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Lost World

Documentary Films - Competition 2008 / Letűnt világ / Hungary, Finland 2008

In his latest film, young Hungarian director Gyula Nemes follows on from his previous visual study The Dike of Transience with a film of related theme and form. Again in raw black-and-white images, we encounter the distinctive figures inhabiting the houseboats close to Budapest’s Kopaszi dam.

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Synopsis

In his latest film, director Gyula Nemes follows on from his previous visual study The Dike of Transience with a film of related theme and form. Again in raw black-and-white images, we encounter the distinctive figures inhabiting the houseboats close to Budapest’s Kopaszi dam. The fading melancholic ambience and the specific poetic quality of the location are intensified by the soundtrack performed by members of Dunakeszi Railway Band. Made during the years 1998 to 2007, the film eloquently illustrates the way in which this genius loci is irrevocably seeping away with the fated reconstruction of this part of Budapest.

About the film

20 min / Black & white, 35 mm
World premiere

Director Gyula Nemes / Dir. of Photography Balázs Dobóczi / Music Ludwig van Beethoven, Dunakeszi Railway Band / Editor Martin Blažíček / Producer Gyula Nemes, Sari Volanen / Production Absolut Film Studio / Contact Absolut Film Studio, National Film Institute Hungary
www: www.absolutfilm.hu/film_6_eng.htm

About the director

Gyula Nemes

Gyula Nemes (b. 1974, Vác, Hungary) studied Czech and Hungarian literature together with film theory at ELTE in Budapest. In 2007 he finished studies of documentary filmmaking at Prague’s FAMU under the supervision of Věra Chytilová and Karel Vachek. He debuted with the short feature Parrot (2001), based on the work of Bohumil Hrabal. His film The Dike of Transience was screened in the short documentary competition at Karlovy Vary in 2004. His feature Moje jediné (My One and Onlies, 2006) took part in Critics’ Week in Venice.

Contacts

Absolut Film Studio
Pusztaszeri út 11-13., 1025, Budapest
Hungary
Phone: +36 20 985 6277
E-mail: [email protected]

National Film Institute Hungary
Róna utca 174., 1145, Budapest
Hungary
Phone: +36 30 4414465, +36 146 113 20

Guests

Gyula Nemes
Film Director

Gyorgy Durst
Producer, Producer

Annamária Basa

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