16/05/2006

Very well represented at Cannes this year with three features and one short – the most titles ever since 1987 – Hungarian cinema will also be out in force at the Film Market (May 17-27).

Sellers of Hungarian films are setting their hopes on Taxidermia [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by György Pàlfi, which will be screened in the Un Certain Regard selection and is being sold by Dutch company Fortissimo Film Sales. Two other Hungarian titles to watch out for are White Palms [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Szabolcs Hajdu
film profile] by Szabolcs Hajdu (Directors’ Fortnight) and Fresh Air [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Ágnes Kocsis, which will compete in Critics’ Week. Sales for the latter film, produced by KMH Film, are being handled by French company Onoma.

There will also be much curiosity surrounding the market screening of Just Sex and Nothing Else by Krisztina Goda (see news) – the big Hungarian success of the year. The film will be sold at Cannes by Hungaricom Ltd.

The market will also give international buyers an opportunity to discover the quality line-up from Hungarian sales outfit Profil-M 94, which will sell Relatives by István Szabo (article), Who are the Lumnitzer Sisters? by Péter Bacsó (see news) and A Guest of Life – Alexander Csoma de Koros by Tibor Szemzo (see news).

Meanwhile, French sales agent The Coproduction Office will begin pre-sales of Delta (news), the new film currently in production by Kornél Mundruczó. Katapult Film will negotiate directly for its upcoming production Overnight, by Ferenc Török (see news), as will SzimplaFilm with Egill, the new animated film by talented director Aron Gauder.

Also of note is Pàlfi’s next feature, The Wild Swans. Produced by Eniko Szabo, the film’s shoot date has yet to be announced yet it is already eagerly awaited by buyers.

(Translated from French)