Trending
    • INVISIBLE BEAUTY, an interview with Frédéric Tcheng
    • CWB Jury & nominees for MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award at 2023 Lucas FF
    • Jasmin Mozaffari’s short film ‘Motherland, wins TIFF award
    • Poor Thing, Wins Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival
    • Toronto Film Festival 2023
    • Iranian Influential Women: Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
    • Sundance Film Festival Asia
    • Enea, review
    Facebook Twitter Instagram
    Cinema Without Borders
    • Home
    • Feature Story
    • News
    • Conversations
    • Festivals
    • Cinema Tech
    • Film Reviews
    • CinéEqual
    • Other Arts
    • Archives
    Facebook Twitter Instagram
    Cinema Without Borders
    You are at:Home»News»The Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles program for Nov. 16 & 17

    The Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles program for Nov. 16 & 17

    0
    By CWB News Department on 11/16/2014 News

    The Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles has been a constant presence in bringing an array of diverse films, features, documentaries and shorts each year to a city that holds a unique place in the movie industry, a city renowned for its film events.
    This year, the Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles is celebrating the 100 birthday of the Hungarian Animation. Festival is presenting the diversity of the art of animation film making, children, adult, short and feature film length movies.
    The Festival is an invitation to those who believe in the power of Hungarian cinema and its quest to be heard though their films, and has always been met with a great deal of enthusiasm and appreciation because of its ability to present unforgettable cinematic and artistic films through the years.

    Festival Program for November 16 & 17:
    November 16
    1:00pm                        SON OF THE WHITE MARE
    Feherlofia, born the third son of a white mare, is blessed with superhuman powers and a keen interest in the stories of old. Stranded alone in a long ago era, he sets out on a quest to unite with his two brothers and destroy the dragons that dethroned the almighty Forefather many years prior.

    SON OF THE WHITE MARE is world-renowned Hungarian animator Marcell Jankovics’ tribute to the nomadic steppe tribes, those Bronze Age hunter-gatherers who tamed the horse and placed their faith in spiritual stories of the fantastic. Jankovics’s animation style is a revelation for the unfamiliar, as gorgeous as it is psychedelic, moving and morphing almost too quickly to process, each frame a masterpiece that adds up to an overwhelming experience.
    Known affectionately in his home country as “the Hungarian Walt Disney”, Marcell Jankovics received an Oscar nomination at the age of 23 for his short “Sisyphus” (1974), which was repurposed over three decades later for a GMC Super Bowl commercial. His short film “The Struggle” won the Palme d’Or at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. After nearly three decades in production, his 160 minute masterpiece The Tragedy of Man was released in 2011 to rave reviews.
    Director: Marcell Jankovics – Music: Istvan Vajda – Producer: Roman Kuncz – Production Company: Pannonia Film
    Cast: György Cserhalmi – Vera Pap – Mari Szemes – Gyula Szabó – Ferenc Szalma – Szabolcs Tóth 

    3:00pm                        BARCAS UNTOLD LEGENDS
    FC Barcelona is the world’s most popular and most successful soccer club with tens of millions of fans. 1956 changed the history of Hungarian soccer forever. Puskas went to Real Madrid, the left winger Zoltan Czibor and the Gold Team striker Sandor Kocsis, contracted to Barcelona, they also played a key role in the film, presented in Barcelona as Hungarian heroes.
    The “rags-legged” Czibor, called  as “crazy bird” quickly became a favorite of the Spanish crowd. László Kubala, in 1950 became the number one star of Barca.   “More than just a club” – Barça’s slogan which signals the emotional, political and inspirational appeal to Catalans goes far beyond sport, and is reflected in the obsessive media coverage in the press and television. This is a story about power, ambition and identity as well as soccer.
    color/b&w * 85 min. *  2014
    Directed by Tibor Kocsis – Screenplay: Tibor Kocsis, Andras Horváth – Camera: Tibor Kocsis
    (Director, Tibor Kocsis will attend)

    5:00pm                        CARL LUTZ THE FORGOTTEN HERO
    Carl Lutz, an Appenzell diplomat and second-in-command at the Swiss Embassy in Budapest, saved tens of thousands of persecuted Hungarian Jews from death during World War II. His humanitarian action is considered the greatest civil rescue operation of Jews during the Holocaust. Lutz negotiated directly and shrewdly with Adolf Eichmann, the deviser of the Holocaust. During this rescue operation, the married Vice-Consul fell in love with one of his protégés. After the end of the war, he divorced his wife, married his beloved in Budapest and moved with her and her daughter to Berne.
    Director/Writer: Daniel von Aarburg – Production: DOCMINE Productions AG, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
    Producer: Patrick M. Müller – Cinematography: Marco Barberi – Editing: Fabian Meier – Location Sound Mix: Dieter Meyer, Tamás Dé vényi, Michael Jellasitz, Moti Elimelech, Jerry Stein, Scott Szabo – Rerecording Sound Mix: Martin Stäheli – Music: Domenico Ferrari, Balint Dobozi
    Lighting: Peter Rudolf
    (LOOP-short)

    7:15pm                        THE LAST MENTSCH
    Synopsis: Born Mena’hem Teitelbaum in Hungary, Marcus Schwarz has denied his Jewish heritage all his life. After surviving the horrors of Auschwitz, he sought to forget the trauma by creating a new identity for himself in Germany, one without Jewish friends or ties. Now faced with his own mortality, he suddenly decides he wants to be buried in a Jewish cemetery. But much to his dismay, his word is not enough for the rabbis; he must prove that he is, in fact, Jewish. But with all his family gone and no remaining records, he has no evidence, save for the faded tattoo on his forearm. Marcus’s only hope is to return to the Hungarian village he grew up in to try to find proof of his birth. Needing a way to get there, he enlists a young Turkish woman to drive him. The unlikely duo—a sullen chain smoker and a gruff old man—set out on a road trip across Europe that will end up irrevocably changing them both. Award-winning documentarian Pierre-Henri Salfati’s foray into feature narrative filmmaking is a thoughtfully rendered story of friendship and healing, with nuanced performances including a turn by renowned German actor Mario Adorf as the hardened yet lovable Marcus. Poignant, funny and deeply moving, The Last Mentsch is a powerful, emotional journey.-Alissa Chadburn
    Produced by: Anita Elsani – Co-producer: Rolf Schmid, Sylvain Bursteijn – Written & directed by: Pierre-Henri Salfati
    Starring: Mario Adorf, Hannelore Elsner, Katharina Derr
    The novel “Der letzte Mentsch” is published by Suhrkamp
    (Producer, Anita Elsani will attend)

    9:30pm                        AMBASSADOR TO BERN
    On August 16, 1958 two Hungarian immigrants break into the Hungarian embassy in Bern and take the ambassador hostage. As the Swiss police surrounds the building and a group of Hungarian immigrants shows up on the street to demonstrate, a tense, twist-filled hostage drama plays out behind the closed doors of the embassy. Based on a true story.
    Director: Attila Szász
    Writer: Norbert Köbli
    Stars: János Kulka, Tamás Szabó Kimmel, József Kádas | See full cast and crew »

    (Symphony No 42-short)

    November 17
    5:00pm                        ADULT ANIMATION
    1. Jozsef Gemes The Bards of Wales 2010
    After the Wales province Conquest (1277), Edward I of England ordered the execution of five hundred Wales Patriots, that they couldn’t generate the shake off the English yoke.
    2. Gabor Homolya   Western 1989  2min.
    Wild West with visual humor
    3. Istvan Orosz         Chess  2010  6min.
    Reconstruction of a centuries-old chess game based on the recorded steps and often manipulated  photos. The two leaders of the Bolshevik Party Lenin and Bogdanov face each other. Lenin somehow escapes from the threatening mate.
    4. Zoltan V. Szilagyi   Court Record—In Memoriam Peter Mansfeld  2006  7min.
    At the age of 17, Péter Mansfeld was arrested during the 1956 Hungarian revolution. Two years later, Péter Mansfeld was judged as an of age person, and for his participation in the uprising and his refusal to give the names of his companions, he was sentenced to death.
    5. Roland Toth Thoughts from the cellar  2009  4min.
    A thoughtful tale about a wooden-legged girl, an old, ugly rat, and a misunderstanding. Based on Stephen Örkény’ short story
    6. Zoltan Varga Szilagyi  A Merry Funeral 2013 28min.
    7. Istvan Orosz The Drawer  2014  6min.
    The mythology of the labyrinth: who is drawing “from here” draws a self-portrait, who crawls, gets lost in their own destiny, who has been “over there” looks back on it, sees the pulsing immortal time.
     8. Judit Pocs Toth, Roland Pocs Toth   Purple  2011  8min.
    “If you get to the city of the sunset colors, do not be surprised by anything. Walk the empty streets like you were there before. Maybe in your dreams or in another life when you were a lady walking with resplendent grief in gorgeous shrouds with colorful hat.” -Istvan Orosz

    7:15pm                        COMING OUT
    What do you do when you find you’re not the man you thought you were?
    This is the story of Hungary’s most famous gay celebrity who openly admits his homosexuality and fights for gay rights in a society where so many alternative values are denied. But then something happens and he is shocked to discover his growing interest in the female of the species. Coming Out is a daring romantic comedy that examines the question of otherness in a unique way.
    The #1 Hungarain Box-Office Hit in 2013
    Director: Dénes Orosz – Screenplay: Dénes Orosz – Director of photography: Ádám Fillenz – Editor: Zoltán Kovács
    Producer: Gábor Kálomista – Production company: Megafilm
    Cast: Sándor Csányi, Kátya Tompos, Gábor Karalyos, Anikó Für, József Gyabronka, Zoltán Mucsi, Kati Takács
    (Rabbit and Deer)

    9:30pm                        WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO TIMI
    Director: Attila Herczeg – Screenplay: Csaba Csurgó – Director of photography: Máté Widamon Tóth – Editor: Csaba Somogyi – Music: Róbert Gulya – Producer: Gábor Ferenczy, Attila TÅ‘zsér – Production – company: Focusfox Studio
    Cast: Andrea Osvárt, Kornél Simon, Simon Szabó, Tamás Lengyel, Adél Jordán,Iván Kamarás, Anna Szandtner, István Hirtling, Itala Békés
    It all starts at a high school reunion. Dani was always the good guy at school, and he’s about to get married. He bumps into Tímea Hajnal, who is now a top model, but she’s on the rebound and trying to forget a humiliating break-up. It only takes a couple of glasses of wine and they fall into each other’s arms. No big deal, it could happen to anyone. But there’s one slight problem – Bögöcs, the class bad boy, has recorded the whole unfortunate incident on his mobile phone. The hideous Bögöcs now thinks he has what he needs to achieve his teenage dream of scoring with Tímea Hajnal. He threatens to show the video to Dani’s fiancée if Dani doesn’t fix it for him to get the girl.
    The pressure soon has an impact on Dani’s relationship with his bride-to-be, who swiftly transforms into something of a she-devil. The wedding day’s approaching, and Dani has to act…
    Festivals: 2014 – Palic International Film Festival
    (YES-short)

    Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
    CWB News Department

    CWB News Department, collects and republishes most important news and stories about International and Independent cinema, by noting the original source of the articles

    Related Posts

    Poor Thing, Wins Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival

    Sundance Film Festival Asia

    French rising star, Adèle Exarchopoulos, 4 top favorite movies

    Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

    You must be logged in to post a comment.



    Most donations are tax deductible.
    Latest Stories
    09/29/2023

    INVISIBLE BEAUTY, an interview with Frédéric Tcheng

    09/27/2023

    CWB Jury & nominees for MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award at 2023 Lucas FF

    09/19/2023

    Jasmin Mozaffari’s short film ‘Motherland, wins TIFF award

    09/10/2023

    Poor Thing, Wins Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival

    Bridging The Border Award

    At a time when physical, religious, racial, cultural, and economic borders divide the population of our planet, efforts to bridge those borders should be appreciated. In that spirit, Cinema Without Borders presents Bridging the Borders Award to the films that are most successful in bridging and …Read More

     

    I, Immigrant, International Film Festival
    CineEqual

    CinéEqual represents filmmakers, institutions, and community members with a focus on social justice cinema. As an integrated unit of CWB, it promotes a diverse, inclusive, and equitable democratic society that values the worth of all humans…Read More

     

    About
    About

    Cinema Without Borders is a meeting place of independent cinema. Based in Los Angeles, CWB puts the spotlight on rising talent around the globe to achieve its mission, which is to serve and strengthen communities of filmmakers and film students across real and virtual borders.

    Copyright Cinema Without Borders@2018

    Popular Posts
    01/02/2001

    Cinecon 46-The 46th edition of the Classic Film Festival

    10/09/2006

    An Interview with Jonathan Wolf, Managing Director of AFM

    10/11/2006

    Film & TV production in Afghanistan

    Article Photos
    NasserFarhoudiWP
    SiggrpphSlider
    FundingCoverImage
    6-RADUSlider
    Nouredin-WP-Slider
    NOHOFestival-WP-Slider
    MiamiFF-WP-Slider
    MarkTamez-WP-Slider
    LouderThanBombs-WP-Slider
    HP-Rick-WP-Slider
    HP-Bridging-2-WP-Slider
    HP-Bridging-1-WP-Slider
    Contacts & Credits

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.