Evenings of Cinema │ Short films of János Tóth
ARENA
Experimental short film, 1970, 23 min.
Director, script writer, editor: János Tóth
Cinematography: János Tóth, János Vadász, Ferenc Neményi
Music by Péter Eötvös
STILL LIFE
(Csendélet)
Experimental short film, 1962, 3 min.
Directed by Márk Novák
Cinematography: János Tóth
Music by Imre Sulyok
MOTION PICTURE
Experimental short film, 1976, 11 min.
Director, cinematographer: János Tóth
Music by György Szabados
ELEGY
(Elégia)
Experimental short film, 1965, 19 min
Directed by Zoltán Huszárik
Cinematography: János Tóth
Editor: Mihály Morell
Music by Zsolt Durkó
János Tóth is a Hungarian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter and is considered an iconic figure of Hungarian cinema. He graduated from the University of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest in 1954 and started working as a cinematographer at Mafilm Hungarian Film Studios (MAFILM) and Pannonia Film Studio. He made most of his experimental films in Balázs Béla Studio. Often worked with Zoltán Huszárik. He was awarded the Kossuth Prize and the Balázs Béla Award.
The screening will be introduced by film- and music critic László Kolozsi (in Hungarian).
Guest: László Beke, art historian
Entry to the program is free, but due to the limited number of seats a primary registration via e-mail (papp.krisztina@bmc.hu) is requested, latest by 12:00 16th October, 2019. Thanks for your understanding!
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