06/04/2007

Hungarian experimental feature Slow Mirror by directing duo Igor and Ivan Buharov is among the favourites up for selection at the 39th Directors’ Fortnight (May 17-27).

Inspired by contemporary art, the two directors – whose real names are Kornél Szilágyi (35) and Nándor Hevesi (32) – have made several shorts and two other features (1999’s The Triumph of Sympathy and 1997’s The Programme).

Slow Mirror – which the directors wrote and lensed themselves – won a Special Mention in February at the Hungarian Film Week, an annual event that presents the best of Hungarian production, and which this year even managed to grab some headlines outside of Hungary.

Few people resist the temptation to want to control their dreams and transform, for example, a failure into a success. But very few are able perform lucid dreaming, an exercise that demands great sensitivity and much practice. This is the idea behind Slow Mirror, a surrealist film that recounts the adventures in the realm of the conscience through its numerous narrative lines.

With dream chasers, initiation, experiences inspired by Tibetan yoga, Slow Mirror invites the viewer on a journey to the edge of reality.

The title was produced by György Durst (a regular partner of the directors) for Álomvadász Kft and is supported by the Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary (MMK), Duna Télévison and Pesti Est Kft.

(Translated from French)