www.visionteam.rs/ from Belgrad joined the production. The Ministry of Culture (both of Serbia and Hungary) also supported the Vespa, as well as the Film Center of Serbia http://www.efp-online.com/holdl.php?we_objectID=71 . The production company is  Tivoli-Filmprodukció Kft http://www.lilisweb.com/tivoli/production.php .

cast: Sándor Tóth, Juli Nyakó , Rudolph Balogh , János Puporka , Gábor Nagypál , György  Bajomi Nagy, Krisztina Erdélyi , Gábor Róbert, Zénó Kárász , Simon Szabó , László Kassai ,

Crew:
director: Diana Groó ,
script: Diana Groó, Iván Szabó,
dop: Sándor Kardos
editor: Ágnes Mógor ,
co-producer: Dragan Djurkovic,
producer: Dénes Szekeres ,
co-production partner: VisionTeam (Belgrade),
production company: Tivoli-Filmprodukció Kft. 2010,
duration: 85 mins


Bibliotheque Pascal

The film had a quite long production period with many problems, but it's made finally. The script was written in the TT Filmműhely (the production company of Béla Tarr), than the Filmpartners http://www.filmpartners.hu/ has bought the rights. The story is about a strange woman, and her daughter – both of them have a special skill: their dreams can be projected to the reality. The story is a journey of mother and daughter through Europe, passing weird places like the Bibliothéque Pascal, which is a luxurious bordell. The film of Szabolcs Hajdu (White Palms, Macerás ügyek, Tamara) counts expensive in Hungary, the budget was HUF 427 millions. The production companies are Filmpartners, Katapult Film http://www.katapultfilm.hu/ . Co-production partners are Sparks Kft., Gilles Mann Filmproduktion Cologne http://www.gilles-mann.de/ , M&M Film http://www.mmfilm.hu/ and commercial Hungarian TV station TV2 www.tv2.hu . The film was shot in Budapest, Tirgu Mures (Romania), Germany. The main character is played by Orsolya Török-Illyés, the wife of Hajdu, and their daughter, Lujza also appears in the film as well as many Romanian and British actors. The film was granted by MMKA (HUF 35 million), the NKA (HUF 10 million) and the Ministry of Culture supported

cast: Orsolya Török-Illyés, Oana Pellea, Razvan Vasilescu, Andi Vasluianu, Shamgar Amram, Mihai Constantin, Lujza Hajdu, Ion Sapdaru

director/script: Szabolcs Hajdu,
dop: András Nagy
editor: Péter Politzer ,
co-producers: Marco Gilles, Daniel Mann, Ernő Mesterházy, Mónika Mécs, Ági Pataki, András Poós, Péter Reich, Judit Romwalter
producers: Iván Angelusz, Gábor Kovács, Andras Hamori,
co-production partner: Gilles*Mann Filmproduktion (Németország), Sparks Kft., M&M Film, MTM-SBS Televízió ZRt. (TV2),
gyártó/p.c.: Filmpartners Kft., Katapult Film Kft.,
duration: 111 mins


The Gravedigger (A sírásó)

The Gravedigger is a kind of experimental film, the director-photographer Sándor Kardos made a film interpretation of Rainer Maria Rilke's poem (The funeral of John Mortonson) using the special device, a photo finish camera which is used for checking the exact final ranking of runners or horses. This camera doesn't create a familiar representation of space, but offers another approach, which makes a great challenge for the filmmaker and for the viewer. It requests a totally different job of actors, photography, directing. This is the first feature-length film made with this technique from Kardos, but he had two shorts already. The shooting lasted for two weeks, and most of the participators worked for free – the budget was quite low: HUF 35 million. The Gravedigger was produced by Inforg Stúdió http://www.inforgstudio.hu/ , the producer is András Muhi. The film was granted by MMKA (HUF 24 million) (www.mmka.hu) , and the M&M Film http://www.mmfilm.hu/ was the co-production partner.

cast: Zoltán Mucsi

director/script/dop: Sándor Kardos,
book: Rainer Maria Rilke: The funeral of John Mortonson
editor: Kenéz Mórotz
co-producer: Ernő Mesterházy, Mónika Mécs,
producer: András Muhi,
co-production partner: M&M Film, production company: Inforg Stúdió,
duration 85 mins


Deathwalz (Halálkeringő)

The Deathwalz is called by the makers as the first modern Hungarian thriller. The director Krisztián Károly Köves has graduated in the University of Applied Arts (MOME) http://www.mome.hu/ , and his debut feature is a depressed domestic thriller between detective father and the junkee-pregnant daughter. The budget of the film is HUF 60 million, and some of the makers unusually get their wage from the commercial income of the film. The shooting lasted for 17 days. The two main characters are played by two mainstream actors (András Kern and Kata Dobó) never seen in a dark production like this. The film was granted by MMKA, the production company was the Filmpartners http://www.filmpartners.hu/.  Co-production partners were MTM-SBS Televízó ZRt. (TV2) www.tv2.hu , Sparks Kft., Sysplex http://www.sysplex.hu/ ,The Deathwalz was already released in cinema, but the box office results were disappointing.

cast: András Kern, Kata Dobó, Tamás Lengyel, Béla Mészáros, Dénes Újlaki

director: Krisztián Károly Köves ,
script: István Szabó (Peet Goodman),
dop: Balázs Dobóczi
editor: Ádám Fiers,
co-producer: Judit Romwalter, Péter Deák ,
producer: Gábor Kovács,
co-production partner: MTM-SBS Televízó ZRt. (TV2), Sparks Kft., Sysplex,
production company.: Filmpartners Kft.,
duration 100 mins,
www.halalkeringo.hu


Out/in Tawaret (Ki/Be Tawaret)

The experienced  director György Molnár collected the crazy adventures of a temporary extravagant female poet, Orsolya Karafiáth and created this film. There are two main characters of this film, two intellectuals (a middle-aged man and a young woman) meet with each other. The shooting lasted for 22 days, the Hungarian public TV (www.mtv.hu) and the MMKA (www.mmka.hu) supported the film. The film was produced in Új Budapest Stúdió http://www.ujbudapestfilmstudio.hu/ , the producer is László Kántor.

cast: Vica Kerekes, András Schlanger, András Ötvös, Natália Gál, Anna Györgyi,

director: György Molnár ,
script: György Molnár, Osolya Karafiáth, Attila Lőrinczy ,
dop: Sándor Csukás
editor: Ferenc Király,
co-producers: Balázs Medveczky, András Pusztay,
producer: László Kántor,
co-production partner: Magyar Televízió (MTV),
production company: Matrix Film Kft.,
duration 91 mins


Chirribirri (Csiribiri)

There's a common experience for every Hungarian children: the songs of Judit Halász. The actress-singer has been singing for kids for more than 30 years, and this film represents not only a simple concert of her, but her way of approaching every child. This is the first concert film about the forever young popular singer, who was playing many films of István Szabó (Szerelmesfilm, Álmodozások kora) The film was made in Objektív Filmstúdió http://www.objektivfilm.hu/ , the budget was HUF 80 million, the MMKA (www.mmka.hu) granted HUF 30 million, but the EMI http://www.emimusic.hu/  and the T-Home http://www.t-home.hu/ also supported the film. The cinema distribution wasn't so successful, after two weeks the film technically vanished from the cinamas.

cast: Judit Halász

Crew:
director: János Rózsa,
script: Andrea Vészits,
dop: Ragályi Elemér,
music director: János Bródy,
co-producer: Ágoston Dömötör,
producer: János Rózsa, Andrea Vészits,
co-production partner: EMI Zenei Kft.,
production company: Objektív Filmstúdió,
duration 72 mins


Espresso 10 years (Presszó 10 év)

The film is the sequel of Espresso (Presszó), the film of Tamás Sas from 1998. That film had a special technique, the camera didn't move at all, every sketch was shot from the same angle. The Espresso 10 years has the same form, even the sets were rebuilt (originally the set was a real cafe), and of course the characters remained the same, played by the same actors (only two of them have changed). And the story also will resemble to the original one, a loves story turns to tragedy. The film was granted by MMKA (www.mmka.hu) and the Hungarian Public TV (MTV, www.mtv.hu) also supported. The co-production partner was MTV (www.mtv.hu) , the production company was th Green Works Production.   

cast: Patrícia Kovács, Andrea Fullajtár, Andrea Söptei, András Stohl, Adrienn Herczeg, Kati Lázár, Miklós Benedek

Crew:
director: Tamás Sas,
script: Judit Csikesz ,
dop: Márton Miklauzic ,
editor: Klára Major,
co-producer: Pusztay András, Román Péter,
producer: Attila Faragó, Tamás Sas,
co-production partner: MTV,
production company.: Green Works Production,
duration 95 mins


Lull (Szélcsend)

The second feature in competition of Tamás Sas is a closed drama, a triangle of three women on a boat. The women intend to have fun on the sunny day, but it turns to a dark trip, revealing secrets, bursting out emotions. The film was shot in early spring of 2009, so the actresses had to act like there's a summer heat. The script was written by Judit Csikesz, the wife of the director. The co-production partner was MTM-SBS Televízió ZRt. (TV2) www.tv2.hu , the production company is   Green Works Production.

cast: Adél Kováts, Patrícia Kovács, Anna Pálmai

Crew:
director: Tamás Sas,
script: Judit Csikesz,
dop: Tamás Sas,
co-producer: András Poós,
producer: Attila Faragó,
co-production partner: MTM-SBS Televízió ZRt. (TV2),
production company: GreenWorksProduction,
duration 93 mins


Kolorádó Kid

The making of the debut film of originally journalist András Vágvölgyi B. had a long story started in 2006. The film in the beginning was intended to be a story from the revolution 1956. Vágvölgyi wanted to make a late film noir, based on documents, jail reports. Then the emphasis got somewhere else – the story lasts until 1960, so the restoration of the communists system is also the part of it, also the submission of the society. As the director says, this is the film where Vágvölgyi meets Tarantino. The production company is Cameofilm http://www.cameofilm.hu/ , the budget was HUF 300 million. The MMKA (25 million), the NKA (www.nka.hu) , the Magyar Fejlesztési Bank  https://www.mfb.hu/ and more supported the film.

cast: Zsolt Nagy, Lilla Sárosdy, Andrea Fullajtár, Michael Kelly, Tibor Gáspár, Ferenc Elek, Péter Kokics, Károly Hajduk

director/script: András Vágvölgyi B.,
dop: Dávid Lukács
editor: Wanda Kiss,
co-producer: Bill Chamberlaine,
producer: Attila Csáky,
co-production partner: Parallel Pictures,
production company: Cameofilm,
duration: 93 mins,
http://cameofilm.hu/filmek/10


The Bunkerman (A bunkerember)

The seventh feature of the basically documentarist Dezső Zsigmod is based on a true story. A man in the eighties was obsessed to build a H-Bomb-proof shelter in a village in Hungary, the idea of the script is to represent the grotesque life of country side Hungary through the character of a man obsessed by the nuclear war and the fear of it. The atmosphere of The  Bunkerman reminds the films of Jiri Menzel, Milos Forman. The shooting lasted for 18 days, the budget was low. The MMKA (www.mmka.hu) and the MTV (www.mtv.hu) supported the film, the production company is K.K. TV Média.   

cast: Zsolt Trill, Szűcs Nelli, István Szilágyi, Éva Botos, Mari Nagy, György Hunyadkürti, Lajos Kovács

Crew:
director: Dezső Zsigmond ,
script: Pál Laska, Géza Balogh,
dop: Gábor Ágoston,
editor: Gabriella Koncz,
producer: Gergely Fodor,
production company: K.K. TV Média,
duration 80 mins


The Camera Murderer (Látogatók)

The German-speaking psycho-thriller of Róbert Pejó (Dallas Pashamende) is a closed film, takes place in a house over a lake. The story is based on a very popular Austrian novel, the book of Thomas Glavinic called Die Kameramörderer. The dark story is about a couple which life turnes upside-down due to a visitation. Though there is a murder in the film, the real horror will appear inside the soul of the audience, as the director days. The cast is totally international, Dorka Gryllus is Hungarian, Merab Nindze is Armenian, Andreas Lust is Austrian and Ursula Lardi is Swiss – she had a role in The White Ribbon of Michael Haneke. The film was supported by the MMKA (www.mmka.hu) , the commercial TV-channel TV2 (www.tv2.hu) , The Austrian Film Institute http://www.filminstitut.at/ , the Zurich Film Fund http://www.filmstiftung.ch/ , the OKM, the Vienna Film Fond http://www.filmfonds-wien.at/en/HomeNews/ , the Swiss Television (SF1) http://www.sf.tv/sendungen/ and the Swiss Cultural Foundation. The production company is Mythberg Films http://www.mythbergfilms.hu/ .

cast: Gryllus Dorka, Merab Ninidze, Andreas Lust, Ursina Lardi

director: Róbert Pejó,
script: Agnes Pluch, Günter Pscheider, Róbert Pejó,
dop: Gergely Pohárnok,
editor: Loredana Cristelli,
co-producers: József Berger, Susann Rüdlinger,
producers: Erich Lackner, Andreas Hruza, támogató/supported by: Magyar Mozgókép Közalapítvány, ORF, MTM-SBS Televízió ZRt. (TV2), Osztrák Filmintézet, Zürichi Filmalapítvány, Oktatási és Kulturális Minisztérium, Bécsi Filmalap, Svájci Televízió (SF), Svájci Államszövetség Kulturális Alapja,
co-production partner: Cobra Film AG.,
production company: Mythberg Films,
duration 95 mins
www.latogatasfilm.hu .


The Days of Desire (A vágyakozás napjai)

This black and white winter film was intended as a TV-production, than the material requested the movie format. The story is about a mute, 18 years old girl – played by an amateur actress Orsolya Schefcsik – becomes butler at a house of a couple, whose child has died in an accident. The Days of Desire was shot small towns around Budapest, the shooting lasted for 27 days. The film was supported by: Magyar Mozgókép Közalapítvány (ww.mmka.hu) , Oktatási és Kulturális Minisztérium (www.okm.hu) , Concorde Pénzügyi Tanácsadó Kft. The production company is Film-Art Kft. http://www.filmart.hu/ .

cast: Catherine Wilkening, Orsolya Schefcsik, Zsolt László, Ákos Orosz, Teréz Rudolf, Mara Dobra

director/script: József Pacskovszky ,
dop: Sándor Kardos ,
editor: Gabriella Koncz,
co-producers: Zsuzsanna Hollósi G. , Gabriel Auer, Balázs Medveczky,
producer: Jenő Hábermann,
co-production partner: Filmplus, Forum Films (Paris), Magyar Televízió,
Production company.: Film-Art Kft,
duration104 mins  


Poligamy

The debut feature of Dénes Orosz is a kind of romantic comedy – there's a couple living together for five years, one day the girl called Lilla announces, she's pregnant. The next morning the guy, András wakes up next to another beautiful girl called Lilla – and a long journey starts to explore the secret and real values of a relationship.
The film was made by the same production company, Skyfilm Kft. http://www.skyfilm.hu/ , which had made the most successful Hungarian films recent years (Kind of America 1-2.) - the director of them, Gábor Herendi was the producer of Poligamy. András is played by the one of the most popular Hungarian male actor (Sándor Csányi). The budget was HUF 200 millions, the co-production partner commercial TV-channel TV2 www.tv2.hu  invested HUF 50 millions. The Poligamy was released in cinema the middle of December 2009, and it's a huge success, the attendance just reached 100 000 two weeks ago.

cast: Sándor Csányi, Kátya Tompos, Béla Mészáros, Adrienn Réti, Eszter Bánfalvi, Bori Péterfy, Kata Bartsch, Réka Tenki, Andrea Osvárt, Nóra Parti

crew
director/script: Dénes Orosz,
dop: Ádám Fillenz,
editor: Zoltán Kovács,
Co-producer: András Poós,
producer: Gábor Herendi ,
co-production partner: MTM-SBS Televízió ZRt. (TV2),
production company: Skyfilm Kft.,
duration: 85 mins
www.poligamyfilm.hu