Films A-Z

French Institute
Nov 9, 17:00
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Örökmozgó
Nov 10, 17:00
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Chris Marker | France | 1977 | 180min | French
A look into the 1968 student revolts as they move from heroic insurrection to reactionary retrenchment.
Cirko
Nov 8, 15:30
English Subtitle
Toldi
Nov 9, 21:00
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Kalyanee Mam | Cambodia & USA | 2013 | 83min | Khmer & Jarai
Three families coping with the challenges posed by rapid changes in Cambodia.
Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury Award, 2013.
Toldi
Nov 6, 19:00
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Cirko
Nov 10, 15:30
English Subtitle
Mahdi Fleifel | Lebanon & UK | 2012 | 93min | Arabic & English
Twenty years of summer holidays in a refugee camp – strong family ties and growing despair.
Edinburgh Film Festival Award, 2013., Berlin International Film Festival Peace Prize, 2013.
Toldi
Nov 8, 17:30
English Subtitle
Dénes Nagy | Hungary | 2013 | 51min | Hungarian
Renowned Hungarian artist Imre Bukta attempts to reconnect with the village of his birth, revealing the harsh realities of a remote rural community.
Toldi
Nov 6, 15:15
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Stéphanie Lamorré | France | 2012 | 52min | Arabic & English & French
Clandestine footage reveals three destinies in Bahrain’s recent violent protests.
Toldi
Nov 6, 15:15
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Ewa Weber | UK | 2012 | 47min | English & French
As the sun sets over Conakry, Guinea, hundreds of students search for electricity around the city to prepare for exams.
Cirko
Nov 7, 15:30
English Subtitle
Toldi
Nov 10, 13:15
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Művész
Nov 10, 16:45
English Subtitle
Nontawat Numbenchapol | France & Thailand & Cambodia | 2013 | 96min | Khmer & Thai
An investigation into the “Red Shirt” protests in Bangkok, and a disputed border area with Cambodia. Premiered at Berlinale 2013, still banned in Thailand.
Művész
Nov 7, 18:30
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Cirko
Nov 8, 17:30
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Toldi
Nov 9, 15:00
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Marc Wiese | Germany | 2012 | 104min | Korean & English
Shin Dong-hyuk’s dramatic escape from a North Korean labor camp launches him into an outside world he has never known.
Toldi
Nov 9, 21:15
English Subtitle
Cirko
Nov 10, 15:30
English Subtitle
Dwi Sujanti Nugraheni | Indonesia | 2012 | 89min | Indonesian
A young Muslim couple starts a small pig business, looking for a lucky streak for the family.
Művész
Nov 6, 16:45
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Cirko
Nov 9, 19:00
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Ivars Zviedris | Latvia | 2012 | 82min | Latvian
The love-hate relationship between the filmmaker and his subject is stripped bare. Does this help understand the camera’s power over people?
Toldi
Nov 8, 15:00
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Lidia Duda | Poland | 2012 | 51min | Polish
The roles of victim and aggressor are tragically reversed when a young man exacts revenge on his molester.
One World Prague Best Director Award 2013
Toldi
Nov 5, 18:00
Hungarian Subtitle
Toldi
Nov 8, 19:00
Hungarian Subtitle
Művész
Nov 9, 18:30
Hungarian Subtitle
Cirko
Nov 10, 19:30
Hungarian Subtitle
Alan Berliner | USA | 2012 | 78min | English
An intimate portrait of Edwin Honig’s journey through the ravages of memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease.
Best Documentary, IDFA 2012
Toldi
Nov 7, 17:15
English Subtitle
Ádám Surányi | Hungary | 2012 | 10min | Hungarian
In the village of Magyarbánhegyes, banned vigilantes patrol to "protect civilians." Local Roma people, however, feel threatened.
Toldi
Nov 7, 19:15
English Subtitle
Dóra Szelei | Hungary | 2013 | 19min | Hungarian
A film about the Uccu Roma Informal Educational Foundation, an NGO fighting prejudices in Hungarian society.
Toldi
Nov 6, 17:15
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Cirko
Nov 7, 19:30
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Művész
Nov 8, 16:45
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Mumin Shakirov | Russia | 2013 | 62min | Russian
On a game show two sisters guess that the Holocaust is a wallpaper paste. This film sets them on a journey to face the meaning of the word.
Toldi
Nov 7, 19:15
Hungarian Subtitle
Máté Tóth Ridovics | Hungary & France | 2012 | 62min | Hungarian & French & English
Preparations for a film and theatre production about French immigrants go awry when the protagonist starts questioning his own role.
Művész
Nov 6, 16:30
English Subtitle
Cirko
Nov 8, 19:15
English Subtitle
Toldi
Nov 10, 15:00
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Leo de Boer | The Netherlands | 2012 | 86min | Dutch
Big finances and individual tragedies. A personal, bitter-sweet investigation into global economic realities and the role that money plays in our lives.
Örökmozgó
Nov 6, 17:00
Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Toldi
Nov 9, 11:15
Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Chris Marker | France | 1966 | 52min | French
A fantasy journey, imagining what it would be like to cross the USSR, Greece and Cuba on the back of a camel.
Toldi
Nov 7, 19:00
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Cirko
Nov 8, 17:30
English Subtitle
Harry Freeland | UK | 2012 | 84min | Swahili & English
What happens to albino people in a country where many share the old superstition that their body parts bring wealth and good fortune?
Toldi
Nov 9, 17:15
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Hans La Cour | Denmark | 2011 | 85min | Spanish
An eyewitness too frightened to testify is the only hope for a group of indigenous Peruvians fighting against multinational malpractice and state corruption.
Sheffield Doc Fest Green Award 2012
Örökmozgó
Nov 6, 17:00
Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Chris Marker | France | 1957 | 62min | French
A fresh look at post-Stalin Soviet realities, testing the impact of commentary on the image.
Toldi
Nov 7, 15:00
Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Örökmozgó
Nov 9, 19:00
Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Chris Marker | France | 1996 | 106min | French
A visual essay on history, memory, and a WWII computer game.
Toldi
Nov 6, 21:00
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Cirko
Nov 8, 15:30
English Subtitle
Ed Moschitz | Austria | 2011 | 95min | Romanian & German & Russian & Italian
Seven years away from their families. What is the human cost of being an economic migrant?
Művész
Nov 6, 18:45
English Subtitle
Cirko
Nov 7, 19:30
English Subtitle
Toldi
Nov 9, 15:15
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Katrine Riis Kjær | Denmark | 2012 | 94min | Amharic & Danish & English
From sick parents in Ethiopia to a new home in Denmark. A global tale of adoption, where money controls mercy.
Toldi
Nov 6, 20:45
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Toldi
Nov 10, 17:15
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Művész
Nov 9, 18:15
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Vitaly Mansky | Russia | 2011 | 99min | Spanish
Off the beaten tourist tracks, the film exposes the everyday joys and worries of Cubans, young and old.
Toldi
Nov 10, 15:30
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Ivan Golovnev | Russia | 2012 | 26min | Russian
Deer farm or oil refinery? Indigenous Siberians face and inevitable choice.
Művész
Nov 8, 18:45
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Toldi
Nov 9, 19:15
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Cirko
Nov 10, 17:30
English Subtitle
Marina Razbezhkina | Russia | 2013 | 90min | Russian
Looking at 100-year-old Russian photos at the site of their creation produces a dynamic encounter between past and present.
Művész
Nov 7, 16:30
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Cirko
Nov 8, 19:30
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Toldi
Nov 9, 19:00
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Andreas Strohfeldt | Germany | 2013 | 94min | English & German
13 portraits of gay and lesbian lives in the Socialist GDR.
Művész
Nov 7, 16:45
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Toldi
Nov 7, 20:45
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Cirko
Nov 9, 15:45
English Subtitle
Deepti Kakkar | India & USA | 2013 | 84min | Hindi & English
When does flicking on the light switch become an act of class warfare? A modern Robin Hood story in Kanpur, the "Manchester of the East".
Toldi
Nov 6, 19:15
English Subtitle
Diana Groó | UK & Hungary & Germany | 2013 | 63min | Hungarian
One photograph and almost 50 hours of archival footage tell the extraordinary story of Regina Jonas, the world’s first female rabbi.
Toldi
Nov 10, 17:30
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Toldi
Nov 10, 19:15
English Subtitle
Kaspar Astrup Schröder | Denmark | 2012 | 52min | Japanese
Need a spouse, husband, or friend? Find out how to rent a family member, and how to run a promising business.
Művész
Nov 6, 18:30
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Toldi
Nov 8, 20:45
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Cirko
Nov 9, 19:00
English Subtitle
Anna Moiseenko | Russia | 2013 | 56min | Russian
Cow-herding and poetry-writing – the post-Communist utopia in a Ukrainian village built from the remnants of Soviet symbols.
Toldi
Nov 8, 21:00
Hungarian Subtitle
Toldi
Nov 10, 11:30
Hungarian Subtitle
Luke Griswold-Tergis | USA | 2011 | 80min | English
A humorous take on Native Alaskan food, culture, family, history, and navigating the present.
Best Film, Montreal First Peoples Film Fest, 2012.
Toldi
Nov 9, 11:15
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Örökmozgó
Nov 9, 19:00
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Chris Marker | France | 1953 | 30min | French
When men die they enter into history. When statues die they become art. Is this how "culture" is created?
Toldi
Nov 10, 13:30
Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Adi Lavy | USA | 2012 | 85min | English & Navajo
Genetic dimensions of colonization. A Navajo couple struggles to find out why a rare genetic disease is blighting their reservation.
Örökmozgó
Nov 7, 19:00
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
French Institute
Nov 8, 17:00
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Chris Marker | France | 1982 | 100min | French
Images from Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco, filmed by a fictional cameraman.
Toldi
Nov 7, 17:00
Hungarian Subtitle
Viktor Oszkár Nagy | Hungary | 2013 | 50min | Hungarian & English & Serbian & Spanish & Pashto & Farsi
Third country migrants at the Serbian-Hungarian border: who will care?
Toldi
Nov 8, 15:15
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Cirko
Nov 9, 17:00
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Jerôme le Maire | Belgium & France & Morocco | 2012 | 93min | Arabic
With electricity granted but road building denied, Berber villagers in Morocco experience the absurdities of state development projects.
Művész
Nov 8, 18:30
English Subtitle
Cirko
Nov 10, 19:30
English Subtitle
Joshua Oppenheimer | Denmark & Norway & UK | 2012 | 115min | Indonesian
Indonesian death squad leaders make a film about their killings. They write the script and play themselves. And also play their victims.
Berlinale 2013 Audience Award
Toldi
Nov 9, 11:00
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Joshua Oppenheimer | Denmark & Norway & UK | 2012 | 155min | Indonesian
Indonesian death squad leaders make a film about their killings. They write the script and play themselves. And also play their victims.
Berlinale 2013 Audience Award
Cirko
Nov 7, 17:30
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Toldi
Nov 8, 19:30
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Művész
Nov 10, 16:30
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Christy Garland | Canada & Denmark | 2012 | 71min | English & Creole
A charming poet and chronic alcoholic, Mary is guarded by her son, who wants to save her from herself.
Örökmozgó
Nov 8, 19:00
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Chris Marker | France | 2004 | 58min | French
What does Parisian cat graffiti have to do with 2002 French presidential campaign, the headscarf debate, the war in Iraq, and a crisis in the entertainment industry?
Cirko
Nov 7, 15:30
English Subtitle
Művész
Nov 9, 16:45
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Klara Tasovska | Czech Republic | 2012 | 70min | Russian
A time-travel journey to the Communist past in Pridnestrovie’s present, where songs on television still celebrate the president and the secret police keeps a watchful eye on citizens.
Művész
Nov 8, 16:30
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Toldi
Nov 9, 17:00
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Dror Moreh | France & Israel & Germany & Belgium | 2012 | 96min | Hebrew
Six former heads of the Shin Bet, the elite Israeli intelligence agency, share insiders’ dilemmas of the war on terror.
Toldi
Nov 8, 17:00
Hungarian Subtitle
Művész
Nov 9, 16:30
Hungarian Subtitle
Bart Layton | UK | 2012 | 91min | English
A Frenchman posing as a Texan kid, who disappeared in 1994 aged 13, makes the missing boy’s family accept him as their son. A shocking documentary that is stranger than fiction.
Örökmozgó
Nov 7, 17:00
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Chris Marker | France | 1993 | 120min | French & Russian
A tribute to film director Aleksandr Medvedkin reveals new cinematic treasures.
Örökmozgó
Nov 6, 19:00
Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
French Institute
Nov 8, 19:30
Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Chris Marker | France | 1963 | 176min | French
A "direct cinema" inquiry into the possibility of happiness during France’s first peacetime spring after the Algerian War.
Cirko
Nov 7, 17:30
English Subtitle
Toldi
Nov 9, 13:15
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Tinatin Gurchiani | Georgia & Germany | 2012 | 97min | Georgian
A casting for a documentary turns into a colorful mosaic of Georgian society echoing love, war and future hopes.
Sundance 2013 Directing Award
Örökmozgó
Nov 7, 19:00
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Chris Marker | France | 1962 | 29min | French
Post-nuclear experiment in time travel: a landmark of science-fiction filmmaking in still frames.
Toldi
Nov 7, 21:00
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Cirko
Nov 9, 15:30
English Subtitle
Axel Salvatori-Sinz | France | 2012 | 77min | Arabic
The hopes and frustrations of third-generation refugees in Yarmouk, home to the largest Palestinian refugee community in Syria.
Toldi
Nov 8, 15:00
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Toldi
Nov 9, 14:00
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Rosalia Romaniec | Germany & Poland | 2013 | 58min | German & Polish
Fatal Cold War games. Orphans, stolen identities and espionage.
Örökmozgó
Nov 8, 19:00
Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Chris Marker | France | 1971 | 33min | French
The forgotten story of the Cine-Train which rolled for 294 days across the USSR filming 1930s industrialization in the making.
Művész
Nov 6, 18:30
English Subtitle
Toldi
Nov 8, 17:30
English Subtitle
Nikola Polić | Kosovo | 2012 | 25min | Albanian & Serbian
A wall built 20 years ago in a primary school in a Kosovo village still separates Albanian and Serbian students.
Toldi
Nov 7, 17:15
András D. Hajdú | Hungary | 2012 | 12min | Hungarian
Multimedia report about the daily struggles of the Roma living in the slums of Nagybánya (Baia Mare), Romania Transylvania.
Toldi
Nov 10, 11:00
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Művész
Nov 10, 18:00
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Wang Bing | France & Hong Kong | 2012 | 153min | Mandarin
A captivating portrait of three young sisters in a remote village by China’s foremost documentary filmmaker.
Orizzonti Award, Venice Film Festival, 2012.
Toldi
Nov 10, 15:30
English Subtitle & Hungarian Simultaneous Translation
Vladimir Tomić | Denmark | 2012 | 43min | Danish & Greenlandic
The social and cultural consequences of the colonization of Greenland’s indigenous peoples, the Inuits.
Toldi
Nov 6, 15:00
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Művész
Nov 7, 18:45
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Cirko
Nov 10, 17:30
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Toldi
Nov 7, 15:15
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Sasha Friedlander | Indonesia & USA | 2012 | 80min | Indonesian
Ever wondered how sulfur from Java ends up in your sugar, matches and cosmetics? Meet the miners of magic vistas and toxic gases.
Toldi
Nov 7, 17:15
English Subtitle
Márti Mészáros | Hungary | 2012 | 40min | Hungarian
A critical look at the situation of sex workers in Hungary and an NGO dedicated to protecting their rights.
Toldi
Nov 6, 17:00
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Cirko
Nov 9, 17:30
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Művész
Nov 10, 18:45
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Kesang Tseten | Nepal & UK & Norway & Finland | 2012 | 75min | Nepali & English
Elite army unit or a colonial leftover? Thousands of young Nepalese strive to enter the special Gurkha unit within the British Army.