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Miklós Jancsó: The Red and White 50 Years Ago at Cannes – Official Selection

© Tibor Inkey The Film Archive was reorganized within 20th Century), which became much The new Film Archive made its first the framework of the Hungarian Natio­ sought-after in the wake of the inter­ public appearance at the nal Film Fund a year and a half ago, and national hit Testről és lélekről (On Body Classics Film Marathon in November. this is when the National Digital Film and Soul) and had its world premiered The Budapest audience watched newly Restoration Programme was announ­ at Berlinale Classics 2018. We launched restored Hungarian masterpieces and ced. We are digitizing and restoring 25 the resto­ration of the complete Hun­ special works with a Hungarian rele­ films a year, in cooperation with the garian oeuvre of István Szabó the world- vance from European archives such as Hungarian Filmlab and with the invol­ famous director, who celebrates his CNC, Cinémathèque française, Cineteca vement of the Hungarian Society of 80th birthday this year. di Bologna, Deutsche Kinemathek, Eye Cinematographers (HSC). Filminstitut, and Filmarchiv , at Over the next five years, we would like to 38 screenings over four days. We also Zoltán Fábri, one of the most successful fully restore in 4K the most significant celebrated the two 100-year-old Euro­ Hungarian film directors (Moscow and works of the oeuvres of Károly Makk, pean film studios, UFA and Hunnia, Berlin Festival winner, nominated for Sándor Sára, Béla Tarr, Márta Mészáros, through the presentation of German- the Palme d’Or three times and twice Zoltán Huszárik, Miklós Jancsó, István Hungarian dual-language productions for an Oscar), would have been 100 years Gaál, Marcell Jankovics, Gyula Macskássy, from the 1930s. The festival was a great old in 2017, which is why we launched Sándor Reisenbüchler, as well as some success, attracting more than 5 000 the systematic restoration and DVD other works. visitors in four days. special edition of his lifetime work. His 4K restored masterpiece, Körhinta The Film Archive celebrated its 60th In September, 2018 the new and extensive (Merry-go-round) was screened at anniversary in 2017. To conclude the edition of Film Marathon follows, with Cannes Classics in 2017, just like Szere­ anniversary, we made a package of 60 about fifty films, stars like Claudia lem (Love) by Károly Makk in 2016 and films including restored classics and rare Cardinale, movie rarities and open air the Szegénylegények (The Round-up) documentaries available for free on our screenings – in one week. by Miklós Jancsó in 2015. video sharing channel. More than 750 000 people clic­ked on our films, thereby György Ráduly We have also restored the first film by proving that there is huge demand for Ildikó Enyedi, Az én XX. századom (My archive films in this form as well. István Szabó Oeuvre restoration began in 2017 (born 18 February 1938)

Oscar-winner István Szabó is the most directed several poetic films about 1982, David di Donattello Award, Colonel internationality acclaimed filmmaker Budapest (Budapest, Why I Love It, Redl won a BAFTA Award, London, of since the 1960s. Graduating 1971). One, Dream About a House, won 1987, Hanussen was nominated for the at the Hungarian Academy of Theatrical the Main Prize of Locarno, in shorts, Felix Award, Golden Globe Award, etc. and Cinematic Art in 1957, he was a and this study was the prologue of 25 After his ‘Klaus-Maria Brandauer’ trilogy, founding member of the Béla Balázs Fireman Street. These are plagued by Szabó continued to make international Stúdió. He first gained international dream-history and loss over thirty co-productions, filming in a variety of acknowledgement with his