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Like every year the success of the Hungarian Film Week had a great impact on our turnover and efficiency at the beginning of 2004 as well. The Hungarian and foreign film industry people form more or less the same opinion on films that’s why there is a great interest in the award winning titles among our foreign clients. After the Day Before, Tamara, Dealer a n d Guarded Secrets received the greatest recognition mainly from buyers of public television companies that we invited for the occasion. Every year we invite a number of our clients to the Hungarian Film Week. We consider this an investment because our guests tend to buy films by the package during the Film Week. Contrary to the great success of H u k k l e , the new releases only have had a few sales. Even public televisions received each film differently. We would like to mention two of our most significant business deals that were concluded with the Turkish and Bosnia television companies. Besides H u k k l e ,t h e Turks bought Sleepwakers, Vagabond, Smouldering Cigarette, B l i n d g u y s and Light Falls On Your Face. The Bosnian Television in addition to Hukkle, Sleepwakers and S m o u l d e r i n g C i g a r e t t e bought Down By Love, Bizarre Romance, The Last Blues, Cloud Above the River Ganges and Jadviga’s Pillow. We sold Forest to the Romanian and Croatian televisions so far. Wake Up Mate, ... will be soon broadcasted by Croatian 12 The Board of Directors of EURIMAGES held its 89 th Board Meeting in Vienna between 18—21 April 2004. The following decisions were made regarding Hungarian projects: PRODUCTION: Taxidermy / Taxidermia (Eurofilm Stúdió) 200 000 ¤ DISTRIBUTION: Le temps de loup (Budapest Film) 8000 ¤ Jeux d’enfant (Budapest Film) 6000 ¤ L’anatomie d’enfer (Atlantis) 6000 ¤ Buddy (Cirko Film) 6000 ¤ Se til veinstre (Cirko Film) 6000 ¤ Das Fliegende Klassenzimmer (Best Hollywood) 6000 ¤ Je reste (Best Hollywood) 6000 ¤ Guarded Secrets / Mélyen ôrzött titkok (Moebius Ass.) 8000 ¤ Happy Birthday! / Boldog születésnapot! (Moebius Ass.) 6000 ¤ Dad Goes Nuts / Apám beájulna (S. C. Interfilm Rom) 6000 ¤ Bad Guys / Rosszfiúk (S. C. Interfilm Rom) 6000 ¤ ALTOGETHER: 270 000 ¤ M o k é p Hungarofilm Division Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács Hungarian Representative of Eurimages N e w s Television. The Japanese picked Winning Ticket which will be available both in cinema and on DVD. At the Berlin film Festival films distributed by HUNGAROFILM DIVISION were available for screening at the stand shared with the Magyar Filmunió and were received with great interest. Dealer directed by Benedek Fliegauf which won the Berliner Zeitung’s Reader’s Prize to the Best Film of Forum received special attention from our buyers. The first agreement has been signed and as a result the title will be released in Greece together with Fliegauf’s first feature film, F o r e s t . Our business transactions concluded in Cannes primarily depend on the films participating at the festival have a key importance in the life of HUNGAROFILM DIVISION as they give 25–50 percent of our yearly turnover. The interest in Hungarian films has been tremendous since the announcement of the new Hungarian Film Law and is expected to increase even more after joining the European Union in May. We hope the number of buyers grows and more and more Hungarian films conquer the international market. Suzanne Szigeti Director of Sales and Acquisitions Masha Muszely Assistant to Director of Sales and Acquisitions, PR
Our list is based on the information provided by the production companies. Films in Production Diana Groó Csoda Krakkóban / A Miracle in C r a c o w Producer: Gábor Garami, Production company: Cinema Film, Katapult Film — Studio Tor (Poland), Chaplin Film Shooting: September 2003— April 2004, Cracow, Budapest Expected completion: April 2004 It is a story of PIOTR, a young Jewish man who was raised up to the age of 10 in Budapest by his beloved grandmother. An Eastern European story spiced with myst i q u e . Attila Mispál A fény ösvényei / Paths of Light Producer: Péter Miskolczi, Production company: Eurofilm Studio Shooting: November 2003— May 2004, Budapest, Kecskemét Expected completion: August 2004 Two parallel stories are linked in this film: two terrible losses and two parallel healings. Krisztina Deák Miskolci Boni és Klájd / Who Hell Is Boni and Klájd Producer: Gábor Garami, Production company: Cinema Film Shooting: August 2003— January 2004, Miskolc Expected release: October 2004 C O M M I N G S O O N Cinema adaptation of an actual crime story based on a novel published by M a g v e t ô Publishing Company. István Szabó Júliának lenni / Being Julia Producer: Lajos Óvári, Robert Lantos, Production company: Movie SPC, I. S. L. Film Shooting: June—August 2003, Budapest, Kecskemét, London Expected completion: autumn 2004 The film takes place in 1938 in England. Protagonist is the celebrated actress in her early forties, whose professional and private successes we are witnessing in the film. Márta Mészáros A temetetlen halott — Nagy Imre naplója / The Unburied Man — The Diary of Imre Nagy Producer: Attila Csáky, Michal Kwiecinski, Igor Hudec, Production company: Cameofilm, AKSON STUDIO (Poland), ARS MEDIA (Slovakia) Shooting: July—December 2003, Hungary, S l o v a k i a Release: 23 r d October 2004 A bad joke of history is that while Imre Nagy’s name is known and respected in the whole world, in his homeland his role is still debated. They often judge him for reasons of petty daily political fights. This film tries to cast a new light on the fate of the Prime Minister, Imre Nagy, who died as a martyr. Gábor Forgács Szelek háza / The House of Storm Producer: József Cirkó, Production company: HCC Media Group & Parabel S t u d i o Shooting: from October 2004, Budapest, H u n g a r y Expected completion: November 2004 Intimate film with a few characters. It builds upon inner experiences, memories, almost creating a subjective point of view. The film prefers extreme close-ups, especially for those objects, where a scent impression is important, relevant and p o s s i b l e . Krisztina Goda CSAK SZEX és más semmi / The Itch Producer: Gábor Kálomista, Production company: Megafilm Shooting: June—July 2004 Expected completion: December 2004 What should a woman do if she is over thirty, is fed up with men and is grabbed by an insatiable desire to have a baby?… The answer will be revealed in this riveting, nice film full of acrid humour, which is not only for singles. Bertalan Bagó Vadászat angolokra / Hunting for E n g l i s h m e n Producer: László Schmidt, Production company: Vid Art Studio, TVP SA ( P o l a n d ) Shooting: June—August 2004, Hungary: Budapest, Poland: Krakow, Warsaw Expected completion: December 2004 It is 1839. The characters in our story are deputies in the Hungarian parliament of the period, the Pressburg Diet. They are gathered for a hunt. Other members of the party include Whitewell, an English engineer living in Pressburg, and a beautiful Polish girl, who has fled the suppression of the revolution in her country. Whitewell, an idealist, inventor and adventurer, has a secret romantic affection for the young lady, but some say the real reason for his presence is to send covert reports back to British Foreign Secretary Lord Palmerston. Péter Bergendy Állítsátok meg Terézanyut! / Stop Mommy Theresa! Producer: István Bodzsár, Production company: Unió Film, RTL Klub Expected completion: June 2004 Expected release: December 2004 An adaptation of Zsuzsa Rácz’s top list book Stop Mummy Theresa! Roland Vranik Fekete Kefe / Capra Hircus Producer: Katalin Krammer, Production company: Strawberry F i l m s Shooting: from January 2004, Budapest, Tatabanya, Tata Expected completion: December 2004 The topic of our film is the lost generation of our present, those 25–35 year old people who grew up after the political changes. Three friends work as chimney sweepers, a theologian, a painter and a sculptor. Róbert Koltai Világszám — Dodó és Naftalin / Colossal Sensation — Dodo and N a p h t h a l e n e Producer: Gábor Koltai, Production company: Filmsziget Shooting: March—May 2004, Romania, H u n g a r y Expected release: December 2005 Clown S h l o m ohas twins in a traveling circus company at the beginning of the 1900s. Following in the footsteps of their father, the boys become popular circus-artists. … What kind of answers can we give to the challenges „history” presents us with interfering again and again with our personal l i v e s ? Péter Gárdos Az igazi Mikulás / The Real Santa Producer: Dénes Szekeres, Production company: Tivoli-Filmproduction, Equinox Film (Germany), Söz Film Gösterim Yapim (Turkey) Shooting: November 2004—January 2005, Hungary, Poland Expected completion: December 2005 1990: God and the Devil make a bet on the soul of a bar pianist with a derailed life — then comes an 8-year-old girl and turns the odds around in a day. Róbert Adrian Pejó D a l l a s Producer: László Kántor, Andreas Bareiss (Germany), Helmut Grasser (Austria), Production company: New Budapest Filmstudio, MTM-Medien und Television München (Germany), Allegro Film (Austria) Shooting: August—December 2003, Rumania, Hungary Expected release: February 2005, 36 Hungarian Film Week The characters in D a l l a s are poor people, living on the margins of society. Through their attitude to problems they teach us how little one needs be happy. Szabolcs Hajdu Fehér tenyér / White Palms (working title) Producer: Iván Angelusz, Péter Reich, Production company: Katapult Film Shooting: August—September 2004, Hungary, Canada Expected release: February 2005, 36 Hungarian Film Week The stars of two talented gymnasts are rising parallelly. One tries to fulfil his dreams between the hands of a sadistic, authoritarian coach in Debrecen, a drab Central- t h t h European small town before the political changes, the other in Calgary, Canada under the most optimal circumstances possible to assist his professional career. Their greatest dream is to get to the World Championship or the Olympic Games. Tibor Szemzô Csoma legendárium / Csoma’ Legend Producer: György Durst, Production company: Mediawawe 2000, Duna TV Shooting: September 2003— July 2004, India Expected release: February 2005, 36 Hungarian Film Week „A great many books and films have discussed Sándor Kôrösi Csoma’s trip, his oeuvre and his scientific and linguistic significance. I do not wish to provide yet another biography or yet another interpretation, although the script has been inspired by moments of his life and his fate.” Tibor Szemzô Gábor Dettre Romazsaru / Romacop Producer: László Kántor, Andreas Bareiss, Karl Baumgartner (Germany), Production company: New Budapest Filmstudio, MTM-Medien und Television München, Pandora Films Shooting: May—November 2004, Hungary t h Expected release: February 2005, 36 Hungarian Film Week The film follows the story of a successful police investigation. Its protagonist is a sub-lieutenant of Gypsy origin with a degree in law who does his job mostly as a lonely hero. Because of his origin and his wife who has come home to live from America he becomes the target of social prejudice. This is aggravated by a police case in which the suspect happens to be a Gypsy as well… Ágnes Incze Randevú / Rendez-vous Producer: Zsuzsanna Hollósi G., Gábor Varga, Production company: Filmplus Shooting: from autumn 2004, Budapest Expected completion: February 2005, 36 Hungarian Film Week A heart-rending story of the friendship among an overweight angel, a merry homeless auntie and a sexy nurse in the style of the new millennium, this is the second film by the director who made „ I ♥ B U D A P E S T ” . László Kántor Önmagunkról másképp / Crossover ( d o c u m e n t a r y ) Producer: László Kántor, Production company: New Budapest Filmstudio Shooting: 2002—2004 Expected release: February 2005, 36 Hungarian Film Week The documentary outlines the way of transmission of a message. The graphic artist, the sand drawer and the dancer are testing the possibilities of communication with their own methods but with the com- t h t h t h 13
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