Motion Picture

In 1963 in Tihany, somebody addresses the writer Gábor Náday. He is reminded of a night drive in 1944 that saved his life. Painful memories start coming to Náday.

Following his wedding, Feri left the co-operative and is now working on the land of his father-in-law. Tóth is extremely wilful and thrifty, working from early morning to late night, pushing his family as well.

Most of her colleagues take Mária, the new teacher to be a communist party-worker, only Irma and the drawing teacher Zoli treat her kindly. Mária starts working with great enthusiasm, and her class learns to love her in a short time.

Luca, who regularly visits her bedridden mother-in-law, hides from her the fact that János, his son, has been arrested on a trumped up political charge.

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.

The triumphant adventures of the Hungarian baron Münchausen are recounted in the form of a musical.

Locations of László Ranódy’s film Pacsirta (Skylark) appear in the experimental etude, in János Tóth’s extreme, distorted, wide-angle footage, image associations.

The film recounts the adventures of three lovable animals, a Viszla, a Dachshund and a northern goshawk. The animals are accidentally taken to the shores of Lake Kis-Balaton, where many surprises and adventures await them. Created in 1958, it is a classic of Hungarian nature film, generations have grown up with it, and today's children still enjoy the story of Ficko, Pletyka and Nimrod in a beautiful setting.

Based on the stories of Hungarian writer Gyula Krúdy, this film is a lush and sensuous depiction of the life, loves and memories of serial seducer Szindbád. As the protagonist looks back on his life, past and present, imagination and reality flow inseparably into one another.

Often called a “film poem” or a “film symphonie” Huszárik’s masterpiece consists of montages of horses from the dawn of time to the modern times from cave paintings to horse races.

Shreds and fragments of film poetry that make its own place on the edge of a document film. The film is a college of dialogue between nature, abandoned country, and human fancy.

A brothel in a small Hungarian town becomes the home of a medical student after his favorite working girls find out he's out of rent money. Trouble brews as they learn his mother is coming for a visit and they must transform the house.

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

Karoly Makk's heartbreaking story of two unmarried sisters who cast wistful glances back at their lives, but still believe in hope and love, earned an Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974. In this follow-up to the director's internationally acclaimed Love, Makk once again exhibits his extraordinary skills at drawing emotionally compelling performances from his talented female leads. Makk's film opposes the bleakness of the outside world with passion, love, and loyalty.

An Italian businessman, Mario comes to the country and opens his shoe company in a small village. A middle-aged female worker falls in love with Mario, but she is not the only one whose life will be changed.