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Beyond Kino is a film club dedicated to showcasing iconic Hungarian films and exploring their cultural and international impact. Hosted at the Liszt Institute London, the program features a curated selection of films that have influenced global cinema or been shaped by international trends.
Each screening is followed by an interactive discussion, where participants engage with film history, artistic choices, and thematic connections. Through these conversations, Beyond Kino aims to build a vibrant cinema community – bringing together film lovers, Hungarian expats, and cultural explorers in the heart of London.
Our second Beyond Kino screening will be of 'The Wind Blows Under Your Feet' (1976), directed by György Szomjas. The film will be followed by a 30-40-minute moderated discussion on the historical and cultural context of the film.
A unique chapter in Hungarian cinema opened in 1976 when György Szomjas unveiled 'The Wind Blows Under Your Feet.' This bold film dusted off the Western genre and transplanted it into the harsh world of the 19th-century Hungarian plains. We find ourselves on the endless expanses of the Hortobágy in the 1830s, where the greedy appetite of city councilors and their thirst for power clash with the unwritten laws of the puszta.
At the heart of the story stands Gyurka Farkos Csapó, a formidable outlaw who is cunningly cornered, exploited, and then ruthlessly betrayed. Szomjas's film doesn't simply borrow elements from spaghetti westerns—it reimagines them while paying homage to Miklós Jancsó's stark, poetic visual world. With ballad-like power, the film portrays the fate of those living on society's edges, the machinery of corrupt power, and the final days of a way of life being swallowed by relentless modernisation.
Everyone who registers will be sent a film club guide in the form of a PDF before the event. This will contain analyses from film critics, helping to deepen the discussion.
