The second Check the Gate festival of Hungarian films in London will take place from 25th to 30th June. While last year’s line-up consisted of six relatively recent titles, this year they’ve upped the total to ten and there’s a much greater concentration on acknowledged classics, dating back forty years to the late Péter Bacsó’s delicious The Witness (A tanú, 1969).
Here’s the complete line-up – all screenings are at the ICA:
25 June, Cinema 1, 8.30 pm
Made In Hungaria (d.Gergely Fonyó, 2008)
26 June, Cinema 2, afternoon
The Witness (A tanú, d. Péter Bacsó, 1969)
26 June, Cinema 2, evening
The Lords’s Lantern in Budapest (Nekem lámpást adott kezembe az Úr Pesten, d. Miklós Jancsó, 1999)
27 June, Cinema 2, afternoon
Love (Szerelem, d. Károly Makk, 1971)
27 June, Cinema 2, evening
Junk Movie (Roncsfilm, d. György Szomjas, 1992)
28 June, Cinema 2, afternoon
Time Stands Still (Megáll az idő, d. Péter Gothár, 1982)
28 June, Cinema 2, evening
Moscow Square (Moszkva tér, d. Ferenc Török, 2000
29 June, Cinema 2, afternoon
We Never Die (Sose halunk meg, d. Róbert Koltai, 1992)
29 June, Cinema 2 evening
Bolse Vita (d. Ibolya Fekete, 1996)
30 June, Cinema 2 evening
Family Nest (Családi tűzfészek, d. Béla Tarr, 1979)
And here’s the official website.
I would recommend checking out:
28 June, Cinema 2, evening
Moscow Square (Moszkva tér, d. Ferenc Török, 2000
Impressive heartfelt debut from this young filmmaker. A very accurate portrayal of that momentous time of change from the point of view of a student about to enter adulthood. First in a trilogy of films following his own Leaud-like character–followed up by Szezon and Overnight.
Thanks for that – as luck would have it, I’ve seen half the films already, so there’s every possibility I can catch all the others. So I’ll definitely keep an eye out for it.
Excellent, I’ll try to check some out. One of the Criterion board members recently discussed Family Nest; quite terrific timing.