As Production Booms, Top Hungarian Projects Head to Cannes

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Christopher Vourlias The Hungarian film industry is booming, with a record 241 domestic productions — including feature films, shorts, documentaries and TV series — produced in 2021.

Here’s a selection of top projects in the pipeline or being sold during the Cannes Market:As Long as the Grass Grows Director: Áron Gauder Producer: Réka Temple (Cinemon Entertainment) Annecy main prize winner Gauder (“The District”) spins an alternative creation myth, in which mankind is but one of many creatures in the animal kingdom, and offers a hopeful story that it’s not too late to correct course and save the planet.Blockade Director: Ádám Tősér Producer: Tamás Lajos (Film Positive Productions) Based on the true story of the country’s first democratically elected prime minister, the film follows József Antall’s journey from a freedom fighter during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 to the infamous 1990 taxi blockade that shook the nation.

Sales: NFI World Sales The Game Director: Péter Fazakas Producer: Tamás Lajos (Film Positive Productions) A standalone sequel to Péter Bergendy’s 2012 hit movie “The Exam,” the spy thriller follows the intrigues among the secret police in 1960s Budapest.

Sales: NFI World SalesThe Grandson Director: Kristóf Deák Producer: Tamás S. Zákonyi (Flashback Media) The feature debut of Deák, who won an Academy Award for best live-action short, is a coming-of-age drama, disguised as a crime thriller, with darkly comic undertones.