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In memory of Janos Toth. The ciematographer on title is no other than János Tóth, who is still the role model and reference point for all Hungarian cinematographers. He has proven his unique talent in all cinematographic genres. In his unmissable features, shorts and documentary films, he set an example to his peers with his tight compositions and his art of light. His experimental cinematographic films, shot with the optics he developed, were far ahead of their time. Our portrait film explores the oeuvre of this exceptional cinematographic artist.
The film recounts the adventures of three lovable animals, a Viszla, a Dachshund and a northern goshawk. The animals are accidentally taken to the shores of Lake Kis-Balaton, where many surprises and adventures await them. Created in 1958, it is a classic of Hungarian nature film, generations have grown up with it, and today's children still enjoy the story of Ficko, Pletyka and Nimrod in a beautiful setting.
About the life of young people in Hungary in the late 50s, their joys, hopes and dreams. When Joly entered the factory, she wanted to be as cheerful and carefree as the other girls, and she didn't tell anyone that she had a son. And now, when the wedding day with Ferenc is almost set, Yoli walks around sad and confused. She doesn't know how Feri will take the news of her son. She is afraid that Feri, who loves and trusts her very much, will never understand or forgive her. But Feri turns out to be a real man, and Yoli together with little Ali finds her true happiness.
Poézis is, via the sculptures of a simple woodcarver, a cultural imprint of the life of the peasantry.
Aréna is nothing less than an attempt at spatial-temporal filming. It is an associative, avant-garde universe, the entire universe of the world, culture, edited into images of the masses participating in a match and then dispersing, in one- to four-frame flashes with music by Péter Eötvös.
This audio-visual universe peppered with Laozi quotations and made in Balázs Béla Studio represents the culmination of artistic self-expression of János Tóth. It is a self-selected auteur anthology of four of his experimental films.
Effects of refractional experiments put in the language of the film.
Ragyogás is a polyphonic series of studies on film and light; it creates and reshapes cinema’s mythical world and language.