István Znamenák

In a world where childbirth is state-regulated, a couple applies for a license to have a child. They pass the first round of the process, but have no idea what awaits them in the second round.

Rita, an ordinary, but lonely woman is kidnapped. Her captors are the Árpáds; they claim she is not called Rita but Szilvi, a runaway from their family. Rita eventually understands that the only way out is in - to escape she must impersonate Szilvi. The more she becomes the lost girl the more she finds out about the family - and understands that her life is on the line.

An album film for Bongor’s award-winning EXTÁZIS, following the artist’s struggle with addiction. Blending fictional and documentary elements, this genre-defining work is driven by the album’s songs.

Bir aileden üç kuşak erkek üyenin gizli yaşamlarına odaklanıyoruz. Her birinin bedensel ve ruhsal zaafları vardır. Hıçkırık’la tanınan ünlü yönetmenin, başta Cannes olmak üzere pek çok festivalde hayranlık ve şaşkınlıkla karşılanan ve bol ödül toplayan çalışması.

The heart-wrenching story of The Citizen begins with a citizenship exam, where the examination committee rigorously questions a middle-aged African man. No matter how beautifully he recites Hungarian poetry, Wilson, a political refugee in his late fifties, fails the exams for the umpteenth time, because he doesn’t know where the periodical ‘Magyar Közlöny’ got its name from, and what the Corvinae are. Moreover, inspired by Vörösmarty’s poem, the committee chairman even questions his reasons for leaving his mother country. Wilson argues that his reasons include his fellow citizens cutting pregnant women in half, yet he doesn’t manage to soften the heart of the committee members.

Kutuplaşmış bir toplumda en saçma durumlar bile siyasal bir silaha dönüşebiliyor. Gábor Reisz’ın Venedik Film Festivali’nde ödüllendirilen son filmi Macaristan’daki son derece politik ve güncel bir çatışmadan yola çıkarak benzer bir durumu ele alıyor. Budapeşte’de yaz mevsimidir. Liseli Abel yıl sonu sınavlarına odaklanmaya çalışırken en yakın arkadaşı Janka’ya umarsızca âşık olduğunu fark eder. Çalışkan Janka kendince, evli tarih öğretmeni Jakab’a vurulmuştur. Jakab ise Abel’in muhafazakâr babasıyla kavgalıdır. Abel’in girdiği tarih sınavı, öğretmenleriyle atışmasının ardından duyulunca önemsiz gibi görünen bu tartışma tüm ülkeyi sarsan bir skandala dönüşecektir. “Bence normal, insani iletişim durursa, hiç kimse kendini geliştiremez. Sonuçta yaşanabilir bir toplumun temellerinden biridir bu” diyor yönetmen Reisz.

Love makes a bad relationship between father and son all the more rancorous in this drama from Hungarian director Viktor Oszkar Nagy. A convict (Janos Derzsi) returns home after a long stretch in prison to a less than enthusiastic welcome; his son (Tamas Ravasz), now in his late teens, was left to fend for himself and tend the family farm on his own after his dad went away, and the youngster blames his father for his mother's untimely death. The father wants to mend his relationship with his son, but the young man makes no secret of his contempt for his dad, and only grudgingly allows him back on the farm.

Macaristan’da küçük bir kasabayı esrarengiz bagajları ile gelen iki Ortodoks Yahudi’nin gelmesi ile huzursuzluk hissi ile doldurur. Yıl 1945, savaş bitmiş, Yahudi komşularının gönderilmesinden sonra kendi ve onların toprakları ile yeni yapılanma içinde olan kasaba düğün hazırlığındadır. Kasabada ziyaretçilerle birlikte, savaşta hayatta kalanlar geri dönerse el konulan topraklara ne olacağı konusu tartışmalar yaratır. İki yabancının dönüşü ile başlayan bu düşünceler, kasaba halkını bu durum için bir yandan şeytanca planlar yapmaya ve diğer yandan da unuttukları vicdanları ile yüzleşmeye yöneltecektir.

On the eve of departure for the summer holiday with his wife Vera, Kristóf unexpectedly discovers black mold on the wall behind their closet. Overwhelmed with the situation and convinced it is caused by a water leak somewhere in the building, he begins knocking on his neighbours' doors in search of its origin. What seems like a simple maintenance issue soon spirals into a tragicomic housing revolution, forcing Kristóf to confront not only a crumbling apartment block but also the deeper cracks running through contemporary Hungarian society.

Piroska is an overweight, alienated nurse who can’t resist cream-filled pastries. She works in the terminal ward of a hospital; her life is surrounded by death. One day she sets off to find her long-lost childhood friend. While tracing her recollections, she embarks on a paradox-filled voyage within her own memory and the memory of those she encounters.

Set in 19th century Vienna, Ignac Semmelweis, a short-tempered but passionate doctor, delivers babies and carries out autopsies on a daily basis while looking for the cause of puerperal fever, the mysterious epidemic that decimates patients in the hospital.

2123. Faced with diminishing resources, the human race can only survive through a trade-off: at the age of 50, every citizen is gradually turned into a tree. When Stefan discovers that his beloved wife Nora has voluntarily signed up for donating her own body before her time, he sets out on an adventurous journey to save her at all costs.

A Budapest high school in the beginning of the 1960s. Dini suffers the torments of adolescence. His father had to leave Hungary after the uprise in 1956, and since then Dini's mother has had to take care of her two sons on her own. A friend of Dini’s father, Bodor, is released from prison and moves in with them. Dini and his brother are far from happy about this intrusion on their family life.

The slow decay of a marriage sets the stage for this drama, which is leavened with understated humor. In 1988, Jozsi (Gergely Kocsis) is a Hungarian laborer who decides to marry Elizaveta (Eniko Borcsok), a woman of Hungarian descent living in the Ukraine. 1996 finds Joszi and Elizaveta the parents of a young girl, but otherwise their marriage is a shambles; Jozsi has become an alcoholic and Elizaveta has decided she needs to strike out on her own for the sake of her child. Shot on digital video as a project for Hungarian television, Paszport was directed by Peter Gothar, who previously made the international success Megall Az Ido.

András and Péter are two young men trying to make it big with their rock band in Budapest in the early 1980s. When the opportunity arises to attend the wedding of András's cousin in Transylvania, they decide to take it as a chance to raise some money. Once there, they embark on an unexpected adventure.

Vampires are among us! But no need to worry: the Hungarian Secret Police are after them, and beyond the usual spy gadgets, they even use garlic to repel the beasts.

A single mother’s adventure by the seaside leads her to recognise her unnecessary martyrdom for her disabled teenage daughter.

Miklós Fenyö's parents returned to Communist Hungary in the mid sixties - when everyone else was fleeing to the West. Miki's old friends don't know what to make of his outrageous clothes, flawless American accent and collection of original Buddy Holly 45s. His childhood sweetheart is cold and distant while local tough guy Röné is unmoved by the challenger to his rock 'n' roll crown. But that's not all. When the authorities see the effect Miki's gyrating hips and lewd music have on teenage girls, they won't stand for it. His father's job is on the line, and, for the first time, Miki must play by the rules. He has no choice but to enter the local talent show...

The story of János Hunyadi is the epic tale of a hero born into modest circumstances, who, in 1456, with relentless determination and against all odds, vanquished the much larger Ottoman army, halting its drive to conquer the Vatican and overrun Western Europe. In so doing, Hunyadi not only shaped the history of Hungary, but that of all Europe.

Exploring one of the defining features of modern society, therapy, as seen through the eyes of a psychiatrist whose professional and personal life is on the verge of collapse.

Hungary's favorite influencers arrive at a prestigious awards ceremony in Tihany to find out who has become the most successful videographer of the year. During the award ceremony, after the shooting of a faulty confetti cannon, the winner collapses on stage. Was there an accident or an intentional murder?

Behind the Iron Curtain, Geri leaves for college, looks forward to meeting girls and partying and joins a group of radicals led by the charismatic Száva. But Geri has a secret. He’s an informant of the totalitarian state and to save his brother, he’s been forced to spy on his new friends for State Security.