Check the Gate
Second Hungarian Film Showcase: Before & After 1989
We have Q&As with the film-makers after the screenings. The season's patron is David Korda, representing the Korda family. Titles courtesy of Filmunio Hungary.
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Made in Hungaria + Q&A
25 June 2009
Check the Gate's opening film, a new feature about a teen bringing gyrating hips and rock'n'roll to communist Hungary in the mid-60s.
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The Lord's Lantern in Budapest + Q&A
26 June 2009
Three gravediggers contemplate the fate of the world and the inevitability of death.
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The Witness
26 June 2009
A satire on the Hungarian personality cult of 1948-53 focusing on two old friends, a dam-keeper and a fish poacher.
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Junk Movie + Q&A
27 June 2009
Communism collapses and, in a greasy council estate pub, a collection of Chaplinesque characters argue, fight, kidnap and fall in love.
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The Thief of Bagdad + Q&A
27 June 2009
A special screening of this lavish 1940s fantasy adventure in honour of the Korda family.
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Time Stands Still + Q&A
28 June 2009
A delightful and intriguing feature about a group of teens living in Budapest in 1963.
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Moscow Square + Q&A
28 June 2009
While history is being made, Petya and his friends are more concerned with girls, partying and easy money.
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We Never Die + Q&A
29 June 2009
A film that captures the deliciousness of smalltown Hungarian life, through the eyes of a teenager and his mischievous uncle.
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Bolshe Vita + Q&A
29 June 2009
Small-time criminals, a teacher, musicians and tourists are all regulars at the Bolshe Vita pub.
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Family Nest
30 June 2009
Béla Tarr's first feature (astonishingly made when the director was 22) is about the 1970s Hungarian housing crisis.
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Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe + Q&A
30 June 2009
The realities of day-to-day life in post-communist Hungary are brought into focus in this story of two young women in Budapest.