Documentaries

History

The Life of an Agent (2005)

Dir: Gábor Zsigmond Papp
82 min

Learn how to become the James Bond of the communist era. Extravagant yet entertaining.

A Guest of Life (2006)

Dir: Tibor Szemző
80 min

A beautiful fictional documentary with some appealing animations about a European monk in the Middle Ages going to Tibet...

Balaton Retro (2007)

Dir: Gábor Zsigmond Papp
82 min

Holiday greetings from Lake Balaton in the 60s and 70s - with footnotes under that line that one should not write through.

The School of the Reich (2003)

Dir: Gábor Zsigmond Papp
53 min

A story of people who have survived the Holocaust. A story of people who helped others to survive. A story of a school.

Ash Wednesday (2004)

Dir: Zsigmond Gábor Papp
64 min

The Ballad of the Bread Girl (1996)

Dir: György Pálos György Czabán
74 min

He is an old man now, a director. Back in the war he was taken to a work camp, hardly survived. And there was this misterious bread girl helping him - we are looking for her together, finding out what it could feel like living back then... Storytelling at its best!

University in Flight (2005)

Dir: Gábor Zsigmond Papp
52 min

Budapest Retro (1998)

Dir: Gábor Zsigmond Papp
75 min

Budapest Retro II (2003)

Dir: Gábor Zsigmond Papp
90 min

Descendants (2004)

Dir: Károly Markert
97 min

The Wagon (2006)

Dir: Károly Markert
98 min

Society

Song of Lives (Buena Vista Transylvania) (2006)

Dir: Csaba Bereczki
90 min

This dream-like documentary takes us into the lives of world famous gypsy musicians living at the margins of society.

The Light of our Eyes (2006)

Dir: Ágota Varga
83 min

Is There Life Before Death? (2001)

Dir: Benedek Fliegauf
110 min

"We all live in continuous hypnosis, and those people who awake from the dream and start to live their own lives frighten the rest of us."

Moszny (2005)

Dir: Róbert Lakatos
40 min

The Kingdom of Silence (2001)

Dir: Róbert Lakatos
37 min

The Sinking Village (2007)

Dir: Márton Szirmai
23 min

Party People (2007)

Dir: Gábor Zsigmond Papp
51 min

The Treasure of the City (2006)

Dir: Márton Szirmai
17 min

Junking (2003)

Dir: Lehel Oláh
25 min

Street people (2002)

Dir: Gábor Zsigmond Papp
47 min

Full of Grease (2007)

Dir: Kristóf Kovács
57 min

The second best pig sticker group.

Nature & Travel

Lilliputian Mimicri (2008)

Dir: Attila David Molnar
27 min

Science class under the sea for children between 6 and 60.

Cuba (San Lazaro, Colores, Merry Christmas) (2005)

Dir: Csilla Szigeti
15 min

Three colorful short documentaries giving us impressions about the vibrant culture of Cuba.

The Island of Devils - Tasmania (2002)

Dir: Marcell Zsolt Tóth
38 min

Tasmania is the smallest Australian state and the only one that is an island. Tasmania’s natural and cultural diversity and compact size make it a perfect travel destination...

Jewel Island - Mauritius (2003)

Dir: Marcell Zsolt Tóth
52 min

The film is a perfect illustration of the constant controversy between nature and human impact. What was created in millions of years, was destroyed in only a few. And it is an incredible battle to preserve these remaining jewels in their original form.

Island Born in Fire - Iceland (2006)

Dir: Marcell Zsolt Tóth
40 min

According to Pytheas there is a small island in the middle of the ocean. It is a strange place at several days' sailing from the end of the world, the westernmost coast of the mainland.

Another Time Zone - Papua New Guinea (2006)

Dir: Dávid Attila Molnár
30 min

We're in a small fishing village in Papua New Guinea. The men wake up early in the morning, they sit in their canoes and go out to the sea.

Mayflies - One Day Triumph (2005)

Dir: Marcell Zsolt Tóth
30 min

See the countless little insects emerging from the water in their thousands as they are desparately trying to fulfill their ultimate mission: to reproduce.

Towers of Patagonia (2004)

Dir: Marcell Zsolt Tóth
52 min

There are thousands for whom standing on solid asphalt means no more security than hanging from 800 meters hight.

Wolfwatching (2005)

Dir: Dávid Attila Molnár
52 min

Wolfwatching tells the story of a unique ethological experiment in which wolves were brought up by humans.

Greenland - a place far beyond (2005)

Dir: Marcell Zsolt Tóth
52 min

The film follows an expedition and meanwhile gives an insight into the everyday life of the inuit people.

Frozen Oasis (2004)

Dir: Marcell Zsolt Tóth
52 min

Global warming now threatens our planet’s ecosystem...

ANTARCTICA - Life in the Frozen Oasis (2003)

Dir: Marcell Zsolt Tóth
108 min

The film presents the life in these mysterious oases as well as follows the work of the four film-makers who passionately work to capture the short period of life of this charming place before winter arrives to rule again.

Saving the Great Bustard (2007)

Dir: Dávid Attila Molnár
25 min

EU’s LIFE NATURE Programme has launched a big project in order to save the majestic bird of the Hungarian „Puszta”.