Impressively, a total of 1,792 full-length feature films from 96 countries were entered to the selection committee, and the 33 year-old Mundruczó is the only applicant from Central and Eastern Europe to have been selected for the prestigious competition. Delta, the new film from Kornél Mundruczó, is about a young man returning to his home after many years and is entered among the twenty one Palme d’Or contenders this year at the “festival of festivals”. Impressively, a total of 1,792 full-length feature films from 96 countries were entered to the selection committee, and the 33 year-old Mundruczó is the only applicant from Central and Eastern Europe to have been selected for the prestigious competition.
The young generation of Hungarian directors will have a presence in the short film competition as well. Dániel Erdélyi’s seven-minute 411-Z shot on the Danube has been invited to the official selection, along with eight other competitors selected from among 2,233 entries.
Notable filmmaker Benedek Fliegauf’s project Womb won him the opportunity to attend the festival in order to put him in contact with film professionals under the L’Altelier project.
Oscar nominated Maestro director Géza M. Tóth’s latest 3D animation, Ergo will take part in the Critics’ Week short film selection. This is the oldest parallel event to the Cannes Film Festival, organized by the French Union of Film Critics.
Other notable Hungarian presences at the festival will be Dalma Hidasi, taking part in “Producers on the Move” and Hungarian film sales companies including Hungaricom.
HUNGARIAN PAVILION in CANNES
After the huge success of the Hungarian Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival last year, Magyar Filmunió is proud to once again launch the Hungarian meeting point on the Croisette between May 14th and 25th. The Festival de Cannes provides countries with the opportunity to highlight their culture and cinema at the International Village. In this context, the Hungarian Pavilion serves the purpose of providing a venue for the representatives of Hungarian and international cinema to meet each other in a relaxed atmosphere.
Balázs Hujber, set designer of Kontroll, Konyec and Overnight and Best Visual Design Award winner of the latest Hungarian Film Week, ensures an exceptional design for the Hungarian meeting point in Cannes.
The representatives of Magyar Filmunió as well as a number of sales, production and service companies will welcome all their guests and provide them with professional information regarding the Hungarian moving picture industry.
Magyar Filmunió’s professional partners are the National Film Office, Hungarian Filmlab, Tivoli-Filmproductions., Tivoli Films International, Bunyik Enterprises and Profil-M 94 in Cannes this year.
The Hungarian Pavilion is supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary.
Hungarian Pavilion
No. 104, Village International
Cannes
Tel.: +33.492.590.254
No. 104, Village International
Cannes
Tel.: +33.492.590.254