Hungarian cinema is preparing the future in Berlin
- At the EFM, the new National Film Institute will be pinning its hopes on a series of titles currently in post-production, many of them feature debuts
Although Hungarian productions are absent from the selection of new films at the 70th Berlinale (20 February - 1 March), that is not the case at the European Film Market, which will be attended by NFI World Sales, the international sales division of the NFI (National Film Institute), the new public entity which replaces the HNFF (Hungarian National Film Fund).
Standing out from the line-up handled by Klaudia Androsovits are Those Who Remained [+see also:
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film profile] by Barnabas Tóth (which had made the shortlist for this year's Best International Film Oscar), Final Report [+see also:
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interview: István Szabó
film profile] by István Szabó (coming out on 27 February in the cinemas of its country) and the fascinating Eden [+see also:
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film profile] by Ágnes Kocsis (recently revealed in Rotterdam), as well as On The Quiet [+see also:
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interview: Zoltán Nagy
film profile] from promising director Zoltán Nagy (well-received at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival), the romantic comedy Neither With You [+see also:
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film profile] by Dénes Orosz, Comrade Draculich [+see also:
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interview: Márk Bodzsár
film profile] by Márk Bodzsár, the thriller Valan – Valley of Angels [+see also:
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film profile] by Béla Bagota, FOMO: Fear of Missing Out [+see also:
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film profile] by Attila Hartung and Captives [+see also:
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film profile] by Kristóf Deák.
It is worth noting that the On Transmission programme, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Berlinale, features 2017 Golden Bear winner On Body and Soul [+see also:
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interview: Ildiko Enyedi
interview: Ildiko Enyedi
interview: Réka Tenki
film profile] by Ildikó Enyedi (who chose to put forward One Day [+see also:
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interview: Zsófia Szilágyi
film profile], from her young fellow countrywoman Zsófia Szilágyi) whose highly anticipated upcoming project The Story of My Wife [+see also:
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interview: Ildikó Enyedi
film profile] (starring Léa Seydoux, Gijs Naber, Louis Garrel, Josef Hader, Sergio Rubini and Jasmine Trinca) is currently in post-production and in the line-up of German sales company Films Boutique.
At the EFM, Hungarian cinema will most of all be preparing the future, with a great number of feature debuts in post-production, such as the comedy Budapest Heist [+see also:
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film profile] by Balázs Lóth, Garbage Theory by Ákos Badits, the romantic comedy Cream by Nóra Lakos, Last Bus from the duo Nándor Lorincz - Bálint Nagy (news), Perfect As You Are by Péter Varsics, Spiral [+see also:
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film profile] by Cecília Felméri, Ravine by Balázs Krasznahorkai, Wild Roots by Hajni Kis, Things Worth Weeping For by Cristina Grosan (news) and the documentary Colors of Tobi [+see also:
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interview: Alexa Bakony
film profile] by Alexa Bakony.
Also in post-production are Bullhorn Lullaby [+see also:
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film profile] by Viktor Oszkár Nagy, Post Mortem [+see also:
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film profile] by Péter Bergendy, Preparations To Be Together For An Unknown Period of Time [+see also:
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interview: Lili Horvat
interview: Natasa Stork
film profile] by Lili Horvát, Seven Small Coincidences [+see also:
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film profile] by Péter Gothár and Toxikoma [+see also:
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film profile] by Gábor Herendi.
Finally, among the documentaries in post-production also figure Tamas Bartha, The Legend by Eszter Hajdú, No Command by Péter Szalay, and Wild Horses – A Tale from the Hungarian Steppe by Zoltán Török.
(Translated from French)
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