A young woman vanished in Slovakia 27 years ago. Decades later, her sister, a filmmaker, embarks on a quest to uncover what really happened and to understand why her family seems so indifferent to her absence. The film is both a real and a psychological journey of a family. Though based on true events, it […]
This documentary takes an anthropological perspective to unveil the life of a family living in the grip of generational poverty within a settlement in Eastern Slovakia. The film explores the recurring cycle into which children like Amália are born, where their life prospects are predetermined by the circumstances. Despite the harsh conditions, the family strives […]
After the funeral of a mutual childhood friend, three men and their partners gather in an apartment—Andris with his wife Zsuzsa, Árpi with his girlfriend Niki, and Rajmund with his wife Csibi. Over the years, the friends have grown socially apart: Andris is about to take up a position as a university professor in Mexico, […]
When a runaway prisoner’s taste for power wipes out his mission to lead his fellow inmates to freedom, their path to a much-desired liberation steers them to a new kind of oppression. Zenith uses dance language to illustrate the power dynamics that have shaped the political landscape in recent decades, not only in Europe but […]
A family drama about the relationship between an eccentric father, who believes in the impending end of the world, and his daughter, fleeing with her two girls from an abusive husband to start anew. Living on the forest’s edge, the Old man involves his granddaughters in his survival plans. When the girls leave into the […]
Dániel is a man in his early twenties. His dream is to become a great painter. He is in the final round of the application process for the University of Fine Arts. He’s listening to the “Garden of heart” meditation exercise before the interview. In his mind, he is in a garden full of flowers, […]
It’s summer in Budapest, high school student Abel is struggling to focus on his final exams, whilst coming to the realisation that he is hopelessly in love with his best friend Janka. The studious Janka has her own unrequited love with married history teacher Jakab – who had a previous confrontation with Abel’s conservative father. […]
A misfit teenager, an anxious mother, and a recent widow see their day interrupted by a mysterious natural phenomenon. As their world descends into chaos, the three women struggle to find their place in life.
What can an independent artist in 21st century Eastern Europe do if he wants to live and create without compromise? The life of Lajos Kassak extends across many historical eras; he lived under left- and right-wing dictatorships, through wars and revolutions, even peace and democracy. And in each era he knew how to behave as […]