Hungary Visiting: Historical Milestones
Hungarian Animated Film Retrospective II - Historical Milestones 1
Schmollova simfonija / Schmoll szimfónia / Schmoll Symphony
An abstract stop motion commercial advertising the shoe polish brand "Schmoll".
Koncertissimo / Koncertisszimó / Concertissimo
A cartoon allegory set in a concert hall about armed aggression and the ignorance of the crowd. The film won the Golden Dragon Special Prize at the 1968 Krakow Short Film Festival.
Valovne dolžine / Hullámhosszok / Wavelengths
The film follows the random and fragmentary sound impressions of the radio through unexpected surreal combinations of under-the-camera paintings and drawings.
Sizif / Sizif / Sisyphus
This Oscar-nominated film is a graphic masterpiece about the eternal human struggle.
Fižolov svet / Babfilm / Scenes with Beans
How does our society look like from the outside? Take a look with an external creature on a world filled with hundreds of beans.
Hej, ti! / Hé, te! / Hey, You!
Aggression bears aggression: Hey You! is a precise depiction of how the persecuted becomes the persecutor.
Ham ham / Hamm / Gobble-Gobble
A story of a man who one day went out to have dinner in a posh restaurant but ended up eating the whole universe.
Pretep / Küzdők / Fight
The sculptor is making a statue, and, in turn, is being fashioned by the statue.
Moto perpetuo
A story of a crowded perpetual motion lift in which a little man wants to get in – a quiet struggle with no end. Winner of Palme d'Or for Best Short Film in 1982.
Muha / A légy / Fly
This Academy Award winning animation by Ferenc Rofusz pioneered a magnificent new technique of background animation. Telling the story from the P.O.V. of a fly trapped within a house was also a unique state of art from the Eastern European block.
Kolački / Süti / Scones
Things go wild when a bowl of dough is left on its own in the pantry at grandma's.
Svetloba pred zoro / Fények virradat előtt / Lights Before Dawn
A tiny costumed fairy couple come to life in the optical illusion machine of Charles-Émile Reynaud. The film is a lyrical tribute to the creator of the Théâtre Optique and the forefather of animation.