The 40th Hungarian Film Week is running from 27 January to 3 February 2009, and Magyar Filmunió have just announced the final line-up.
In total, 101 recent Hungarian productions are screening across five categories (feature, short, documentary, scientific, television), including 26 new feature films. Seven of the competition entries are by first-time directors, though there’s also new work from veterans such as Péter Bacsó, Krisztina Goda, Gábor Herendi and Tamás Sas. Ten world premieres include the latest films János Edelényi. Péter Gárdos, György Pálfi, Árpád Sopsits, András Szirtes, Dezső Zsigmond and Roland Vranik.
This is the line-up for the Golden Reel feature competition:
1 (d. Pater Sparrow) – world premiere/feature debut
9½ Dates (9 és fél randi, d. Tamás Sas)
A Kind of America 2 (Valami Amerika 2, d. Gábor Herendi)
Chameleon (Kaméleon, d. Krisztina Goda)
Father’s Acre (Apaföld, d. Viktor Oszkár Nagy) – world premiere/feature debut
Fluke (Mázli, d. Tamás Keményffy) – feature debut
Juliette (d. András Szirtes) – world premiere
Intimate Headshot (Intim fejlövés, d. Péter Szajki) – world premiere/feature debut
I’m Not Your Friend (Nem vagyok a barátod, d. György Pálfi) – world premiere
Lost Times (Utolsó idők, d. Áron Mátyássy) – world premiere/feature debut
Paper Planes (Papírrepülők, d. Simon Szabó) – world premiere/feature debut
Pinprick (d. Daniel Young) – world premiere/feature debut
Prank (Tréfa, d. Péter Gárdos) – world premiere
Prima Primavera (d. János Edelényi) – world premiere
The Seventh Circle (A hetedik kör, d. Árpád Sopsits) – world premiere
Transmission (Adás, d. Roland Vranik) – world premiere
Virtually a Virgin (Majdnem szűz, d. Péter Bacsó)
Wild Girl (Vadlány, d. Dezső Zsigmond) – world premiere
More information, including screening locations, should be available on the festival website nearer the time.