01/02/2005 - This Tuesday, the 36th edition of Hungaria's most important cinema event, the Hungarian Film Week is starting in Budapest. The best of 2005 national productions will be put on the screen until the 8 February.

This Tuesday, the 36th edition of Hungaria's most important cinema event, the Hungarian Film Weekis starting in Budapest. Until the 8th of February, the best of this year's national productions will be put on the screen at the Mammut Multiplex and the Millennium Center. 21 full length fiction works are in competition , amongst which 11 have never been shown before. 36 short films and 42 documentaries will be running. Some of the films presented in Budapest were also selected for the upcoming Berlin Film Festival, Dallas Among Us (Dallas Pashamende)by Adrián Pejo, also chosen for the opening of the Hungarian event, and Fateless (Sorstalanság) by Lajos Koltai, which will end the Film Week.

Over 120 professionals and journalists are expected this year to attend the event and ackowledge the increasing popularity of the Hungarian cinema. A set of specialists in all categories will be sent from The Cannes Film Festival. They will meet selection committee members from other Festivals: Locarno, Karlovy Vary, and Moscow. Special gatherings will be organised to focus on documentary films. For instance, a special debate will be taking place on the 4th of February, under the supervision of the MEDIA Desk hongrois and Magyar Filmunio, an organisation dedicated to promote Hungarian cinema abroad.

The fiction feature films in competition are:

Argo by Attila Árpa

Stop Mom Theresa! (Állítsátok meg Terézanyut!) by Péter Bergendy

Who the Hell’s Bonnie and Clyde? (A miskolci boniésklájd) by Krisztina Deák

Bedlam (Kész cirkusz) by Zsombor Dyga

The District (Nyócker) by Áron Gauder

The Porcelain Doll (A porcelánbaba) by Péter Gárdos

A Miracle in Cracow (Csoda Krakkóban) by Diana Groó

Death Rode out of Persia by Putyi dr.Horváth

Colossal Sensation-Dodo and Naphthalene (Világszám!-Dodó és Naftalin) by Róbert Koltai

The Unburied Man (A temetetlen halott) by Márta Mészáros

Paths of Light (A fény ösényei) byAttila Mispál

Rap, Revue, Romeo (Rap, Revü, Rómeo) by Gábor Oláh J.

Dallas Among Us (Dallas Pashamende) by Robert Adrian Pejo

Miracle Film (Csudafilm) by Elemér Ragályi

Zhiguli (Zsiguli) by András Szoke

Heads Off! (Le a fejjel!) by Péter Tímár

Black Brush (Fekete Kefe) by Roland Vranik

Glasswall (Üvegfal) by Pál Erdoss

See You in Space! (Ég veled!) by József Pacskovszky

Kinder Garden by Csaba Szekeres

Dear Daughter by András Szirtes

Not in competition:
The Man Who Slept At Daylight (Az ember, aki nappal aludt) by László Szabó

Being Julia (Csodálatos Júlia) by István Szabó

Fateless (Sorstalanság) by Lajos Koltai

(Translated from French)