Mark Kostyal putting the finishing touches to Cojote
- The filmmaker has been shooting his feature debut with anamorphic lenses; production is being handled by Megafilm
In the Hungarian cinematic landscape, where a string of young filmmakers manage to break through on a regular basis, a new name will soon be added to the list – that of Mark Kostyal, who is currently fine-tuning the post-production of his feature debut: Coyote [+see also:
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Written by Balázs Lengyel and Balázs Lovas, and based on an original idea by the director himself, the story is set in the modern day, in the small town of Tuzko, somewhere in Hungary. A muggy heat and small-town bleakness reign, while unspoken social problems and power struggles also start to take hold... Cue the arrival of Misi, who has just inherited his grandfather’s house and his property. Misi is a disillusioned and frustrated young man, a constant refugee who cannot find his role in his life, his job or his relationships. He starts to build and renovate the house with some men from the town, but it goes against the local oligarch’s interests. A tough struggle begins for the property, for love and for life itself, and Misi becomes a real coyote in every aspect...
Produced by Gabor Kalomista and Dorottya Helmeczy for Megafilm, Coyote benefited from backing from the Hungarian National Film Fund. Interestingly, the director is also credited with handling the cinematography, together with Attila Csoboth. The movie will be distributed in Hungarian cinemas in December, courtesy of HungariCom.
Megafilm has produced three films by Krisztina Goda (Just Sex and Nothing Else [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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