n e w s l e t t e r C O N T E N T S Cannes 6 N e w s l e t t e r o f M a g y a r F i l m u n i ó M a y N o. 3 Film Week, Film Law, Press

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1 n e w s l e t t e r C O N T E N T S N e w s l e t t e r o f M a g y a r F i l m u n i ó M a y N o. 3 4 Film Week, Film Law, Press Cannes 6 Hungarian Cinema in Cannes: Hungarian Films in 2004 Kontroll Little Apocrypha No EFP 11 Producers Network 11 The Media Plus Programme of the European Union 12 Eurimages 12 News of Mokép Hungarofilm Division 13 Comming Soon Films in Production 14 Impress

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3 Dear Reader, The third issue of our Newsletter has been published at a time which will be long remembered by the profession and the whole country. This is the first year we present ourselves in Cannes as a new member of the European Union with a new Film Law up our sleeve. The importance of the moment is shown by the fact that for the first time this year we invite to our pavilion in the International Village our partners and all those who are interested in the Hungarian cinema, in professional issues and especially in the possibilities offered by the new Film Law. It is a great pleasure for us that our presence is made even more significant by the works of young and talented filmmakers who participate in the official selection of the festival. K o n t r o l ld i r e c t e d by Nimród Antal has already conquered the hearts of the Hungarian and foreign critics and was the most popular Hungarian film in the Hungarian cinemas in Now it is in competition for the Caméra d Or as a first feature film in the official selection called Un Certain Regard. Kornél Mundruczó, whose previous works are already internationally known, has made his diploma film. His new short film Little Apocrypha No. 2 is in the selection of Cinéfondation. The Hungarian MEDIA Desk started operation on 1st May within the organisational framework of Magyar Filmunió. We sincerely hope that it will provide important assistance to the Hungarian cinema professionals in order that they can join the European professionals as soon as possible. It is already a tradition that in Cannes we participate in the initiative of European Film Promotion. We are introducing the third young Hungarian producer at the events of Producers on the Move. We are partners to Producers Network, a series of events to assist the work of producers from all over the world. We have plenty to do but we will always keep in mind that our most important line of activities is the promotion of Hungarian films. We wish to get the audience of international festivals acquainted with a great number of new productions. You will find them on offer in the Hungarian pavilion. All visitors are most welcome. Éva Vezér General Manager 3 3

4 Film Week, Film Law At the beginning of February 2004 the 35 th Hungarian Film Week showed almost one hundred new Hungarian films produced last year. In the competition programme of the festival 16 features, 35 shorts and 42 documentaries were selected. PRIZES OF THE 35 TH HUNGARIAN FILM WEEK Feature films: Main Prize: After the Day Before by Attila Janisch Best Director ex aequo: Zsuzsa Böszörményi for Guarded Secrets and Benedek Fliegauf for Dealer Simó Sándor Prize for Best First Film: Nimród Antal for Kontroll Prize to the Director for Visual Expression: András Jeles for Joseph and his Brothers Special Prize of the Jury for Best Visual Design: Szabolcs Hajdu, István Szaladják and Mónika Esztán for Tamara Best Cinematography ex aequo: Gábor Medvigy for After the Day Before and Gyula Pados for Kontroll Best Screenplay: Benedek Fliegauf for Dealer Best Producer (Main Prize): György Durst Best Producer (Special Prize): BGB Film Production Best Actress: Eszter Bagaméri for Guarded Secrets Best Actor: Tibor Gáspár for After the Day Before Best Supportng Actress: Kati Lázár for After the Day Before and Rosehill Best Supporting Actor: Ervin Nagy for Guarded Secrets and Eastern Sugar Best Editor: Ágnes Incze for Getno Best Editor Special Prize: Steven Lovy for Mix Best Sound: Tamás Zányi for Dealer The Gene Moskowitz Prize awarded by the foreign critics: Kontroll by Nimród Antal The most successful Hungarian film in cinema in the year 2003: Kontroll by Nimród Antal People s choice via Internet: Eastern Sugar by Ferenc Török Shôrt films: Best Short Film: Róbert Lakatos for Gen(i)us Diadolis Experimental Short Film Prize: Kornél Mundruczó for Little Apokrypha No. 1 Special Prize: Ádám Császi and Zoltán Gábor Tóth for 7 Days Special Prize: Károly Ujj Mészáros for The House Dôcumentary films: Main Prize: Gábor Zsigmond Papp for The School of the Empire Special Prize of Duna Television: Ágnes Sós for Grandmother Teri Best Popular Scientific Film: Júlia Szederkényi for The Gresham Palace Prize Equal Opportunities : Judit Felvidéki for Little Lives Best film in Portrait category: András Kisfaludy for Captain B. R. Best film in Experimental Documentary Film category: Lehel Oláh for Scavenging Best film in Film Sociography category: Péter Hegedûs for Inheritance: A Fisherman s Story Best Cinematography ex aequo: Arthur Bálint for Golden Hut and Balázs Doboczi for The School of the Empire and Scavenging Schiffer Pál Prize: Tamás Almási for From Home to Home Special Prize of the Jury: Márton Szirmai for Hermit s Masterpiece and Bojána Papp for The TV and Me 4

5 PRESS Blanka Elekes Szentágotai: Hungarians target foreign producers during Film Week Screendaily (2004 January) Twenty-three new Hungarian features will be presented at the annual Hungarian Film Week to local audiences and the approximately 120 foreign guests invited to the country s most important film event. A large number of foreign producers have also been invited. Thanks to the Film Law, Hungary is hoping to lure some major foreign productions that might otherwise consider shooting in surrounding countries such as Romania, the Czech Republic or Bulgaria. Eddie Cockrell: Kontroll Variety (2004 February) U. S.-born helmer Nimród Antal is well-traveled in genre conventions and keeps a firm hand on the throttle throughout the smartly-paced saga taking place in the familial yet eccentric world of ticket inspectors and their hostile populace, a world where a hooded killer is running loose. Crowd-pleasing, darkly comic joyride top Magyar earner of 2003 is on track for a worldwide trip via well-timed stops at fests, arthouses, and ancillary. Nick Holdsworth: Coalition touts Hungarian film The Hollywood Reporter (2004 February) Organizers of a coalition of Hungarian filmmakers spanning three generations and led by iconoclastic director Béla Tarr said Monday that they have joined forces to find ways to overcome barriers to independent production here. Eddie Cockrell: Dealer Variety (2004 February) Sophomore effort from Budapest-born Benedek Fliegauf, whose eye-catching 2003 debut, Forest, won prominent fest prizes, is sure to polarize auds. Some will hail pic s technical proficiency and sheer length as a meditation on the destructive power of drugs, while others may summon scripter Alan Sharp s quip that the experience is like watching paint dry. It s a pic fests and distribs will clamor for and distribs then hold their breath over, as auds either reach nirvana or experience one bummer of a trip. Florence La Bruyere: The seventh art is young again Radio France Internationale (2004 February) Young Hungarian filmmakers give us one sur - prise after the other. They are thirty years old, extremely talented and their first films are invariably a success The filmmakers of tomorrow are aware of the fact that their films will not be viable if they can only get through to Hungarian audiences. Has a new wave been born? Yes, in the sense that young filmmakers have a common past and they often play a small part in their friends films Hollywood productions d better watch out Nick Holdsworth about Kontroll The Hollywood Reporter (2004 February) American-born Antal won the Simó Sándor Prize for best first film for Kontroll, his unusual and innovative story of metro ticket inspectors. The film also picked up the Gene Moskowitz Prize given annually by foreign critics visiting the festival. Kontroll, which tells the Orpheus-like story of a character stuck in the underworld, was the most successful domestic film released in Hungary last year, notching up more than 150,000 admissions and more than $500,000 in boxoffice receipts through the year s end after its late-november release. Eddie Cockrell: After the Day Before Variety (2004 February) This is uncompromising, risk-taking contemporary Euro arthouse filmmaking at its best This unsettling item, which Janisch says is about the psychology of sin, summons feelings and images from work as diverse as Bram Stoker s Dracula, the canon of experimental icon Maya Deren and Stanley Kubrick s The Shining. Jean Roy: Spring on the Danube L Humanité (2004 February) The 2004 crop of Hungarian films is the best that we have tasted in the past few years. Yes, it seems Hungarian film is undergoing some serious renovation this year. The directors are young; they have often made their first films with different means and ambitions. The will by no means make do with just telling a story. They are reflecting upon the most cinematic language possible to use. Nick Holdsworth: Hungary film law fuels hopes The Hollywood Reporter (2004 February) Hungary s new film law, which offers producers, investors and filmmakers a host of attractive tax incentives to shoot on location here, could double the annual value of foreign co-productions to more than $80 million, supporters of the new measures said Monday. Derek Elley: Tamara Variety (2004 February) With his sophomore feature, Tamara, 31-year-old Szabolcs Hajdu confirms himself as a stylish young writer-director. Mime-inflected, bizarre modern fairytale about four people sorting out their emotional makeup in an isolated farmhouse is often as frustrating as it is mesmerizing. Festivals are the natural first platform for this strikingly lensed but troublesome head-scratcher. international press reactions Blanka Elekes Szentágotai: Awards and festival invitations galore for Attila Janisch film Screendaily (2004 February) The new feature by Attila Janisch was the big winner at last night s awards ceremony that closed the 35th edition of the Hungarian Film Week. The film was also much appreciated by the attending foreign guests and is expected to receive several festival invitations Joel Chapron: Hungary: a law to lure investments Le film francais (2004 March) After over 10 years of waiting a new film law will come into force in the spring. However, the long expected reforms have already started to take effect. Bobbie Whiteman, John Nadler: Hungary rebates a lure to foreign filmmakers Variety (2004 February) The law, passed by Hungary s parliament last month, includes documentaries and animation and may extend to TV projects. The country will be even more of a bargain for filmmakers beginning May 1, when it joins the European Union and becomes eligible for EU grants and subsidies. Joel Chapron: Hungarian cinema is waking up Cahiers du cinema (2004 March) The 35th Hungarian Film Week held in Budapest between 27th January and 3rd February had a much more optimistic atmosphere than the years before due to the Film Law that was passed by Parliament on 22nd December Its main objective is to lure Hungarian and foreign investments to H u n g a r y. 5

6 Ca n n e s H U N G A R I A N C I N E M A I N C A N N E S : The Festival is an apolitical no-man sland, a microcosm of what the world would be like if people could contact each other directly and speak the same language Jean Cocteau The Cannes Film Festival Over The Years 1939 The French Government decides to hold an international film festival in France. Cannes on the Cote d Azur is selected as its venue On 20 th September as the first important international cultural event of the post-war period, the first Festival de Cannes is opened Cannes Market Marché du Film opens along with the Festival for the first time with a few dozen participants and a single screening room For the first time in the history of a major festival parallel with the official programme of the Cannes Film Festival the Syndicat français de la critique de cinéma Union of French Film C r i t i c s organise the Critics Week Semaine International de la Critique where from that time on a selection of short and feature films from all over the world has been presented All films are born free and equal with Pierre Kast s motto and under the leadership of Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard parallel with the official programme, the F r e n c h Directors Guild Société des Réalisateurs de Films (SRF) o r g a n i s e s Directors Fortnight Quinzaine des R é a l i s a t e u r e s without a competition and prizes, where a selection of the latest production in world cinema has been presented without censorship or diplomatic considerations. Year Section Titel / Prize Director Critics' Week Gránátok / Grenades Péter Politzer 2003 Directors' Fortnight A 78-as Szent Johannája /Joan of Arc on the Night Bus Kornél Mundruczó Directors' Fortnight Bibó breviárium / A Bibó Reader Péter Forgács 2002 Short Film Competition Esô után / After Rain Péter Mészáros Palme d'or 2000 Directors' Fortnight Werckmeister harmóniák / Werckmeister Harmonies Béla Tarr 1998 Short Film Competition Jónás / Jonas Líviusz Gyulai Un certain regard Szenvedély / Passion György Fehér For the 50th Szegénylegények / The Round-Up Miklós Jancsó 1997 Anniversary of the Festival Un certain regard Witman fiúk / The Witman Boys János Szász Directors' Fortnight Haggyállógva Vászka / Vaska Easeoff Péter Gothár 1996 Directors' Fortnight Mondani a mondhatatlant - Elie Wiesel üzenete / To Speak about the Unspeakable - The Message of Elie Wiesel Judit Elek Short Film Competition Szél / Wind Marcell Iványi Palme d'or 1995 Short Film Competition A homok dala / Song of the Sand Ferenc Cakó Un certain regard A részleg / The Outpost Péter Gothár 1993 Directors' Fortnight Gyerekgyilkosságok / Child Murders Ildikó Szabó FIPRESCI Prize 1992 Short Film Competition Az út / The Road Nikolai Ivanov Neikov Un certain regard A nyaraló / The Summer Guest Can Togay 1991 Directors' Fortnight És mégis / After All Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács Un certain regard Halálutak és angyalok / Paths of Death and Angels Zoltán Kamondi 1990 Directors' Fortnight Céllövölde / Shooting Gallery Árpád Sopsits Yooth Jury's Certificate of Merit 1989 Un certain regard Az én XX. századom / My 20th Century Ildikó Enyedi Caméra d'or Feature Film Competition Hanussen / Hanussen István Szabó 1988 Short Film Competition Ab ovo - Homoknyomok / Ab ovo Ferenc Cakó Short Animation Category's Prize Directors' Fortnight Malom a pokolban / Mills of Hell Gyula Maár 1987 Directors' Fortnight Hol volt, hol nem volt / A Hungarian Fairy Tale Gyula Gazdag Feature Film Competition Az utolsó kézirat / The Last Manuscript Károly Makk Short Film Competition Ujjhullám / Finger Wave Gyula Nagy 1986 Directors' Fortnight Visszaszámlálás / Countdown Pál Erdôss Short Film Competition A szél / The Wind Csaba Varga Directors' Fortnight Megfelelô ember kényes feladatra / János Kovácsi 1985 The Right Man For a Delicate Mission Feature Film Competition Redl ezredes / Colonel Redl István Szabó Special Prize of the Jury Critics' Week István, a király / Stephen, The King Gábor Koltay Directors' Fortnight Eszkimó asszony fázik / Eskimo Woman Feels Cold János Xantus 1984 Feature Film Competition Napló gyermekeimnek / Diary for My Children Márta Mészáros Special "Grand Prix" of the Jury Short Film Competition Ajtó 8 / Door Nr. 8 Mária Horváth Un certain regard Mária-nap / Maria's Day Judit Elek Critics' Week Adj király katonát / The Princess Pál Erdôss Caméra d'or Directors' Fortnight Szerencsés Dániel / Daniel Takes a Train Pál Sándor FIPRESCI Prize 1983 Feature Film Competition Visszaesôk / Forbidden Relations Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács Mandragora Prize to Mari Törôcsik Out of Competition Holtpont / Dead End Ferenc Rófusz Out of Competition Daliás idôk / Herioc Times József Gémes Short Film Competition Ad astra / Ad Astra Ferenc Cakó Directors' Fortnight Megáll az idô / Time Stands Still Péter Gothár French Youth Minister's Special Prize 1982 Feature Film Competition Egymásra nézve / Another Way Károly Makk Best Actress Prize to Jadviga Jankowska Cieslak, FIPRESCI Special Prize Short Film Competition Bumeráng / Boomerang Zsuzsanna Zsáky Short Film Competition Szárnyas lények boltja / The Shop of Winged Creatures László Halmai Critics' Week Boldogtalan kalap / The Unhappy Hat Mária Sós Directors' Fortnight Nárcisz és Psyché / Narcissus and Psyché Gábor Bódy Feature Film Competition Mephisto / Mephisto István Szabó Best Screenplay Prize, FIPRESCI Prize 1981 Feature Film Competition Cserepek / Buffer Zone István Gaál Opening Ceremony A légy / The Fly Ferenc Rófusz Short Film Competition Moto perpetuo / Moto Perpetuo Béla Vajda Palme d'or Un certain regard A tanú / The Witness Péter Bacsó Mention of the Ecumenical Jury Directors' Fortnight Vasárnapi szülôk / Sunday Daugthers János Rózsa 1980 Feature Film Competition Örökség / The Heiresses Márta Mészáros Short Film Competition Magyar képek 1., 3. / Hungarian Pictures Csaba Szórády Un certain regard Csontváry / Csontváry Zoltán Huszárik Directors' Fortnight Angi Vera / Angi Vera Gábor Pál FIPRESCI Prize 1979 Feature Film Competition Magyar rapszódia, Allegro barbaro / Miklós Jancsó Hungarian Rhapsody, Allegro Barbaro Life Achievement Award 6

7 H U N G A R I A N C I N E M A I N Ca n n e s Ca n n e s Year Section Titel / Prize Director 1979 Un certain regard A kedves szomszéd / The Nice Neighbour Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács 1978 Feature Film Competition Egy erkölcsös éjszaka / A Very Moral Night Károly Makk Short Film Competition Új lakók / New Tenants Líviusz Gyulai Directors' Fortnight Kilenc hónap / Nine Months Márta Mészáros FIPRESCI Prize 1977 Feature Film Competition Budapesti mesék / Budapest Tales István Szabó Short Film Competition Küzdôk / Fight Marcell Jankovics Palme d'or Feature Film Competition Déryné, hol van? / Mrs. Déry, Where Are You? Gyula Maár 1976 Best Actress Prize Mari Törôcsik Out of Competition Labirintus / Labyrinth Andreas Kovács Short Film Competition Babfilm / Scenes with Beans Ottó Foky Feature Film Competition Szerelmem, Elektra / Elektreia Miklós Jancsó 1975 Out of Competition A csodálatos mandarin / The Miraculous Mandarin Miklós Szinetár Out of Competition A fából faragott királyfi / The Wooden Prince Ádám Horváth 1974 Feature Film Competition Macskajáték / Catsplay Károly Makk Short Film Competition Jócselekedetek / Good Deeds Béla Vajda Directors' Fortnight Fotográfia / Photography Pál Zolnay 1973 Feature Film Competition Petôfi '73 / Petôfi '73 Ferenc Kardos Short Film Competition Az 1812-es év / The Year 1812 Sándor Reisienbüchler Jury's Prize 1972 Feature Film Competition Még kér a nép / Red Psalm Miklós Jancsó Director's Prize Critics' Week Büntetôexpedíció / Punitive Expedition Dezsô Magyar Directors' Fortnight Staféta / Relay Race András Kovács 1971 Directors' Fortnight Égi bárány / Agnus Dei Miklós Jancsó Feature Film Competition Szerelem / Love Károly Makk Special Prize of the Jury, Prize of OCIC 1970 Feature Film Competition Magasiskola / The Falcons István Gaál Jury's Prize Critics' Week Sziget a szárazföldön / The Lady from Constantinople Judit Elek 1969 Directors' Fortnight Sirokkó / Winter Wind Miklós Jancsó Feature Film Competition Fényes szelek / The Confrontation Miklós Jancsó Feature Film Competition Feldobott kô / The Upthrown Stone Sándor Sára 1968 Critics' Week Meddig él az ember? I-II. / How Long Does Man Matter? Judit Elek Feature Film Competition Csillagosok, katonák / The Red and the White Miklós Jancsó Feature Film Competition Tízezer nap / Ten Thousand Suns Ferenc Kósa 1967 Director's Prize Short Film Competition Napló / Diary György Kovásznai Critics' Week Gyerekbetegségek / Grimace Ferenc Kardos János Rózsa Feature Film Competition Szegénylegények / The Round-Up Miklós Jancsó Feature Film Competition Az életbe táncoltatott leány / Eternal Dance Tamás Banovich 1965 Filmtechnicans' Association's Prize Short Film Competition Nyitány / Overture János Vadász Grand Prize, Filmtechnicans' Association's Prize Feature Film Competition Pacsirta / Skylark László Ranódy Best Actor Prize to Antal Práger (ex aequo) 1964 Short Film Competition Kedd / Tuesday Márk Novák Short Film Competition 1, 2, 3... / 1, 2, 3 Gyula Macskássy - György Várnai Feature Film Competition Kertes házak utcája / A Cosy Cottage Tamás Fejér 1963 Short Film Competition Te / You István Szabó Special Mention 1962 Short Film Competition Szenvedély / Passion József Nepp Feature Film Competition Dúvad / The Brute Zoltán Fábri 1961 Short Film Competition Párbaj / Duel Gyula Macskássy Jury's Special Prize 1960 Short Film Competition Ragadozó növények / Predatory Plants Ágoston Kollányi Filmtechnicans' Association's Prize 1959 Feature Film Competition Édes Anna / Anna Zoltán Fábri Short Film Competition A telhetetlen méhecske / The Greedy Bee Gyula Macskássy 1958 Feature Film Competition Vasvirág / The Iron Flower János Herskó Short Film Competition Egy másodperc története / History of a Second Ágoston Kollányi Feature Film Competition Két vallomás / Two Confessions Márton Keleti 1957 Short Film Competition Bölcsôk / Cradles Ágoston Kollányi Filmtechnicans' Association's Prize Feature Film Competition Körhinta / Merry-Go-Round Zoltán Fábri 1956 Short Film Competition Kati és a vadmacska / Kati and the Wild Cat Ágoston Kollányi Short Film Competition Cigánytánc / Gipsy Dance Tamás Banovich 1955 Feature Film Competition Liliomfi / Liliomfi Károly Makk Short Film Competition Aggtelek / Aggtelek Ágoston Kollányi Feature Film Competition Kiskrajcár / Penny Márton Keleti Short Film Competition Virágos Kalocsa / Flowery Kalocsa Vince Lakatos 1954 Short Film Competition Aquarium / Aquarium Ágoston Kollányi Filmtechnicans' Association's Prize Short Film Competition A kékvércsék erdejében / István Homoki-Nagy In the Forest of the Red-Footed Falcons 1951 Feature Film Competition Különös házasságistván / A Strange Marriage Márton Keleti Short Film Competition Egy kerecsensólyom története / Gerfalcon Story István Homoki-Nagy 1947 Feature Film Competition Tanítónô / The School-Mistress Márton Keleti We thank Lia Somogyi for her generous help The compilation of the programme is decided by a selection committee for the first time, replacing the practice of countries sending films to the festival based on their own judgment With Abbas Kiarostami and Martin Scorsese as honorary president, Cinéfondation, a new official section of the festival is opened which provides forum for young talents from film school of the world to introduce themselves C i n é f o n d a t i o nopens its R é s i d e n c ei n Paris where each year 12 young film director receives help to produce his/her first or second feature film The 57 th Cannes Film Festival is one of the most important events of the profession. In its official sections over 50 films from all over the world will be screened while at Marché du fi l mseveral hundred films will be presented to distributors. The môst significant prizes ôf the festival The Palme d Or for the best feature The Grand Prix for the film that shows the most originality An award for the Best Performance by an Actress An award for the Best Performance by an Actor An award for the Best Director An award for the Best Screenplay Jury Prize for a feature film of the competition The Palme d Or for the best short film Jury Prize for a short film of the competition Camera d Or for the best first feature film FIPRESCI Prize Ecumenical Jury s Prize Prix de la Jeunesse Prix Education National Filmtechnicans Association s Prize 7

8 ARIAN FILMS IN 2004 HUNGARIAN FILMS IN 2004 HUNGARIAN FILMS IN 2004 HUNGARIAN FILMS IN 2004 HUNGARIAN FILMS IN 2004 HUNGA KONTROLL HUNGARIAN FILMS IN 2004 NIMRÓD ANTAL First Feature Film Nimród Antal Born in 1973 in Los Angeles. He started his film studies at the Film Workshop of Pasadena Art Center in After moving to Hungary he studied at the Hungarian Academy of Drama and Film and graduated as a film director in K o n t r o l l is his first full-length feature film. Filmography: 1992: Shooting Clown / Bohóclövészet (s) 1999: Insurance / Biztosítás (s) 2003: Kontroll (f) 2003, feature film, 35mm, 1:1,85, Dolby SR, DTS, colour, 106 min S c r e e n p l a y :Nimród Antal P h o t o g r a p h y :Gyula Pados M u s i c :N E O E d i t o r :István Király Art director: Balázs Hujber C o s t u m e s :János Breckl S o u n d : Róbert Juhász C a s t : Sándor Badár, Eszter Balla, Sándor Csányi, György Cserhalmi, Enikô Eszenyi, Lajos Kovács, János Kulka, Zsolt László, Bence Mátyássy, Zoltán Mucsi, Zsolt Nagy, Csaba Pindroch, Péter Scherer, Gyôzô Szabó Production company: Café Film, B o n fi r e Production manager: Károly Fehér P r o d u c e r :Tamás Hutlassa Who hasn t felt at a given moment at some point during their shorter or longer life that they wanted to step out of their usual environment. To hide away from the world, to escape from the past, themselves and the present. To disappear from the face of the earth. Bulcsú aged twenty somethin has already made this step. This film is a special mixture of tale and reality, down below, under the ground. The story is about a strange young man, Bulcsú, his fellow inspectors, the management of the Underground company, a rival ticket inspection team, the Roadrunner, the Shadow, about racing along the tracks and perhaps about love and starting anew. It is about the mostly comical relationships between passengers and ticket inspectors everybody is familiar with. Prizes: Budapest, Hungarian Filmcritics Prizes 2004 Best Director: Nimród Antal Best Cinematography: Gyula Pados Best Actor: Sándor Csányi Best Supporting Actor: Sándor Badár, Zoltán Mucsi, Zsolt Nagy, Csaba Pindroch Budapest, 35th Hungarian Film Week 2004 Sándor Simó Prize for Best First Film Best Cinematography: Gyula Pados Foreign Critics Gene Moskowitz Prize The most successful Hungarian film in cinema of the year

9 RIAN FILMS IN 2004 HUNGARIAN FILMS IN 2004 HUNGARIAN FILMS IN 2004 HUNGARIAN FILMS IN 2004 HUNGARIAN FILMS IN 2004 HUNGAR HUNGARIAN FILMS IN 2004 KORNÉL MUNDRUCZÓ LITTLE APOCRYPHA NO.2 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. Luke 5, 4 6 KornélMundruczó was born in 1975 in Budapest. In 1998 he graduated from the Hungarian Academy of Drama and Film as an actor and in the same year he began his studies as a film director. During his years at the university he made several films which won many recognitions both in and out of Hungary. His short films won awards in Oberhausen, Krakow, Ludwigsburg, Imola and St. Petersburg among other places. His film Pleasant Days won the Silver Leopard in Locarno in 2002 and other prizes in Brussels, Sofia and Angers. In 2003 Joan of Arc on the Night Bus w a s invited into Directors Fortnight i n Cannes. Last year his film-plan D e l t a was invited to the Festival de Cannes R é s i d a n c e. His diploma film L i t t l e Apocrypha No. 2 is the first Hungarian participant of C i n é f o n d a t i o n. filmography: 2000: This I Wish and Nothing More / Nincsen nekem vágyam semmi 2001: Day after Day / Afta (s) 2002: Pleasant Days / Szép napok 2003: Little Apocrypha No. 1 / Kis Apokrif No. 1 (s) 2003: Joan of Arc on the Night Bus / A 78-as Szent Johannája (s) 2004: Little Apocrypha No. 2 / Kis Apokrif No. 2 (s) 2004, short, 35mm, 1:2,35, Dolby SR, colour, 22 min Screenplay: Kornél Mundruczó, Viktória Petrányi Photography: Balázs Révész Sound: Gábor Balázs Music: Zsófia Tallér Editor: Tamás Kollányi Production assistant: Eszter Gyárfás Cast: Orsi Tóth, Pavel Iacouvici, Nicolae Nicola, George Savencu Production company: ProtonCinema Production manager: Erwin Schmidt Producer: Viktória Petrányi 9

10 The creativity and talent behind-the-scenes in any filmmaking effort is directed by the producer. These hard-working professionals, who must be part-financial expert, part-creative genius and part-psychologist, are often over-looked in the glamour and hype of a world-class event such as the Cannes Film Festival. EFP took on the task of directing the spotlight towards producers for the first time in 2000, when the organisation designed and presented a platform of activities focusing on these up-and-coming movers and shakers. Under the name Producers on the Move, 75 of Europe s most talented young producers have been introduced to the industry at large during the Cannes Film Festival and Market over the past years. As a member of the EFP Hungary has participated in the Producers on the Move programme at the Cannes Film Festival since 2002: 2002: Csaba Bereczki producer of Hukkle (György Pálfi), European Film Academy 2002, European Discovery Fassbinder Award 2003: Viktória Petrányi producer of Joan of Arc on the Night Bus (Kornél Mundruczó), Cannes 2003, Directors Fortnight 2004: Gábor Forgács It is a great honour and an exceptional opportunity for me to represent the Hungarian producers at the 57th Cannes Film Festival. I have worked on the crew of a number of feature, television and commercial films as a producer, director and cinematographer and I am very happy that I can talk about my plans for the future in front of an audience consisting the greatest talents of the profession. We are planning to shoot several films with HCC Media Group and Parabel Studio in the coming 1 2 years. They are youthful and dynamic productions like S h a k e d o w n, The House of Stormw h i c h has a special atmosphere and is based on a psycho-drama by András Réz, I am participating in the production as both producer and director, or adventure films of historical inspiration like Budapest Rose and The Unbeatable. This fall we will start shooting City of Decay with myself as the director of photography and I will be the producer of another production based on the hit novel Curva Pericolosa by Béla Ernyei, the well known Hungarian actor. I would like to take this special occasion to promote Hungarian cinema, which is aspiring onto even higher levels with the assistance of the newly passed Film Law, among producers and distributors who have come here from all over the world. Selected Films: 1994: John Bosco s Rwanda documentary of the war as DP : Once upon a time documentary of gipsy musicians in USA as DP & Director :Aboriginal Life in Australia documentary as DP & Director 2000: Pizzaman / Pizzás feature film as DP & Producer 2001: I spy (Producer: Andy Vajna, Mario Kassar) as camera operator 2002: Underworld as camera operator 10 Background Born in 1969, Gábor Forgács graduated from the Film & Television School at Mafilm (OPAK- FI) in 1992 and participated in masterclass courses led by Dean Candy, Billy Williams, Vilmos Zsigmond and Laszlo Kovacs between 1993 and He studied at the American Film Institute (AFI) between 1996 and 1997 and graduated with a diploma as director of photography. During his time at the AFI, Gábor worked in the digital effects workshops and then became a camera operator and camera assistant for Vilmos Zsigmond on several commercials as well as the feature Playing By Heart (1998). In the 1990s, Gábor worked as a DoP or DoP/director on documentaries about such subjects as Aboriginal life in Australia, volcanoes in the Kamchatka and the war in Rwanda, and served as a director of photography and producer between 1998 and 2000 on productions at Extreme Rabbit Film, including György Balogh s feature film Pizzaman (2000). In 2001, Extreme Rabbit Film divided into two companies, with Gabor becoming the CEO of Rabbit Film. He is also a member of the board of directors at his other company Parabel Studio which now collaborates on a permanent basis with HCC Happy Crew Company on the production of feature films. At the moment, HCC has a number of international co-productions in preparation, ranging from the thriller The House Of The Storm through the action-adventure movie Shakedown to the futuristic drama City Of Decay. In addition, Gabor is working on the development of the World War 2 gangster movie Budapest Rose, the psychological drama Curva Pericolosa and The Unbeatable, a historical drama set in late 19th century Hungary.

11 HU N G A R I A N P RO D U C E R S I N C A N N E S Péter Miskolczi Hungarian Independent Producers Association, Eurofilm Studio Áron Sipos Hungarian Producers Association, Focus Film Csaba Bereczki Mondial Film József Berger Mythberg Films László Berta Panoráma Film József Cirkó HCC Media Group & Parabel Studio András Dávid Kép-Árnyék Film Production Company, Duna Workshop of Duna Television György Durst Kép-Árnyék Film Production Company, Duna Workshop of Duna Television Gábor Forgács HCC Media Group & Parabel Studio Tamás Hutlassa Café Film Andrea Kakuk EU Top László Kántor New Budapest Filmstudio György Kárpáti Tivoli-Filmproductions Zsuzsa Lakatos Panoráma Film Márta Laluk EU Top András Muhi Inforg Studio Viktória Petrányi ProtonCinema Enikô Szabó Felhôc Production Dénes Szekeres Tivoli-Filmproductions Attila Várai Jeges JAVA Film Hungary 20 Hungarian producers in Producers Network Le Réseau des Producteurs The Festival de Cannes and the Marché du Film are launching a specific program for producers: Producers Network Le Réseau des P r o d u c t e u r s. A set of concrete and efficient means and services to help producers in Cannes to mix and thus stimulate the search for new partners: daily breakfast with thematic tables, consultations with a team of consultants, the creation of specific information tools a series of initiatives designed to enable producers from all over the world to build up their international network of contacts and partners. Breakfasts at the Plage des Palmes Every day breakfasts reserved for producers is hosted by a dozen consultants together with numerous special guests (distributors, sales people, financiers, experts, festival organizers ). These daily meetings, based on different themes each time (focus on two countries or regions, finance, writing, documentaries, strategies to undertake with festivals, international sales ) stimulate contact among producers from all over the world. The breakfast will be held from 9am to 11am every day at the Plage des Palmes. In 2004 Magyar Filmunió is an official partner of Producers Network which makes it possible for us to host one of the meetings at the Producers Breakfasts on May 17th at 9am with the title The New Film Law in Hungary. The MEDIA Programme of the European Union On 1st May 2004 Hungary officially joined the Media Plus Programme of the European Union which provides supports for the European audiovisual industry. The original programme planned for 5 years has been extended until the end of 2006 because of the enlargement of EU and the original budget of 400 million was increased to 513. Information about the call for proposals and initiatives of the Programme will be available form June also in Hungarian on the website of Media Desk. Application forms can be downloaded from the homepage of Media+ Programme: media/index_en.html More information: Media Desk Hungary Magyar Filmunió Tel: , Fax: info@mediadesk.hu MEDIA Plus Programme Call for proposals: Deadlines: DEVELOPEMENT 86/2003 (Single Projects and State Founding) 31 st May 2004 DISTRIBUTION 92/2003 (Selective support for European 10 th July 2004 distribution companies) 1 st December /2003 (Television broadcasting) 16 th June rd November 2004 PROMOTION 75/2003 (New way of distributing European 3 rd May 2004 content via personalized services) PILOT PROJECTS 14/ th May

12 The Board of Directors of EURIMAGES held its 89 th Board Meeting in Vienna between April The following decisions were made regarding Hungarian projects: PRODUCTION: Taxidermy / Taxidermia (Eurofilm Stúdió) DISTRIBUTION: Le temps de loup (Budapest Film) 8000 Jeux d enfant (Budapest Film) 6000 L anatomie d enfer (Atlantis) 6000 Buddy (Cirko Film) 6000 Se til veinstre (Cirko Film) 6000 Das Fliegende Klassenzimmer (Best Hollywood) 6000 Je reste (Best Hollywood) 6000 Guarded Secrets / Mélyen ôrzött titkok (Moebius Ass.) 8000 Happy Birthday! / Boldog születésnapot! (Moebius Ass.) 6000 Dad Goes Nuts / Apám beájulna (S. C. Interfilm Rom) 6000 Bad Guys / Rosszfiúk (S. C. Interfilm Rom) 6000 ALTOGETHER: Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács Hungarian Representative of Eurimages M o k é p Hungarofilm Division N e w s Like every year the success of the Hungarian Film Week had a great impact on our turnover and efficiency at the beginning of 2004 as well. The Hungarian and foreign film industry people form more or less the same opinion on films that s why there is a great interest in the award winning titles among our foreign clients. After the Day Before, Tamara, Dealer a n d Guarded Secrets received the greatest recognition mainly from buyers of public television companies that we invited for the occasion. Every year we invite a number of our clients to the Hungarian Film Week. We consider this an investment because our guests tend to buy films by the package during the Film Week. Contrary to the great success of H u k k l e, the new releases only have had a few sales. Even public televisions received each film differently. We would like to mention two of our most significant business deals that were concluded with the Turkish and Bosnia television companies. Besides H u k k l e,t h e Turks bought Sleepwakers, Vagabond, Smouldering Cigarette, B l i n d g u y s and Light Falls On Your Face. The Bosnian Television in addition to Hukkle, Sleepwakers and S m o u l d e r i n g C i g a r e t t e bought Down By Love, Bizarre Romance, The Last Blues, Cloud Above the River Ganges and Jadviga s Pillow. We sold Forest to the Romanian and Croatian televisions so far. Wake Up Mate,... will be soon broadcasted by Croatian Television. The Japanese picked Winning Ticket which will be available both in cinema and on DVD. At the Berlin film Festival films distributed by HUNGAROFILM DIVISION were available for screening at the stand shared with the Magyar Filmunió and were received with great interest. Dealer directed by Benedek Fliegauf which won the Berliner Zeitung s Reader s Prize to the Best Film of Forum received special attention from our buyers. The first agreement has been signed and as a result the title will be released in Greece together with Fliegauf s first feature film, F o r e s t. Our business transactions concluded in Cannes primarily depend on the films participating at the festival have a key importance in the life of HUNGAROFILM DIVISION as they give percent of our yearly turnover. The interest in Hungarian films has been tremendous since the announcement of the new Hungarian Film Law and is expected to increase even more after joining the European Union in May. We hope the number of buyers grows and more and more Hungarian films conquer the international market. Suzanne Szigeti Director of Sales and Acquisitions Masha Muszely Assistant to Director of Sales and Acquisitions, PR 12

13 C O M M I N G S O O N Our list is based on the information provided by the production companies. Films in Production Diana Groó Csoda Krakkóban / A Miracle in C r a c o w Producer: Gábor Garami, Production company: Cinema Film, Katapult Film Studio Tor (Poland), Chaplin Film Shooting: September 2003 April 2004, Cracow, Budapest Expected completion: April 2004 It is a story of PIOTR, a young Jewish man who was raised up to the age of 10 in Budapest by his beloved grandmother. An Eastern European story spiced with myst i q u e. Attila Mispál A fény ösvényei / Paths of Light Producer: Péter Miskolczi, Production company: Eurofilm Studio Shooting: November 2003 May 2004, Budapest, Kecskemét Expected completion: August 2004 Two parallel stories are linked in this film: two terrible losses and two parallel healings. Krisztina Deák Miskolci Boni és Klájd / Who Hell Is Boni and Klájd Producer: Gábor Garami, Production company: Cinema Film Shooting: August 2003 January 2004, Miskolc Expected release: October 2004 Cinema adaptation of an actual crime story based on a novel published by M a g v e t ô Publishing Company. István Szabó Júliának lenni / Being Julia Producer: Lajos Óvári, Robert Lantos, Production company: Movie SPC, I. S. L. Film Shooting: June August 2003, Budapest, Kecskemét, London Expected completion: autumn 2004 The film takes place in 1938 in England. Protagonist is the celebrated actress in her early forties, whose professional and private successes we are witnessing in the film. Márta Mészáros A temetetlen halott Nagy Imre naplója / The Unburied Man The Diary of Imre Nagy Producer: Attila Csáky, Michal Kwiecinski, Igor Hudec, Production company: Cameofilm, AKSON STUDIO (Poland), ARS MEDIA (Slovakia) Shooting: July December 2003, Hungary, S l o v a k i a Release: 23 r d October 2004 A bad joke of history is that while Imre Nagy s name is known and respected in the whole world, in his homeland his role is still debated. They often judge him for reasons of petty daily political fights. This film tries to cast a new light on the fate of the Prime Minister, Imre Nagy, who died as a martyr. Gábor Forgács Szelek háza / The House of Storm Producer: József Cirkó, Production company: HCC Media Group & Parabel S t u d i o Shooting: from October 2004, Budapest, H u n g a r y Expected completion: November 2004 Intimate film with a few characters. It builds upon inner experiences, memories, almost creating a subjective point of view. The film prefers extreme close-ups, especially for those objects, where a scent impression is important, relevant and p o s s i b l e. Krisztina Goda CSAK SZEX és más semmi / The Itch Producer: Gábor Kálomista, Production company: Megafilm Shooting: June July 2004 Expected completion: December 2004 What should a woman do if she is over thirty, is fed up with men and is grabbed by an insatiable desire to have a baby? The answer will be revealed in this riveting, nice film full of acrid humour, which is not only for singles. Bertalan Bagó Vadászat angolokra / Hunting for E n g l i s h m e n Producer: László Schmidt, Production company: Vid Art Studio, TVP SA ( P o l a n d ) Shooting: June August 2004, Hungary: Budapest, Poland: Krakow, Warsaw Expected completion: December 2004 It is The characters in our story are deputies in the Hungarian parliament of the period, the Pressburg Diet. They are gathered for a hunt. Other members of the party include Whitewell, an English engineer living in Pressburg, and a beautiful Polish girl, who has fled the suppression of the revolution in her country. Whitewell, an idealist, inventor and adventurer, has a secret romantic affection for the young lady, but some say the real reason for his presence is to send covert reports back to British Foreign Secretary Lord Palmerston. Péter Bergendy Állítsátok meg Terézanyut! / Stop Mommy Theresa! Producer: István Bodzsár, Production company: Unió Film, RTL Klub Expected completion: June 2004 Expected release: December 2004 An adaptation of Zsuzsa Rácz s top list book Stop Mummy Theresa! Roland Vranik Fekete Kefe / Capra Hircus Producer: Katalin Krammer, Production company: Strawberry F i l m s Shooting: from January 2004, Budapest, Tatabanya, Tata Expected completion: December 2004 The topic of our film is the lost generation of our present, those year old people who grew up after the political changes. Three friends work as chimney sweepers, a theologian, a painter and a sculptor. Róbert Koltai Világszám Dodó és Naftalin / Colossal Sensation Dodo and N a p h t h a l e n e Producer: Gábor Koltai, Production company: Filmsziget Shooting: March May 2004, Romania, H u n g a r y Expected release: December 2005 Clown S h l o m ohas twins in a traveling circus company at the beginning of the 1900s. Following in the footsteps of their father, the boys become popular circus-artists. What kind of answers can we give to the challenges history presents us with interfering again and again with our personal l i v e s? Péter Gárdos Az igazi Mikulás / The Real Santa Producer: Dénes Szekeres, Production company: Tivoli-Filmproduction, Equinox Film (Germany), Söz Film Gösterim Yapim (Turkey) Shooting: November 2004 January 2005, Hungary, Poland Expected completion: December : God and the Devil make a bet on the soul of a bar pianist with a derailed life then comes an 8-year-old girl and turns the odds around in a day. Róbert Adrian Pejó D a l l a s Producer: László Kántor, Andreas Bareiss (Germany), Helmut Grasser (Austria), Production company: New Budapest Filmstudio, MTM-Medien und Television München (Germany), Allegro Film (Austria) Shooting: August December 2003, Rumania, Hungary Expected release: February 2005, 36 t h Hungarian Film Week The characters in D a l l a s are poor people, living on the margins of society. Through their attitude to problems they teach us how little one needs be happy. Szabolcs Hajdu Fehér tenyér / White Palms (working title) Producer: Iván Angelusz, Péter Reich, Production company: Katapult Film Shooting: August September 2004, Hungary, Canada Expected release: February 2005, 36 t h Hungarian Film Week The stars of two talented gymnasts are rising parallelly. One tries to fulfil his dreams between the hands of a sadistic, authoritarian coach in Debrecen, a drab Central- European small town before the political changes, the other in Calgary, Canada under the most optimal circumstances possible to assist his professional career. Their greatest dream is to get to the World Championship or the Olympic Games. Tibor Szemzô Csoma legendárium / Csoma Legend Producer: György Durst, Production company: Mediawawe 2000, Duna TV Shooting: September 2003 July 2004, India Expected release: February 2005, 36 t h Hungarian Film Week A great many books and films have discussed Sándor Kôrösi Csoma s trip, his oeuvre and his scientific and linguistic significance. I do not wish to provide yet another biography or yet another interpretation, although the script has been inspired by moments of his life and his fate. Tibor Szemzô Gábor Dettre Romazsaru / Romacop Producer: László Kántor, Andreas Bareiss, Karl Baumgartner (Germany), Production company: New Budapest Filmstudio, MTM-Medien und Television München, Pandora Films Shooting: May November 2004, Hungary Expected release: February 2005, 36 t h Hungarian Film Week The film follows the story of a successful police investigation. Its protagonist is a sub-lieutenant of Gypsy origin with a degree in law who does his job mostly as a lonely hero. Because of his origin and his wife who has come home to live from America he becomes the target of social prejudice. This is aggravated by a police case in which the suspect happens to be a Gypsy as well Ágnes Incze Randevú / Rendez-vous Producer: Zsuzsanna Hollósi G., Gábor Varga, Production company: Filmplus Shooting: from autumn 2004, Budapest Expected completion: February 2005, 36 t h Hungarian Film Week A heart-rending story of the friendship among an overweight angel, a merry homeless auntie and a sexy nurse in the style of the new millennium, this is the second film by the director who made I B U D A P E S T. László Kántor Önmagunkról másképp / Crossover ( d o c u m e n t a r y ) Producer: László Kántor, Production company: New Budapest Filmstudio Shooting: Expected release: February 2005, 36 t h Hungarian Film Week The documentary outlines the way of transmission of a message. The graphic artist, the sand drawer and the dancer are testing the possibilities of communication with their own methods but with the com- 13

14 Fi l m s i n Pr o d u c t i o n mon emotion and intention of transmission of ideas. Árpád Bogdán Boldog Új Élet! / Happy New Fear (working title) Producer: Gábor Sipos, Gábor Rajna, Production company: Laokoon Film Shooting: October December 2004, B u d a p e s t Expected release: February 2005, 36 t h Hungarian Film Week The film wishes to depict the interdependence and equality of cultures by presenting a wide range of Gypsy and non- Gypsy cultural values. By showing the various sides of modern Gypsy culture, the makers of the film wish to draw the attention of the whole society to the endangered ways of self expression of the minorities and the difficult situation of the cultural revival. József Pacskovszky Négy évszak az ûrben / Four Seasons in Space Producer: Pál Sándor, Production company: Hunnia Filmstudio Shooting: from May 2004, Budapest, Rome, Moscow Expected release: February 2005, 36 t h Hungarian Film Week Stories set among the stars and on Earth about interdependence. Nemes Gyula Egyetleneim / My Only Ones Producer: György Durst, Production company: Mediawawe 2000, Duna TV Shooting: November 2003 August 2004 Expected release: February 2005, 3 6 t h Hungarian Film Week Stories about boys and girls. Gyula Nemes thesis film, his consultant is Vera C h y t i l o v a. Péter Mészáros Bíborkagyló / Cythéra Producer: György Durst, Production company: Mediawave 2000, Duna TV Shooting: from autumn 2004 Expected release: spring 2005 The film is a bitter, modern adaptation of Leaving for the Island of Cythere by Watteau, one of the most mysterious paintings of the 18th century, about the gray and hopeless passing of love. Nándor Hevesi Kornél Szilágyi Álomvadászat / Dream Hunting Producer: György Durst, Production company: Álomvadász, Duna TV Shooting: from summer 2004 Expected release: spring 2005 Real events appearing in a dream and their washback effect on reality is depicted in the film within the framework of a love s t o r y. 14 Tamás Sas Holló a hollónak / Dog Doesn t Eat Dog Producer: Dénes Szekeres, Production company: Tivoli-Filmproduction Shooting: November 2004, Hungary Expected completion: 2005 Somewhere on the river. As if we were at a party of a travel agency. The guests are happy, hopes to win the right of the timeshare of an exotic flat. But in the semi-final everyone falls out except for eight guests. György Pálfi Taxidermia / Taxidermy Producer: Gábor Váradi, Production company: Eurofilm Studio Shooting: from May 2004, Hungary, Vienna Expected completion: May 2005 The screenplay of Taxidermy tells the story of a family, three historical eras, three lives, three men, from the grandfather to the son in the second half of the 20th century and today, in the first years of the 21st. Zoltán Kamondi Az érsek látogatása / The Archbishop s Visit Producer: Zoltán Kamondi, Executive producer: András Tóth, Production company: Honeymood Films Shooting: August November 2004, R u m a n i a Expected completion: September 2005 A surrealistic vision about the period of political changes in a far Eastern European c o u n t r y. Ildikó Enyedi Szelíd Interface / Tender Interface Producer: Péter Miskolczi, Production company: Eurofilm Studio Shooting: October December 2004, H u n g a r y Expected completion: October 2005 New York. The summer of Europe is a faraway, messy and irritating place. America is preoccupied with something entirely different. People are afraid that they will be attacked by extraterrestrial creatures. A small village in Jászság, the summer of Makk Károly A waterloo-i gyôzelem / Victory at W a t e r l o o Producer: Pál Bokor, Production company: Atlantic, Novotny&Novotny Filmproduktions (Austria), Net- Entertainment (Germany) Shooting: autumn 2004, Hungary, Vienna Expected completion: autumn 2005 The Waterloo Victory is a real comedy of errors with a lot of situation comedy and music. The eventful plot and the charming characters are put in the 1920 s of Budapest and in a world of silent films a movie of great images. László Kántor Anya csak egy van / Mother Is Just One Producer: Zsuzsa Kulcsár, Production company: New Budapest Filmstudio, M T V Fi l m u n i ó N E W S L E T T E R w w w. f i l m u n i o. h u Shooting: from February 2005 Expected completion: December 2005 A tale told by a foolish old lady who is unrestrainable, has a stormy emotional life, is completely unpredictable by her children thus creating continuous anxiety who, for no particular reasons, it seems, is able to get from the wildest desire to live to the deepest despair, to traverse heaven and hell a l t e r n a t i v e l y. Tamás Almási Márió, a varázsló / Mario, the M a g i c i a n Producer: László Berta, Production company: Panoráma Film Shooting: autumn 2004, Hungary Expected completion: December 2005 In the early 1990s, when the political changes have hardly been accomplished, Italian shoe manufacturers arrive in a remote village in Hungary. The villagers hope that their long cherished hopes and dreams will be now fulfilled by the first capitalists to arrive here. Kornél Mundruczó D e l t a Producer: Viktória Petrányi, Production company: Proton Cinema, The Coproduction Office (France), Essential Filmproduktion (Germany) Shooting: winter , at the Danube Expected completion: December 2005 Science fiction at the border of a world torn into two. The script was developed in the program of Cinéfondation Résidance du Festival de Cannes Béla Tarr A londoni férfi / The Man from L o n d o n Producer: Gábor Téni, Humbert Balsan, Miki Zachar, Joachim von Vietinghoff, Christoph Meyer-Wiel, Juliusz Kossakowski, Production company: T. T. Filmmûhely Shooting: from November 2004, Corsica Release: 2006 Based on the novel of the same title by Georges Simenon. Iván Bánki Vonat a pokolból / Train from Hell Producer: Miklós Szita, Production company: Goess Film Shooting: , Hungary, Austria, Turkey, Switzerland, Israel Expected release: 2006 How could Kasztner save out 1684 people from Budapest on a train on july 30, 1944? Who was he? (The good and evil in one soul?) How devilish game did he play and how mutch did he pay for it? Péter Gárdos Donna Bella Producer: Dénes Szekeres, Production company: Tivoli-Filmproduction Published by Magyar Filmunió Ltd. V á r osli g eti fasor Budapest, Hungary Tel: , Shooting: from April 2005, Hungary, Germany, Austria Expected completion: January 2007 Story of a 15-year-old Jewish orphan and a beautiful woman with a dark past in Budapest, 1946: murders, passions, sins. Peter Greenaway Tulse Luper Bôröndjei 3. / Tulse Luper Suitcases 3 From Sark to Finish Production company: Focus Film, ABS Production S. L (Spain), Delux Productions (Luxemburg), Gam Film (Italy), Kasander Film Company (Holland), Net Entertainment (Germany), Studio 12-A (Russia) Shooting: 2004, England, Germany, H u n g a r y Expected completion: December 2004 The film will follow the history of the 20th century through Tulse Luper s life from 1928, the discovery of uranium (which is important for the atomic bomb as well as the development of history) until 1989, the tumbling of the Berlin wall, comprising 92 events which had an important impact on world history, from the point of view of 92 characters and showing the contents of 92 s u i t c a s e s. Enzo Monteleone Alagút a szabadság felé / Tunnel of F r e e d o m Production company: Focus Film, Palomar Spa (Italy) Shooting: August 2004, Hungary Expected completion: March 2005 A group of Italian university students living in Berlin dig a tunnel under the Wall in 1961 to help their friends who got stuck in East Berlin escape. Menahem Golan, B a d e n h e i m Production company: Focus Film, Cine Images (Germany), Novapool (Germany), Sofi Film (Germany), Terra Film (Austria) Shooting: 2004, Austria, Hungary, G e r m a n y Expected completion: November 2005 A surrealistic tragic comedy about the adventures of the participants of a Jewish cultural festival in Austria in Lamberto Lambertini A szívemre célozzatok / Fire at My H e a r t Production company: Focus Film, Indrapur Cinematografica srl. (Italy) Shooting: from August 2004, Italy, H u n g a r y Expected completion: September 2005 A young man s struggle for himself and for love, amid the eternal struggle between old and new, reality and appearance, the heart and the mind during the reign of Murat, the mysterious king of the mysterious Naples. filmunio@filmunio.hu Layout by Czeizel Balázs Printed by Gelbert Ltd. HU ISSN

15 A MEDIA Salles, the initiative on behalf of European cinemas, with the support of the MEDIA Programme and the Italian Government, is promoting in 2004 a new edition of the exhibitor training course: e c e EU R O P E A NCI N E M AEX H I B I T I O N: A NE W AP P R O A C H BU D A P E S T, HU N G A R Y SE P T E M B E R in collaboration with the European Film College, DB (the Danish exhibitors association), Mozisok Országos Szövetsége (the Hungarian exhibitors association), Magyar Filmunió and with the support of the Hungarian Ministry of Cultural Heritage. Main topics: Promotion and marketing Which films for which audiences? Theatre management The European dimension New developments in technology Lessons will be held in English and in Hungarian. Deadline for applications: 2 August 2004 Fee: 200 euro For enrolments after the deadline: 300 euro The training initiatives promoted by MEDIA Salles are open to exhibitors from countries belonging to the MEDIA Programme. For further information, please contact the MEDIA Salles offices Tel.: , infocinema@mediasalles.it or visit the website

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