| Bunyik Entertainment presents 9th Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles November 5 - 15 2009 "Hungarians in Hollywood" World-renowned Animation Artist Gabor Csupo to be Honored |
| CHAMELEON - OPENING NIGHT November 5, 7:30 PM Laemmle's Monica 4-plex 1332 2nd Street Santa Monica, 90401 Phone: 818 848 5902 |
| PRIMA PRIMAVERA Directed by Janos Edelenyi Cast: Andor LUKACS, Vesela KAZAKOVA, Djoko ROSIC, Eniko BORCSOK, Erzsi MATHE , Eva SCHUBERT The life of Gabor, a middle-aged man with the manners and naïveté of a child, is turned upside down when his mother is killed in a botched bank robbery. He and a prostitute, Jolie, are the only ones who can identify the robbers so they must run for their lives. Budapest Hungarian Film Wee2009: Best Actor: Andor Lukáts Várna Love is Folly International Film Festival 2009: Special Award of the Jury, Best Actress: Vesela Kazakova 2009 * color * 91 min November 15 7:00pm Raleigh Studios |
| A KIND of AMERICA 2. Directed by Gabor Herendi Cast: Gyozo SZABO, Csaba PINDROCH, Ferenc HUJBER, Tibor SZERVET, Szonja OROSZLAN Eszter Onodi Lucia BRAWLEY A Kind of America 2 continues the adventures of brothers Tamás, Ákos and András. Two years after the US producer of Tamas’ film ran off with their money and Akos’ girlfriend, the trio go to New York to try to track them down. They become embroiled in a host of new incidents. 2008 * color * 110 min. November 14 9:00pm Raleigh Studios |
| The SUN STREET BOYS Directed by Gyorgy Szomjas Cast: Peter BARNAI, Sandor CZECZO, Kata Gaspar, Tamas BRUCKNER, Gergo FEKETE, David HERVACI The story begins on October 23, 1956 and ends on November 4 of the same year. a ticket inspector, brings news of protests breaking out in the city. Only Gábor accompanies her into town, and together they become part of this historical event. 2007 * color * 90 min. November 14 5:00pm Raleigh Studios |
| HUNKY BLUES Hungarian Immigrants and the American Dream Directed by Peter Forgacs Péter Forgács created a documentary exploring the fate of hundred thousands of Hungarian men and women who arrived to the United States between 1890 and 1921. To tell their sagas Forgács weaved this grand epic from the early American cinema, found footage, photographs and interviews. World Premiere: The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) May 4, 2009, New York 2009 * B&W * 100min. November 8 5:00pm United Hungarian House of Los Angeles |
| PRANK Directed by Peter Gardos Cast: Tamas LENGYEL, Lorant VATA, Zsolt KOVACS, Mihaly KOVACS, Marci KISS, Gergely BAKI The film is based on Dezső Kosztolányi’s short story. This autumn, the pupils are overcome by a strangely overwhelming rowdiness, leading them to come up with increasingly more outrageous pranks. Budapest Hungarian Film Week 2009: Best Director: Péter Gárdos 2009 * color * 94 min November 15 3:00pm Raleigh Studios |
| "Hungarians in Hollywood" |
| IMMIGRANTS (L.A. DOLCE VITA) Directed by Gabor Csupo Immigrants is the story of Vladislav (a Russian), and Joska (a Hungarian). Both are immigrants and best friends, living and chasing the American dream together. 2008 * color * 87 min. ANIMATION November 13 7:00pm Raleigh Studios |
| AN AMERICAN RHAPSODY Directed by Eva Gardos Cast: Scarlett JOHANSSON, Nastassja KINSKI, Raffaella BANSAGI, Tony GOLDWYN, Agnes BANFALVY Zoltan SERESS, Kata DOBO, Eva SZORENYI, Colleen CAMP 15years old Suzanne, rebellious and unsure-of-herself, tries to come to terms with her roots and decides to travel back to Budapest, Hungary to unravel her past and to find her true identity. 2001 * color * 106 min. November 13 9:00pm Raleigh Studios |
| The DINNER Directed by Karchi Perlman Cast: Piroska MOLNAR, Olga KOOS, Judit POGANY, László KLEMENTISZ A day in the life of a small, rural Hungarian family during the riots of September 2006. The adult son of the family slips and falls during the morning feeding round and lies unconscious in the pigpen. The town also wakes up and goes about its business but nobody notices. The constant radio chatter brings the outside world in ,echoing the cultural and political pulse of Hungary. As the day ends and the sun sets, the story also unwinds, but not without the proverbial irony we know life to have. 2008 * short film * 26 min. November 13 7:00pm Raleigh Studios |
| The HISTORY OF AVIATION Directed by Balint Kenyeres Cast: Marie MURE, Juli NYAKO, Laszlo BABARCZY, Eszter ADORJAN, Caroline MATTHIEU Normandy, 1905. The picnic is over; the upper middle class party prepare to go home. They are waiting for just one last photograph, but someone is still missing from the group... 2009 * short film * 15 min. November 14 5:00pm Raleigh Studios |
| PUSKAS HUNGARY Directed by Tamas Almasi This documentary tells the story of legendary soccer player Ferenc Puskás, who started from the Budapest slums and became an international star, living his life irrespective of politics, war and conventions of society, doing the one thing he loved and knew best: pay soccer. 2009 * documentary * color * 116 min.. U.S. PREMIERE November 14 7:00pm Raleigh Studios |
| MADE IN HUNGARIA Cast: Tamas SZABO KIMMEL, Tunde KISS, Eva VANDOR, Tamas DUNAI, Peter SCHERER, Ivan FENYO It’s rock ’n’ roll versus communism in this rollicking musical comedy. Teen Miki and his parents return to oppressive 1960s Hungary after four years in the States. Miki’s stash of contraband Jack Daniels and 45s by Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis makes him a hit with local kids starved for American pop culture—but it’ll be harder to win over his ex-flame Vera, tough-guy rocker Röné… and especially the local comrades. 2009 * color * 109 min. November 15 5:00pm Raleigh Studios |
| A MAN FROM MUNKACS - Portrait of Ferenc Jávori Director: Yale Strom Cast: Budapest Klezmer Band, Pannonia Klezmer Band Ferenc Jávori learnt about Jewish culture in his hometown, Munkács, and he got to know traditional Jewish music, klezmer, from a versatile Gypsy musician called Gyula Galambos. "Fegya" resettled in Hungary in the late 80s, and in 1990 he formed the first ever klezmer band in Hungary, the Budapest Klezmer Band. 2005 * documentary * color * 54 min. U.S. PREMIER November 15 7:00pm Raleigh Studios |
| CHAMELEON |
| PRANK |
| MADE IN HUNGARIA |
| PRIMA PRIMAVERA |
| A KIND of AMERICA 2. |
| IMMIGRANTS |
| PUSKAS HUNGARY |
| The DINNER |
| GOGO & GEORGE "When he stepped into the room I said to myself: that will be my husband." Half the world were their friends, from Otto von Habsburg to Charlie Chaplin. The whole world was their home, from New York to Beyrouth. This is a film about the extraordinary love affair of Ilona Dőry and George Kovách. Hungary owes much to George Kovách, the Hungarian-born American colonel. As the leader of the American military mission in Hungary he brought home to Budapest The Holy Right Hand of King Saint Stephen in 1945. 2009 * color * 39min. November 6 7:30pm United Hungarian House of Los Angeles |
