Films from the Balázs Béla Studio (BBS)
Miklós ERDÉLY: Version, 1981, 54'
Director of Photography: András Mész
The film, which was made in 1979 (and standardised in 1981), is a free interpretation of Krúdy Gyula's documentary novel entitled Eszter Solymosi of Tiszaeszlár (1931). The film seeks to explore what means the authorities may have employed towards convincing an overly sensitive and timid child - the son of the Rabbi of Tiszaeszlár - to give testament against the people of his own faith and how the fake confession becomes blurred with real memories through intensified fantasy.
The Screening takes about 54min. and will be introduced by Lívia Páldi
Time: 5pm Thursday October 30
Place: Tap E Gamle Carlsberg Vej 15, 2500 Valby
Price: The event is free with a U-TURN bracelet, otherwise the entrance fee is DKK 60/40
The Balázs Béla Studio (BBS) was founded in Budapest 1961 by the Hungarian Film Academy's graduating class of 1961, the so-called "golden generation" of Hungarian filmmakers that included Pál Gábor, Sándor Sára, and István Szabó.
BBS was conceived as a workshop for young professionals to make an entrée into film production, but later it attracted a wide range of artists, writers, and musicians from the city's lively underground scene. Early productions by these young professional filmmakers show influences from the Nouvelle Vague and Cinéma Vérité, with a strong feel for documentary. The documentary movement, known as the Budapest School, mixed fiction with social documentary and was also formed within the BBS with the participation of filmmakers like the internationally acclaimed Béla Tarr.
This screening is part of Opening Hours and is organised in collaboration with Műcsarnok Kunsthalle in Budapest.The films were selected by Lívia Páldi (curator, writer), Miklós Erhardt (artist, writer) and Sebestyén Kodolányi (filmmaker, managing director of the BBS Foundation).
Director of Photography: András Mész
The film, which was made in 1979 (and standardised in 1981), is a free interpretation of Krúdy Gyula's documentary novel entitled Eszter Solymosi of Tiszaeszlár (1931). The film seeks to explore what means the authorities may have employed towards convincing an overly sensitive and timid child - the son of the Rabbi of Tiszaeszlár - to give testament against the people of his own faith and how the fake confession becomes blurred with real memories through intensified fantasy.
The Screening takes about 54min. and will be introduced by Lívia Páldi
Time: 5pm Thursday October 30
Place: Tap E Gamle Carlsberg Vej 15, 2500 Valby
Price: The event is free with a U-TURN bracelet, otherwise the entrance fee is DKK 60/40
The Balázs Béla Studio (BBS) was founded in Budapest 1961 by the Hungarian Film Academy's graduating class of 1961, the so-called "golden generation" of Hungarian filmmakers that included Pál Gábor, Sándor Sára, and István Szabó.
BBS was conceived as a workshop for young professionals to make an entrée into film production, but later it attracted a wide range of artists, writers, and musicians from the city's lively underground scene. Early productions by these young professional filmmakers show influences from the Nouvelle Vague and Cinéma Vérité, with a strong feel for documentary. The documentary movement, known as the Budapest School, mixed fiction with social documentary and was also formed within the BBS with the participation of filmmakers like the internationally acclaimed Béla Tarr.
This screening is part of Opening Hours and is organised in collaboration with Műcsarnok Kunsthalle in Budapest.The films were selected by Lívia Páldi (curator, writer), Miklós Erhardt (artist, writer) and Sebestyén Kodolányi (filmmaker, managing director of the BBS Foundation).