Hungarian Studies in London
Csaba Bollók’s 2007 film ‘Iska utazása’ (Iska’s Journey) is being screened at 7 pm on Saturday 25 April at Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, as part of the East End Film Festival. The double bill screening also includes a Q&A with the director, and Valeriya Gai Germanika’s 2008 film ‘Everybody Dies But Me’. ’Iska utazása’ is a documentary-like [...]
The Hungarian Cultural Centre’s first film festival, ‘Check the Gate: Our 21st Century’ begins today, at the Curzon Mayfair. Coinciding with the centenary of the birth of Hungarian cinema, the festival celebrates the best of contemporary Hungarian cinema, and showcases features by Kornél Mundruczó, Bendek Fliegauf, György Pálfi, Csaba Bollók, Ferenc Török, Diana Groó, and [...]
KinoKultura, the online journal of Russian cinema, dedicates its February 2008 issue to Hungarian cinema. Edited by Catherine Portugues, Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, it includes interviews with István Szabó and Gyula Gazdag, thematic essays, and reviews.
On 2 November, students and teaching staff watched Károly Makk’s 1971 film Szerelem, winner of the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival that year, and arguably one of the greatest Central European films of all time. Two short stories by Tibor Déry (1896-1977) form the basis of Szerelem, for which Déry also wrote the [...]
As you may know, this year’s London Film Festival starts today. Here are some films showing that are either Hungarian, or have some link to Hungary:
Ópium, egy elmebeteg nő naplója (Opium - Diary of a Madwoman) - by János Szász, based on work by writer and psychiatrist Géza Csáth, won four awards at this year’s [...]