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How long can you pretend to be a hero?

Season:
2020
Director:
Attila Szász
Cinematography:
András Nagy
Cast:
Tamás Szabó Kimmel, Vica Kerekes, Levente Molnár, Bercel Tóth
Editor:
László Hargittai
Producer:
Ábel Köves, Tamás Lajos
Language:
Hungarian
Genre:
Drama, Thriller
Music:
Atti Pacsay, Gergely Parádi

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A fuzzy memory leads a man on a spellbinding journey. When Architect Victor Ganz returns to Morocco for business after a twenty-year absence, things go sideways. He finds himself obsessed by memories of a woman from his past who has disappeared. When he receives an odd offer from a stranger to buy an abandoned motel at a high price, naturally he rejects. If only it was that simple! Threatened by the seller, Victor has no other option but to undertake a deranged tour to the motel through the desert.

Season:
2019
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Balint Kenyeres
Cinematography:
Adam Fillenz
Cast:
Vlad Ivanov, Djemel Barek, Jacques Weber, Gamil Ratib, Feodor Atkine, Jo Prestia
Editor:
Vanda Aranyi
Producer:
Andrea Taschler, Jamila Wenske
Language:
English, French, Arabic
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Jan Schermer

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A modern story about our strange world in which we live in...told with Klezmer music. Five 21st century young and not-so-young men someplace in the world; they are musicians in search for someone and something which might have been born in their imagination. Once upon a time in the beginning of the 20th century there lived a Klezmer musician and storyteller Prince Nazaroff. Many people don’t believe he ever existed, but these five men do. They have imagined him, and imagination can be stronger than reality. To this day, Nazaroff lives in them.

Season:
2017
Director:
Csaba Bereczki
Cinematography:
Tibor Nemes
Editor:
Reka Lemhenyi
Producer:
Pal Sandor
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
The Brothers Nazaroff

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You are your own worst enemy. Imagine the worst day of your life. Now, insert Adam who happens to be reliving his day endlessly. Loop pulls together a supernatural story of a man who gets a second chance to do what is right… then a third, and a fourth. In hopes of saving his wife and future child, Adam has to brave his nightmares and prove himself worthy. Fighting to uncover a scandal that leads to his own demise, Adam seems to be getting in the way of himself. This fast-paced, sci-fi thriller re-defines “the edge of your seat,” leaving one with a thorough boggling of the mind.

Season:
2017
Director:
Isti Madarasz
Cinematography:
Andras Nagy
Cast:
Denes Szaraz, Dorina Martinovics, Zsolt Anger
Editor:
Zoltan Kovacs
Producer:
Tamas Hutlassa
Executive Producer:
Julianna Ugrin
Language:
Hungarian with English subtitles
Genre:
Science Fiction, Thriller
Music:
Adrian Foulkes, Lucio Godoy

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What does it mean to be a citizen? What does it take to become one? And when is the cost too high? Wilson Ugabe, an African refugee from a brutal war, lives in Budapest and is studying to pass the exams to become a Hungarian citizen.  When he helps a desperate, pregnant Iranian woman who appears one night at his door, his act of kindness will change his life in ways he cannot imagine.

Season:
2017
Director:
Roland Vranik
Cinematography:
Imre Juhasz
Cast:
Agnes Mahr, Dr. Cake-Baly Marcelo, Arghavan Shekari
Editor:
Lili Makk
Producer:
Karoly Feher
Language:
Hungarian with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Csaba Kalotas

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A love born from loneliness and a longing for rejuvenation. Miklos has never found the love of his life...and now he has only six months to live. Despite the diagnosis of a rare lung disease, the Holocaust survivor is determined to have the life he's always wanted. By writing letters, he reaches out to 117 women with the hopes that one will write back. There's beauty in hoping. There's bliss in finding one that replies. This unconventional love story, based on true events, deeply moves and communicates the yearning for affection felt by a man who previously felt nothing but fear and hatred.

Season:
2016
Director:
Peter Gardos
Cinematography:
Laszlo Seregi
Cast:
Milan Schruff, Emoke Piti, Gila Almagor, Andrea Petrik, Gabor Mate, Jozsef Gyabronka
Editor:
Adam Fiers
Producer:
Denes Szekeres
Language:
Hungarian, Hebrew, German
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Atti La Pacsay

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A complicated relationship among three women can only lead to one thing: murder. Filled with sex, violence, and intrigue, Demimonde reveals the "Old World" prior to the upheaval of World War I. A cipher of a woman arrives to take a job as a maid in a household that entertains the richest of Hungary's upper class. There she meets a famous prostitute and her rigid housekeeper. A bizarre relationship ensues among the three women, revealing the lengths to which they will go for passion.

Season:
2016
Director:
Attila Szasz
Cinematography:
Andras Nagy
Cast:
Patricia Kovacs, Dorka Gryllus, Laura Dobrosi, Janos Kulka, Peter Sandor
Editor:
Laszlo Hargittai
Producer:
Tamas Lajos, Tamas Mink
Language:
Hungarian
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Gergely Paradi

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That which is neglected, is lost.

Season:
2015
Director:
Tom Brown, Daniel Gray
Cast:
Richard E. Grant

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"She took her hair from the drain and left me." Now what? "She said I was immature. I don't know what mature is." Poor Aron. With no job, no prospects, and now no girlfriend, he's completely at loose ends.

Season:
2015
Director:
Gabor Reisz
Cinematography:
Gabor Reisz
Cast:
Aron Ferenczik, Katalin Takacs, Zsolt Kovacs, Zalan Makranczi, Erika Kapronczai
Editor:
Zsofia Talas
Producer:
Julia Berkes, Miklos Bosnyak
Language:
Hungarian
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Loci Csorba, Gabor Reisz

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What do you do when Dad dies - and then just won't go away? Mozes is a stonefaced Hungarian Buster Keaton look-alike with confidence issues. His father Janos is a self-centered authoritarian tyrant. But Janos dies, becomes a ghost - and goes through a complete personality change. Melancholic and confused, he just hangs around, can't seem to leave. Can a car mechanic-cum-psychic help? Can Mozes? And what about the rest of Mozes' loopy family, from his overbearing class-conscious aunt to his shotgun-toting adopted sister?

Season:
2015
Director:
Virag Zomboracz
Cinematography:
Gergely Poharnok
Cast:
Marton Kristof, Zsolt Anger, Eszter Csakanyi, Jozsef Gyabronka, Laszlo Galffi, Gergely Kocsis, Zsolt Kovacs, Andrea Petrik, Szabolcs Thuroczy
Editor:
Karoly Szalai
Producer:
Ferenc Pusztai
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Adam Balazs
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