Cineconcerts
Film screenings with live music accompaniment. The meeting of these two arts in this form provides viewers with a unique and unforgettable experience. Anyone who has never taken part in such an event should not miss this chance, and for those who have, we’re sure they’ll return!
Open-Air Screenings
We’re going al fresco again this year! All are welcome to attend free-of-charge open-air screenings in the square in front of Budapest’s Basilica. The programme includes János vitéz (Johnny Corncob), Szegénylegények (The Round-Up), The Legend of 1900, while the UFO from Close Encounters of the Third Kind touches down in Szent István Square.
Gala Screenings
Three extraordinary film presentations in the gala hall of Uránia National Film Theatre.
Motion Pictures
Mozikép, Hungarian experimental film, colour, 1976, dir: János Tóth, Language: Hungarian, Subtitles: English, 12' (23.09.19.00 Toldi Small Hall)
A Quite Ordinary Life
Két elhatározás, black and white Hungarian portrait, 1976, dir: Imre Gyöngyössy, Barna Kabay, Language: Hungarian, Subtitles: English, 69' (24.09.16.00 Szent Ludwig Museum)
The King of Paris
The King of Paris, French-English drama, colour, 1995, by Dominique Maillet, Language: French, Subtitles: Hungarian, 102' Introduction: Dominique Maillet, Veronika Varga (24.09. 16:30 French Institute)
Animated short films by George Pal
12 Dutch animated short films, 1935–1940, dir: George Pal, Language: Dutch, Subtitles: English, 63' (26.09.18.30 Toldi Cinema Main Hall)
4th Budapest Classics Film Marathon arrives in September
From 21st to 26th September, the National Film Institute is organizing – for the fourth time – Budapest’s largest international film event, Budapest Classics Film Marathon.
Study (Winter Wind Werk)
Tanulmány (Sirokkó werkfilm), Hungarian werk, colour, 1969, dir: Georg Pintér, Language: Hungarian, French, Subtitles: French, 11' (25.09.16.30 French Institute)
Hope and Myth – Imre Gyöngyössy Poet, Director 1-2.
Remény és mítosz – Imre Gyöngyössy Poet, Director 1-2. Hungarian documentary, colour, 2015, dir: Katalin Petényi, Barna Kabay, Language: Hungarian, English, Italian, Subtitles: English, 48' (24.09.16.00 Ludwig Museum)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
American sci-fi, colour, 1977, dir: Steven Spielberg, Language: English, Subtitles: Hungarian, 138' (25.09.19.30 Szent István square)
Johnny Corncob
János vitéz, Hungarian animation, colour, 1973, dir: Marcell Jankovics, Language: Hungarian, Subtitles: English, 79' (24.09.19.30 Szent István square)
The Legend of 1900
La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano, Italian drama, colour, 1998, dir: Giuseppe Tornatore, Language: English, French, Italian, Subtitles: Hungarian, 169' (23.09.19.30 Szent István square)
The Round-Up
Szegénylegények, black and white Hungarian drama, 1965, dir: Miklós Jancsó, Language: Hungarian, Subtitles: English, 90’ (22.09.19.30 Szent István square)
Winter Wind
Sirokkó, Hungarian-French historical parable, colour, 1969, dir: Miklós Jancsó, Language: Hungarian, Subtitles: English, 71’ (25.09.18.00 French Institute)
Clean Slate
Coup de torchon, French crime comedy, colour, 1981, dir: Bertrand Tavernier, Language: French, Subtitles: English, Hungarian, 128' (26.09.19.30 French Institute)
The Passion of Joan of Arc
La passion de Jeanne d’Arc, black and white Danish silent drama, 1928, dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer, Language: Danish intertitles, Subtitles: English, Hungarian, 110’ (26.09.15.00 French Institute)
F for Fake
French-American documentary, colour, 1973, dir: Orson Welles, Language: English, Subtitles: Hungarian, 89’ (26.09.11.00 Uránia National Film Theatre)
For Don Carlos
Pour Don Carlos, black and white, tinted French silent melodrama, 1921, dir: Musidora, Jacques Lasseyne, Language: French intertitles, Subtitles: Hungarian, 80’ (24.09.20.15 French Institute)
The Woman and the Puppet
La femme et le pantin, black and white French silent melodrama, 1929, dir: Jacques de Baroncelli, Language: French intertitles, Subtitles: Hungarian,English, 110’ (23.09.17.30 Uránia National Film Theatre)
Géza Anda, Pianist – Conductor – Educator
Géza Anda, Pianist – Dirigent – Pädagoge, black and white Swiss documentary, 1966, dir: Richard Leacock, Rolf Liebermann, Language: German, Subtitles: Hungarian, 53’ (24.09.18.30 French Institute)
The Méliès Mystery
Le mystère Méliès, French biographical documentary, 2020, dir: Eric Lange, Language: French, English, Subtitles: Hungarian, 59’ (25.09.15.00 French Institute)
The Pier
La jetée, French experimental science fiction, colour, 1962, dir: Chris Marker, Language: French, German, Subtitles: Hungarian, 28’ (22.09.20.00 French Institute)