Ferenc Cakó

In a bizarre and decadent society, faceless characters are tirelessly trying to appeal to a body of bureaucrats in order to finally be allowed to have a face. Will they be happy when they can get a nose, a pair of eyes and a mouth?

An impressive parable where the artist’s creativity is paralyzed by the dull crowd can be seen as a metaphor for a totalitarian system. Cleverly designed animation shows the artist as a tied man whose creativity is hindered by the crowd. A visually attractive film with very interesting editing won an award at the Annecy festival in 1983.

Acclaimed 1999 animated short film directed by Hungarian artist Ferenc Cakó. Unlike his more famous works created using sand animation, in this film Cakó uses claymation (stop-motion animation with clay or plasticine).

Sand animation film dedicated to his father's memory, who was a painter.

A massive army of workers sweat and strain to build a tower not unlike that of Babel. In spite of the ominous danger of the tower collapsing at any moment, they press on gloomily, incessantly forming column after column of labourers, like some enormous procession of lemmings.

Short animation film directed by Hungarian artist Ferenc Cakó.

Plasticine animation about resurrection and fall of despotism by Ferenc Cakó.

Animated hijinks of a man whose car just will not start, no matter what he does.

Preparing for a date is an important matter: personal hygiene, choosing the right clothes, adding that accessory that can be decisive during a conversation... Once on the street, the protagonist walks confidently toward the meeting place.

Dreamlike images of a couple's life related to their involuntary separation. Letters that fly like birds to the man who struggles in the loneliness of the big city. Letters that sink into the wells of bureaucracy.

To the memories of my mother.

An Artist violently grinds stones and uses the sand to create animated drawings. His first picture is the Garden of Eden. Once Eve becomes pregnant, all the tribulations of the real world are unleashed upon her. She follows through dream-like sequences populated with crying birds, brick-wall-faced bureaucrats and pensive philosophers in seemingly petrified poses. Irritated, repressed and allured by each other, the creatures on the screen start living a life of their own. Gradually, a dark climax builds up. Will the Artist himself be able to handle so much emotional intensity

Watching from the stars, an all-seeing creature observes a society of sentient beans — the joys, triumphs, and tragedies of day-to-day life on their planet — until the busy inhabitants finally notice the watcher’s leering gaze.

It’s that time of year when unwanted items of furniture from a Budapest tenement block are chucked out. Among the discarded antique furniture, a Thonet chair sets off on a road trip to leave the dusty urban cityscape behind and, via the concrete jungle of newbuild flats and the broken-down rust belt, finally return to nature.

A non-narrative film thematising the eternal struggle of human life in a series of scenes connected by associations and accompanied by a strong music motif.

A man "experiences" current events as he reads about them in the newspaper.

Variations on the well-known fable of the same title by La Fontaine.

A woman is born from the waves of the infinite ocean. She accompanies us throughout our lives. She embodies the timeless beauty, peace and tranquility. A dream, the dream of all. And without our dreams we would run completely alone.

Sand animation by Hungarian artist Ferenc Cakó. The film has been produced to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Dózsa peasant war with the financial support of the Hungarian Media Board. It has been made with the support of the Hungarian State.

Sand-animated adaptation of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.

A lonely castaway who is drowning at sea calls for help incessantly. No one helps him, because everyone is busy with their own affairs...