Gábor Máté

In 1960s Hungary, an introverted teenager’s life is turned upside down by a few days in the company of his coat hanger salesman uncle: a...

In the week of the book an interview is made with the writer Péter Simon, whose first book of short stories appeared in the prime of his life.

A Hungarian youth comes of age at Buchenwald during World War II. György Köves is 14, the son of a merchant who's sent to a forced labor...

Via the New York Times: "The Hungarian director Gyula Gazdag has transposed the middle section of Balzac's "Lost Illusions" from Paris in the...

Middle-aged writer (Kornél Esti) travels to Germany to deliver a lecture. During the long journey he recalls the memories of an other journey...

After a long night, Dj Feaky D loses a large sum of money on poker. When an old friend offers a "great opportunity of easy money", he calls up on his...

A feature length, lively - montage style - documentary, capturing the essence of what life was like in socialist Hungary - dubbed the "The most...

A tale of twin girls, Dóra and Lili, who are born in 1880 Budapest at the same moment Thomas Edison presents his electric lightbulb to the...

During World War II Carlotta, the circus owner maintains herself, her lover and her rather run-down circus-team by illegal man-smuggling. In the year...

A pirate radio, the girl next door, and a test of friendship.

Ferenc Gergó met Béla Nagy in the army, who later appeared at his workplace, a rural communications technology factory, as a...

Set over three generations and beginning with a sexually frustrated orderly during WWII who relieves his tensions in the most outlandish, gross ways....

The general practitioner Balla and his wife abandoning her higher education begin their common life in the small mountain village in the hope of...

The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.

The story shows Emma's and Böbe's fight for survival, for keeping their position in society which they achieved with hard work in the previous...

The viper. The word alone fills most people with dread. It calls to mind some kind of huge, writhing monster, lying in wait to bite. The Hungarian...

Twenty well-known Hungarian artists - 10 right-wing (said to be) and 10 left-liberal (said to be) writers, directors, actors, musicians talk about...

A group of seven friends of different ages and interests meet regularly at Eva's. They have coffee, talk and listen to music. At one of the...

A new socialistic city is being built on the Danube's riverbank in the early 50's. The story is about a teacher who's living there.

Collection of short films the summaries of which include; a foreign man moving to Italy, getting married and having a child; a four split scene short...

A coming-of-age story set in the contemporary Hungarian countryside, where teenage soloist Dávid decides to stand up for Nóri, 13, a...

As a free adaptation of Voltaire's classic, our Candide tries to win the beloved Cunégonde's heart in different contemporary settings. In the...

On the day the Berlin Wall falls, a determined young actress has a job interview at the National Theater. But, while a world-order falls apart...

Hungarian TV-movie, adaptation of a drama by Géza Ottlik.

A divorced middle-aged woman takes home an ardent suitor, only to discover that he prefers her teenage son. The mother is an overworked coffee-shop...

A tale about an independent-minded university professor who leaves her family to travel across the countryside to visit a friend.

What can you expect from a 30-year-old man? Have a good job, car, house, wife, kids. And how is András doing on his 30th birthday? He's an...

Eva Kerezkes is a young woman who lives alone in her apartment. After her parents' death, she was adopted by writer Tibor and his wife, Klara. Upon...

Marguerite Gautier, a beautiful Parisian courtesan turned courtesan, falls in love with the son of a country nobleman of modest means. This ardent...

A feature length, lively - montage style - documentary, capturing the essence of what life was like in socialist Hungary's conscript army, using...

TV-adaptation of the two short stories from hungarian writer Ferenc Karinthy.