The stars of the 37th Film Week
The complete programme was revealed yesterday for the 37th Hungarian Film Week which will run in Budapest from the 31st January to the 7th February. The event, which presents each year the best of Magyar production, offers 104 films in four competitive sections (features, documentaries, shorts and experimental films). In the main category, 24 features will battle it out for the 2006 prize, headed by Relatives by István Szabó, Taxidermia [+see also:
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film profile] by Kornél Mundruczó (screened at the last Cannes Festival in Un Certain Regard), Csoma’s Legendry by Tibor Szemzo and also the highly anticipated White Palms by Szabolcs Hajdu. Also on the menu out of competition are 72 others productions including notably six animated films and TV productions.
Features in Official Selection
Hunting for Englishmen (Vadászat angolokra) - Bertalan Bagó
Blond Coke (Szoke kóla) - Ákos Barnóczky (read article)
Miraq - Csaba Bollók
Young Dumb and Full of Come (Tibor vagyok, de hódítani akarok!) - Gergely Fonyó
The Real Santa Az igazi Mikulás - Péter Gárdos (see article)
Just Sex, Nothing Else (Csak Szex és más semmi) - Krisztina Goda
White Palms (Fehér tenyér) - Szabolcs Hajdu (read news)
Rendezvous (Randevú) - Ágnes Incze
Kútfejek - Iván Kapitány
Fej vagy írás - Andor Lengyel
Johanna - Kornél Mundruczó (read review and interview with the producer Viktória Petrányi)
Lopott Képek - József Pacskovszky
Taxidermia - György Pálfi (consult news Shooting)
Storno (Sztornó) - György Pálos
Glass Tiger 2 (Üvegtigris 2) - Péter Rudolf
Relatives (Rokonok) - István Szabó (read article)
The One who Freed the Birds (Madárszabadító, felho, szél) - István Szaladják
Csoma’s Legendry (Csoma-legendárium) - Tibor Szemzo (see news)
Prince’s Grace (A herceg haladéka) - Péter Tímár (see news of 6th January 2006)
A gyertyák csonkig égnek - István Iglódi
Fresh Air (Friss levego) - Ágnes Kocsis
Stammbuch - Péter Mészáros
My One and Onlies (Egyetleneim) - Gyula Nemes
(Translated from French)
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