📽️ Short Film Showcase – Curated by Friss Hús (Fresh Meat) Budapest International Film Festival
Dive into the vibrant world of contemporary Hungarian animated short films! In collaboration with the Oscars-qualifying Fresh Meat International Short Film Festival, we present a selection of works by emerging talents who are already shaping the future of animation in Hungary. Perfect for both adults and children alike!
- Péter Vácz: Dog Ear | 20’
- Julia Tudisco: Children of the Bird | 12’
- Dominika Demeter: Plum and Baga | 10’
- Ervin B. Nagy: Fledglings | 8’
🗣️ Panel Discussion – Frame by Frame: The growing influence of Hungarian Animation
- Anna Ida OROSZ, animation expert at the National Film Archive of Hungary
Anna Ida Orosz is a film historian and animation specialist at the Film Archive of the National Film Institute. She is a lecturer of the Animation programme of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, as well as the curator of Hungary’s Annecy programme.
- Jez STEWART, animation curator at the British Film Institute
Jez Stewart is a curator at the BFI National Archive, responsible for the animation collection. He has given talks in Beijing, New York, across Europe and the UK, as well as to the staff at Disney, and written for a variety of publications. His 2021 book The Story of British Animation was the first comprehensive history of the subject to be published.
- Lydia REID, award-winning animator, animator of Children of the Bird
Lydia Reid is a London-based storyteller and award-winning animator who graduated from Kingston University with a First Class Degree in Illustration Animation. Lydia often uses a free, spontaneous approach to her practice to correlate with her impulsive way of storytelling. Lydia likes to create fun characters and animate gorgeous things!
Moderated by:
- Ben MITCHELL, Bristol-based animator, filmmaker, and writer
As an animation industry writer and researcher, Ben Mitchell is the Editor in Chief of the UK-based magazine site Skwigly and author of the Taylor & Francis books Independent Animation and Intimate Animation (with Laura-Beth Cowley). He has also worked with and alongside a number of international industry events, including ITFS Stuttgart, Animafest Zagreb, the British Animation Awards, Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Manchester Animation Festival, and Cardiff Animation Festival, and is currently the Animation Programmer for the 30th edition of Bristol's Encounters Film Festival.
🎞️ Closing Film: Pelikan Blue (2024)
We wrap up the evening with a screening of László Csáki’s award-winning Pelikan Blue. The film follows three young Hungarians who decide to travel to the West with fake train tickets. What starts as a fun idea turns quickly into a lucrative black-market job model. Soon, the authorities are on their tracks.
The event runs for about 3 hours and 30 minutes.
