Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris 2022

7.28

A 1950s London cleaning lady falls in love with an haute couture dress by Christian Dior and decides to gamble everything for the sake of this folly.

2022

Agent of Happiness

Agent of Happiness 2024

6.00

The documentary team follows two happiness agents in their forties who spend a month and a half on the road twice a year, going door-to-door with their questionnaires in isolated villages in the Himalayas. The filmmakers undertake to provide an intimate insight into the daily lives and desires of Bhutanese people, and also seek the answer to the universal question of whether happiness can really be measured. Gross National Happiness promises a heart-warming journey into a mysterious, fairytale-like world, which is the exact opposite of the social order dominated by consumption and desires.

2024

Prey

Prey 1970

1

A slow night at the gas station takes a drastic turn when a strange girl appears.

1970

Saint

Saint 2023

5.20

Story of an investigation into the daring theft of a statue of Saint Adalbert from the Gniezno Cathedral in the 1980s, inspired by real events.

2023

Wygrać marzenia

Wygrać marzenia 2022

4.80

A snowboarder, whose career was interrupted by an injury, meets a determined pianist who inspires him to pursue his Olympic dreams.

2022

Blow-Ball

Blow-Ball 1965

1

A day in the solitary life of Pista, a single child of divorced parents. The boy skips school and explores the city of Budapest by himself, yet can't escape an unbearable ennui. Like Mészáros's ADOPTION, this early short film explores the themes of broken family bonds; it also offers insight into the origins of the director’s career.

1965

Orphan

Orphan 1970

1

In Budapest in 1957, one year after the failure of the Hungarian Revolution, a young Jewish boy whose mother has raised him to believe that his father will return from the camps has his hopes shattered when a brutish stranger appears on the doorstep to take his family back.

1970

Encounter

Encounter 1963

6.00

A man, a woman, an afternoon, a city, and an unspoken, hopeful desire to find love by way of the personal ads. A milestone of Hungarian cinema, Elek uses documentary techniques in a fiction context to make the frailty of everyday life as palpable as possible.

1963