26/01/2007

The biggest hit of Hungarian cinema in 2006, Krisztina Goda’s Children of Glory [+see also:
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Selected among nine features in the Berlinale Special programme, the second feature by the young director – much acclaimed for her debut film Just Sex and Nothing Else [+see also:
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Produced by Flashback Film & TV Productions, Cinergi and C2 with backing from the Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary, Children of Glory was initiated by native Hungarian Andrew G. Vajna, producer of over 40 films in the US, including Rambo, Total Recall, Angel Heart and Nixon.

The producer has now returned to Hungary, where he runs the distribution company Intercom with another native Hungarian, Joe Eszterhas (Basic Instinct), who penned the first version of the script for Children of Glory – ultimately co-written by Geza Beremenyi, Reka Divinyi and Eva Gardos.

Sold internationally by Dutch outfit Fortissimo Film Sales, Goda’s feature will be joined at the 2007 Berlinale 2007 by another new Hungarian director, Csaba Bollók whose Iska's Journey [+see also:
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(Translated from French)