2Contents4 Awards and Recognitions10 Selected for Category A Festivals11 Hungarian Film Critics’ Prizes12 Foreign Theatrical Release14 Shooting Star: Zsolt Nagy15 Berlinale Talent Campus #616 ScripTeast: Krisztina Esztergályos & Benedek Fliegauf16 MEDIA Desk Hungary17 Eurimages18 Final Cut20 Collegium Hungaricum BerlinMAGYAR FILMUNIO IS SUPPORTED BYPARTNERS<strong>OK</strong>MFILMUNIÓ NEWSLETTER • Published by <strong>Magyar</strong> Filmunió • Városligeti fasor 38. 1068 Budapest, HungaryTel: +36 1 351-7760 • Fax: +36 1 352-6734 • E-mail: filmunio@filmunio.hu • www.filmunio.huLayout by Arktisz Stúdió • Printed by Gelbert Ltd. • HU ISSN 1785-4865
Dear Readers,In the first Newsletter of the year, we always give a short review on the feedback of our films abroad in the past year.The year 2<strong>00</strong>7 proved to be a good one for the Hungarian cinema, our films were shown at some 350 different filmevents. We organised 9<strong>00</strong> screenings of Hungarian filmmakers’ works at international festivals, film weeks and retrospectivescreenings all over the world. Our feature films, short films, documentaries and animations were shown on2<strong>00</strong> occasions in competition at international festivals, and the filmmakers received almost 80 awards. Altogethertwenty Hungarian films were programmed in nine of the category A festivals.Csaba Bollók’s ISKA’S JOURNEY, which won the main prize at the Hungarian Film Week last year, received the greatestrecognition worldwide. It was shown at 26 different festivals, and received six awards, among them 2 main prizes.A significant event of the past year is that after an interlude of 19 years, there was once again a Hungarian featurefilm in competition at the Festival de Cannes, Béla Tarr’s THE MAN FROM LONDON. Since the world premiere inCannes, the film has been shown at 35 different festivals around the globe. János Szász’s OPIUM and Árpád Bogdán’sHAPPY NEW LIFE, were both favourably received internationally. Among our short films, it was Márton Szirmai’s TRIPEAND ONIONS that received the most recognition. After a long break our documentaries were shown again at therenowned IDFA in Amsterdam. The audience could view the following films there: LAST BUS STOP by ZsuzsaBöszörményi and Kai Salminen, THE SINKING VILLAGE by Márton Szirmai, DIARY FILM – I WAS 12 IN ’56 by BoglárkaEdvy and Sándor Silló and THE APPLE OF OUR EYES by Ágota Varga.There are great expectations regarding the 39 th Hungarian Film Week. Which films will be the favourites of internationalfestivals this year? It is a noteworthy fact that in addition to the well-known directors, there are seven youngdirectors presenting their first feature film. Another promising development is that works shot by students of theHungarian Academy of Drama and Film are screened in the short film competition.The documentary film programme is extremely colourful, the subjects of these films are varied and very interesting.This year is also special because two full-length animation films can be seen at the 39 th Hungarian Film Week.I hope that we have to be busy this year too, and I trust that the Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary willcontinue to provide us with the necessary financial background and support.We are also counting on the enthusiasm, help and cooperation of our foreign partners, so that our aim, which is topromote Hungarian cinematography all over the world, can be realised.Éva VezérGeneral Manager3
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