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Film Week opened its doorsHungary's premier cinema festival, the Magyar Film Week, opened its doors on Tuesday with a lineup of feature, documentary, and short films that fest organizers are lauding as one of the most ambitious in its 38 year history. |  |
| The Magyar Film Week opened its doors on Tuesday with the out-of-competition screening of Pal Sandor's recent feature, Noah's Ark (Noé bárkája). The fest is screening 17 features, 39 documentaries, 30 short and experimental works, and nine scientific documentary films in its competition sections between Jan. 30 and Feb. 6. In recognition of Hungary's new enthusiasm for blockbusters, the 2007 Film Week will offer two first prizes in the feature film category: best art film and best entertainment release. Other highlights will include a tribute to legendary filmmaker, theater director and educator Zoltan Fabri, with an exhibition of 50 paintings based on the artist's work. Fabri died in 1994. The 95 competition films and 125 additional titles will be screened at Budapest's Palace Cinemas Mammut and the Millennium Center in the capital's Buda district. |
