Thirty years, three eras: they have been trying to save the Hungarian film industry again and again over the decades. Among these attempts were highs, lows, countless deals and compromises. And now some say that we are living in the saddest period of Hungarian filmmaking.
Direction
Szilárd Kilián Nagy turns budget spreadsheets into tragedy.
Writing
Wry narration that knows exactly which absurdity to spotlight.
Production
Three eras of archival footage, impeccably curated.
Director
Szilárd Kilián Nagy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hungary's film funding model, once the envy of Eastern Europe, became a case study in how EU integration didn't fix post-socialist institutional rot — it just added Brussels paperwork to Budapest paperwork.
Director Szilárd Kilián Nagy spent four years securing archival footage from three different state institutions, ironically reenacting the very bureaucratic nightmare his documentary exposes.
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