Captives 2019
In 1951 Communist-era Budapest, the secret police knock on the door of an ordinary family. Instead of arresting them, they decide to move in and hold the family captive in their own home, along with anyone who comes to visit them.
In 1951 Communist-era Budapest, the secret police knock on the door of an ordinary family. Instead of arresting them, they decide to move in and hold the family captive in their own home, along with anyone who comes to visit them.
A firefighter develops a fear of heights and has strange visions after his wedding proposal goes up in smoke. Will a teacher he meets later cure his vertigo and mend his broken heart?
A young court bailiff's first eviction case turns into a nightmare because of a desperate old lady who is willing to sacrifice everything to keep her home.
The uplifting story of an unusual friendship between an elderly man trying to get out of a nursing home and an impulsive teenage girl on social work who decides to help him.
Tony has been glowing since the day he was born and it causes him a lot of trouble. Just before the Christmas, a new odd girl with thick glasses moves into Tony’s house. Shelly has a strange way of expressing herself. Tony is fascinated by her but he is also being cautious at first. Together with Shelly’s flashlight, they explore their house and they are slowly getting to know each other. The kids have to join all their efforts to figure out who’s behind the circuit of dark cracks that sucks out all the light bulbs, even the daylight. It must be because of the “Spirit of the house”. A film about being different, about friendship, and first loves… But above all about light and darkness.
Tobi is a typical 16-year-old, desperate for the end of school and wondering what path in life to take. The hard-working people in Tobi’s tiny village struggle to make ends meet, while the kids can’t wait to escape to Budapest as soon as they turn 18. Against the challenges of an increasingly conservative Hungary, where trans rights are currently being stripped back, this insightful documentary generously shines a light on the journey of Tobi’s mother as much as Tobi themselves. Having come out once as male in his mid-teens, Tobi later shifts towards a non-binary identity. It’s a steep learning curve for the family to re-evaluate the deeply ingrained gender binary in this rural corner of Central Europe, but for this caring and communicative group, love wins the day.
Doma invites his rarely seen half-brother Ádám to a fancy café. He claims that their father wants to get back together with Ádám's mother, and now they can spy on them. Ádám doesn't believe him, but the parents do turn up and a strange family portrait begins to unfold.
András, a single father, is having a hard time finding a way to his daughter, as they both struggle to cope with the challenges of their own everyday lives.
A school physician whose son is being bullied at school finds that he must conduct a routine medical examination of one of his son's chief tormentors.
Edina is a middle aged, aloof intellectual, who ends up at a beauty salon doing a full-on bikini wax. As the process goes, she gets more and more in touch with her inner pain and gradually connects with her suppressed conscious.
A coming-of-age story set in the contemporary Hungarian countryside, where teenage soloist Dávid decides to stand up for Nóri, 13, a cellist in their youth orchestra who is having a suspiciously close relationship with their 60-year-old conductor. While looking for the truth, Dávid's life soon starts to spiral out of control as he faces tough decisions and the adult society's negligence.
It's Zoé's birthday tomorrow, and she and her boyfriend are planning to go to her parents' holiday home by Lake Balaton. Next day's celebrations are not expected to offer any surprises. Zoé has never made so-called bad decisions, until today.
When two CCTV technicians find out about an AI machine threatening their jobs, they must get out of their chairs to beat the system – leading them to an unexpected solution.
The protagonist is hit ten times, but fortunately it's only a bruise.
Peti spends his last night in the country at a house party, where he experiences a special connection with someone.
Set on a lazy, lukewarm summer afternoon, the story of a young but jaded Feri and a disintegrating group of friends in a lakeside holiday village.
An amateur cameraman cruises the streets examining characters and recording his secretly observed moments along the way. He begins influencing and shifting reality, bringing us on a journey through his memories and fantasies.
Ádám and his friend Bálint, are teenagers living on the violent outskirts of Budapest. When a friend of theirs gets beaten up and they decide to get revenge, Adam is forced to face the fact what it really means to be a man.
A nineteen-year-old boy, instead of going to his father's funeral, tries to find comfort in an erotic adventure.