Handing over the Grand Budapest Prize in Uránia Cinema. The screening of Filibus in Toldi cinema; introduction by Sara Den Hamer, director of EYE Film Museum, Amsterdam. Drawing the lucky winner of the KLM. Q&A after the screening of Bolse vita.
Come On Over! screening in the French Cultural Institute, piano: Elaine Lobenstein Photography screening and Q&A Man with a Movie Camera open-air screening (photo credits: Miklós Déri)
Stephen, the king open-air screening (photo credits: Lili Chripkó)
Greeting Udo Kier in Uránia (photo credits: Lili Chripkó)
Change in programme
We would like to inform our guests, that Michael Nyman had to cancel his participation at the Budapest Classics Film Marathon due to healthy issues.
World-famous foreign star guests at the Marathon
Pierre Richard, Michael Nyman, Udo Kier, Johanna ter Steege and Magda Vášáryová are all in Budapest at the invitation of the 3rd Budapest Classics Film Marathon organized by the Hungarian National Film Fund.
Free for 30 years
The Budapest Classics Film Marathon, the festival of restored classic films, celebrates the 30th anniversary of the change of regime with a special film section.
Pierre Richard
There is actually much more to the name of Pierre Richard, primarily known as a great slapstick artist, as “Pierre” is only his first given name, while “Richard” is the second.
Michael Nyman
Composer Michael Nyman is primarily known in Hungary for his scores in Peter Greenway’s films.
Veronika Varga
Veronika Varga's acting carrier developed parallel in Budapest and in Paris. She has several roles in cinema and TV-films, in the upcoming period she will have several roles in Hungarian movies too.
Udo Kier
Udo Kier is a key figure of the past decades of German film history, but his acting has also a considerable effect on the Hungarian film history.
Johanna ter Steege
Johanna ter Steege is a Dutch actress who had an international carrier including some memorable characters of Hungarian film history.
Márton Kurutz – Director of Research and Collection at the Film Archive
Lecture: Hungarian musical films from the early years to 1945, Thursday 5, September, 9.00-13.00 French Institute; Introduction: The Undesirable, Thursday 5, September, 17.30 French Institute; Introduction: Slave Bird, Friday 6, September, 14.00, French Institute
21 restored Hungarian films at the Budapest Classics Film Marathon
This year’s Film Marathon showcases 21 recently restored, full-length feature films, including popular works such as Marcell Jankovics’s animation Son of the White Mare (Fehérlófia) and the first Hungarian rock-opera, Stephen the King (István, a király).
Franck Loiret – Director of La Cinémathèque de Toulouse
Lecture: La Cinémathèque de Toulouse, 7 September, Saturday, 9.00-16.00 French Institute; Introduction: The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom, 7 September, 20.00 French Institute
Thomas Christensen – Lead Curator at the Danish Film Institute
Lecture: Preservation and digitising for now and the future, the model of the Danish Film Institute, Friday 6, September, 9.00-16.00 French Institute; Introduction: Ordet, Saturday 7, September, 11.30 Toldi Cinema
Dániel Bőhm – audio restorer, Hungarian Film Lab
Lecture: Audio restoration of classical films – how is a mono recording turned into a Dolby Surround System sound?, Thursday 5, September, 9.00-13.00 French Institute
Animation film DIY in BABTÉR workshop
Animation workshop for children and youngsters led by BABTÉR workshop on the 7th and 8th of September, 10 a.m-4 p.m.
Margit Kornai, a Hungarian female film pioneer
Mrs. Béla Balogh, Margit Kornai (1883-1953) had already enjoyed a rich and successful artistic career when, at the age of 32 as a widow with two children, she married Béla Balogh (1885-1945). By producing no fewer than 65 (mostly) silent films in the creative community and family enterprise she established with her husband, this couple have gone down in history as one of the most fertile...
