With the best Hungarian films of the last few years, we welcome all film lovers who want to get some fresh air in the heart of Budapest, in a beautiful, panoramic, dog-friendly location.
The animation community at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME Anim) is one of the most influential creative workshops and intellectual centers of animation in Hungary. Their main activities are education, content development, talent management, and production. The education spectrum includes the BA and MA animation programs, short-term courses, and international training programs. Through content development and talent management, we execute/implement projects, incubation and research activities. In the framework of their production scope, the department brings various animation projects to life in partnership with domestic and international partners. They organize the KISKAKAS (Little Rooster) film days, exhibitions, film premieres and screenings, conferences and professional panels. Their main goals are to foster the next generation to start a successful career in animation and to map and research the continually expanding field of animation. Our mission is to enhance the reputation and success of Hungarian animation both on a national and a global level. A selection of MOME Anim's latest works will be seen on the Várkert Mozi program. As part of the programme, Erhardt Domonkos’ The Corner of My Eye, which was also featured in the Generation 14plus section of this year's Berlinale, will be screened.
FELHŐK FELETT: Hárshegyi Vivien
A girl falls in love again, which fills her with dread. She runs away and is caught in a whirlpool of old memories. In her imagination, she relives the highs and lows of first love, then comes to a crossroads - will she be able to free her soul to face the future with an open heart?
AVANT: Mostoha Marcell
I deal with the interaction between space and being in it and the energies associated with them. The state of rest, the change, and the returning form a frame. The film is about this duality and balance between rest and unrest.
BABY STEPS: Lydia Reid & Julia Tudisco
A teenage girl is deep in thought in her bathroom trying to come to terms with an unexpected situation about motherhood. Her process takes us into an adventure to find acceptance, one step at a time.
APÁD: Kühnel-Szabó Anita
The violinist Miklós' perpetual compulsion to conform turns into anxiety, which dooms his life. Following an accident, he finds himself in purgatory, where his father, who had died earlier, is waiting to accompany him to God. The journey with the bad-tempered father is a real ordeal. Along the way, Miklós discovers why he has become an anxious man who blames himself and constantly seeks answers to his fate. And for answers, he must walk through purgatory.
REMETE SZIGET: Mariai Gábor
Cassi is rushing home from an important mission, but an accident strands her on a remote island. She meets the hermit who lives there and sets off with him in search of a new boat. Their adventure forces them to reassess their worldview.
THE CURSE OF THE BLACK ROSE: Bárány Lili
An intuitive tale of rebirth about a long forgotten mystical witch. She is a natural chemist who searches for the secret of the spirit of life and has every desire to erase the curse of the weeping rose locked in a black calico. Only a child in a yellow hoodie who doesn't believe in curses can help her fate.
THE PATTERN: Bogyó Péter
In the animated short titled The Pattern we can see three protagonists who, even though they live in separate subjective worlds, they all need the same yellow flower for their happiness. The fat man stranded in a fragmented, surreal world wants to rebuild his house made of honey. The elderly man stuck in an old-timer sci-fi movie feels nostalgic about the environment prior to the devastating robots. The kid living in his playful fantasy world would like to replace his mom’s broken plant.
ÚTVESZTŐ: Cornejo Judit & Komán Kitti
SZEMEM SARKA: : Erhardt Domonkos
Alone at the bus stop, he takes one final drag on his cigarette. Inside the bus, everything rattles and creaks, the dark city slowly passing by the window. And then there she is – reflected in the glass. Their eyes meet: she smiles; beads of sweat form on his forehead. With a style reminiscent of expressionist woodcuts and in daydreamy colours, Domonkos Erhardt’s animated short captures the magic of a fleeting encounter. The world premiere of Erhardt Domonkos’ The Corner of My Eye was part of the Generation 14plus section at this year's Berlinale.
