Vilmos Vajdai

A young man finally reunites with his estranged father after a long and difficult effort to make their meeting happen. What begins as an attempt at a simple family meal quickly unravels into an absurd encounter filled with a broken microwave, a frozen dish, forgotten poems, and years of unspoken tension. Beneath the awkward humor lies a deeper generational divide between a father who sacrificed his dreams for security and a son determined to create a life of his own.

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A vibrant documentary exploring Hungary's iconic summer festivals - Sziget, VOLT, Balaton Sound, Kapolcs and more - through music, memories, and the untold stories behind a freedom out of dust.

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Hungary, 1990s. Travel abroad is finally possible, but unaffordable. By forging international train tickets, three young people get to know the world.

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Every day, Dani wakes up startled. The problems of his relationships haunt him like a fever dream, driving him almost to the brink of madness. For months, he has been tormented by nightmares, which he tries to depict in his dream book day by day; unsuccessfully. One day, while working as a courier, he receives a suburban address and, without knowing it, arrives at a turning point in his life. Dani meets Don and begins a journey through an alternate world, where the boy's repressed traumas come to life.

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Petra is a full of life and ambition 20-year-old girl, she's also the girlfriend of Csaba, the 55-year-old famous choreographer. Their relationship is very complicated but also very passionate and loving. As a next step, they are searching for a new apartment as a couple.

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Hungarian short film based on the short story and experiences of writer Kriszta Tóth.

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After a mass-collision in the morning rush, people from different backgrounds are forced to directly interact with each other.

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Our hero, Lajos, a drunken ex-cop in his fifties, back from the jaws of death. His old friend Feri, who is always anxious and wrestling with bad premonitions; and his wife, Etus, who believes in both the omnipotence of love and the afterlife. And, of course, there's their close friend Tibi, in his twenties, who's obsessed with paranormal phenomena and conspiracy theories - especially since his parents were struck by a ball lightning bolt. The four-strong group of friends is bound together by a fascination with esotericism and spiritualism - they are joined by Etus's sister, the recently widowed Évike, who, thanks to Etus's domestic magic, is hopelessly in love with Lajos. Meanwhile, Lajos, who works as a security guard, is in deep trouble: he is granted a two-day reprieve by the underworld-connected art dealer Mr Faragó to settle his debt of millions.

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The film is composed around a violent incident, happened in 1956. Upon hearing the news that the Russians were approaching, the dwellers of the Home for the Disabled armed themselves. Followed by stares by people living in the area they marched along Hermina road, or went in wheelchairs, on crutches, hobbling, dragging rifles and a heavy machine-gun...

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1989 is an important year in the political history of Hungary. However, Petya and his friends couldn't care less. They are about to graduate high school. The only important things to them are the parties, girls, making some easy cash. And of course, passing the upcoming exam with the leaked questions.

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Feri returns home after a long stay abroad. He can’t even remember how long he has been away, and he has forgotten all his past, his family, his childhood. The reason for his amnesia is his strange addiction: his dependence on sugar.

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Eckermann (Laszlo Kistamas) is a listless computer whiz who spends most of his time lounging in a bathtub holding imaginary conversations with cartoon characters usually more popular with children than grownups. He has some friends who want to use his skills to steal some money from a local gambling joint. He works out a scheme for his friends and returns to his tub. At some point along the way, he is joined in the water by a lovely Czech refugee, who (perhaps inadvertently) makes it possible for him to die there.

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It is a tragedy, set among low-lifes on the outskirts of Budapest. Dramatic Exchange describes it as "Widely considered to be the most important Hungarian play of the last 20 years". The odd title of the play refers in the first instance to the chicken heads that an old woman feeds to her cat. However, it can also be taken to refer more broadly to the obtuse behaviour of the main characters in the play. The play is an odd mixture of pathos and nihilism, written against the bleak background of Stalinist totalitarianism from which Hungary was emerging. As with much modern drama, there is no hero in the play. The only noble behaviour that one can find belongs to one of the characters in the past, when he was a child, but he is no longer as he was. The hint that what once existed might be achieved again is the only faint ray of hope in a very bleak view of the human condition.

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