Discoveries from Hungary World Cinema

A satirical retelling of the story of the Biblical prophet Jonah.

In a small Hungarian town, the life of Tamás and Éva's family shatters when their 17-year-old son attacks his teacher with a knife. The family must face the consequences of the violent act.

Based on Géza Csáth's short story Tor. A pig slaughter takes place in a Hungarian village where we follow Maris's day, which stays with her forever.

Three cabbage-form doctors are trying to revive an old goat on an operating table.

Opening credits for a planned TV show about Ignác Trebitsch, an early 20th century Hungarian adventurer and convicted con artist.

Collection of cartoon anecdotes summons the small-town world of the turn of the century, condensed into a single day, with ‘Czech’ good humour. The mosaic-like short evokes locations of the artist’s childhood, the Fin de Siècle milieu of Sopron through the glittering imagination of the graphic artist director, where the stationmaster salutes the rising sun, and the train driver associates himself with a mermaid in his bath, who he caught that day in the lake.

In this lofty film created with painting technique, only one of the galloping horses can triumph.

The two characters in this short, father and son, play hide and seek to a rapid jazz beat in a totally white background. But wherever the man tries to hide, on land, water or in the air, he is always found. The punchline of the film, which shows the man as he undergoes dozens of transformations, contrasts the pure simplicity of the world of children with the wily intricacies of adults.

The film adaptation of the legendary puppet show "Nothing" has created a strange new genre, where the relationship between puppets and their actors is even more vivid, as the viewer's gaze is guided by the camera. The fusion of close-ups and totals, of orchestral numbers recorded like clips, of meta-scapes shining through from the theatrical space, of the puppet and actor work in the performance, has resulted in an unusual youth television puppet show applied to the optics of the camera.

A pair of brothers live their lives as street urchins, struggling to cope with the complexities of life in the big city while relying on each other.

Gábor has long been unable to cope with the boredom of everyday life and the overwhelming burden of tasks. He wanders a little more than he should and accidentally gets lost in another dimension. He must gather all his knowledge to return to the present and complete a very important task.

It's a sweltering summer day in a timeless village, and Panni and Janka haven't bathed for days. They carry water in buckets to wash themselves and drink pálinka while doing so. It's an idyllic scene that would be nice if it could last - if only there was more time left of the summer…

This is a lyrical documentary shot throughout the four seasons about the life of the people who live in cellar houses on the hills of Avas, Miskolc. The past and present of the location is presented through the personal stories of its inhabitants. The buildings, which are set in the middle of the city, are built in a totally different style to those around them, lending that part of the city a special atmosphere. This is the atmosphere conveyed in the film Tincity.

A Fiatal Magyar Filmkeszitok Studio-Quality Pictures production.

Kornél, a 20-year-old boy tries to re-integrate himself after returning from war but realizes that both he and his home have completely changed. The war did not go away without a trace.

A surreal exploration of queer identity in the face of immigration; following teenager Hajnal as they grapple with the demands of leaving behind their post-Soviet country in favour of a new life in England.

Augusta tries to get her babies to go to sleep, so that she can too.

Team Building is about a team-building conference for local government employees that turns into a nightmare when allegations of corruption begin to circulate and plague the work environment. At the same time, a mysterious figure begins stalking and murdering the participants one by one.

Never-ending discussions, presentations, diagrams and some cafeteria in Gergely Litkai's lecture on the world of multinationals. Not just for multinationals, but very much for them.

A barber goes for a walk on an average Sunday morning, and end up winning an other guy's wife on card.

The roads leading out of the city are closed. There is a curfew. Dead bodies litter the deserted streets. Shops are empty. So are many houses, because their inhabitants fled while they could. Matthew has stayed behind to care for his sick mother, who is suffering from some mysterious illness. One day, the unexpected happens: Matthew's long-lost father, who had left the family, turns up. He wants to get his son out of the town, whose days are numbered.

Occupied by Israel in 1967, the Syrian Golan has a military border running through it, which families “cross” by shouting to their loved ones. From his European exile, anxiety-ridden Alhasan Yousef attempts to break free from his inner isolation with this exploration of the power of sound, in an effort to reconnect with his lost country from afar.

Filmmaker Davina Maria and illustrator Dominique Goblet share a fascination for the beach in Ostend. Made up of photographs and illustrations, the film subtly interweaves their respective artistic practices. With a delicate and melancholic tone, Souvenirs d'une journée parfaite celebrates friendship, memory and the fleeting nature of shared moments.

First feature film by István Homoki Nagy.

A boy is struggling with love, but how many fears really belong to him and how many are the daughters of the homologating and conformist society?

How could it have happened, in a public space and in the company of people who call themselves friends? This is the question that always arises in response to yet another news story about date rape. But rape cases like this often involve more people than just the perpetrator and the victim.

“During the time of jacarandas, Rosa takes me on a trip through Lisbon. I follow her in the blooming streets to explore beauty through her eyes. Our relationship starts unfolding slowly as we wander in a city that I’m about to leave.” Davina-Maria

A bitter patient and a noisy parking attendant want to teach a doctor a lesson but they're not the only ones looking for revenge.

No one knows, including her parents, that Zoe lives in her car. One day, a chap called Gabor comes into the coffeeshop where Zoe works and after some chatting, they get really curious about one another. Zoe then rather mysteriously comes up with the idea to go to someplace she knows, asking Gabor to take her with his car.

During a dysfunctional family dinner, oppressed family members battl their oppressors. The battle for domination leads to a monstrous outcome.

Gyöngyike is misinformed by her mother on issues like gender roles, sexuality and morals in relationships, as she takes good care of her daughter, and wants to cast off troubles when leaving this world behind.

1989. A decisive year for the destiny of Europe. A regime of more than 40 years suddenly falls apart, borders are redefined. The documentary film No Order! is the similar story of two lieutenant colonels, Bella Árpád and Harald Jäger. Bella Árpád, in violation of his own duties, allowed the East German masses to cross the Hungarian-Austrian border, and Harald Jäger did the same at the Berlin Wall, when he allowed people from East Berlin to cross into the West without using a gun.

An elderly taxi driver is a hopeless romantic and a crude observer of life who has lived through hardship and witnessed despair. The route to the destination leads through the labyrinth of his own memories as he roams the streets.

The film is following the undefined relationship between the two characters, based on autobiographical events and raw dialogues about insecurity, nostalgia. They attempt to explain their thoughts whilst they cook pancakes or take a walk along the river, while being stuck in the feeling of emptiness.

A young man lives and works in an abandoned bunker in a deserted post-Soviet interzone of industrial ruin. When he's not drinking, bailing floodwater or making techno beats, he's playing a video game that eerily mirrors his post-apocalyptic surroundings—hovering UFO included. Shown in complete isolation, he is the hero, the shooter and the zombie of his own moody game.

The life of a Romani community from Kászonújfalu through the life of a young woman.

The action takes part in our future – or our past. Addictive, intense sci-fi-ish scenes build onto each other, accompanied by a somewhat dark soundscape. Fun characters and spaces, changing physical states, mythological symbols meet in a surreal sci-fi world.