72 feature films, 58 experimental films, 288 short films
Besides Europe, films from countries such as the Philippines, Chile, Togo and South-Korea were submitted to the 5th Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival, and a high number of films in Spanish came from South-America.
Many works of international recognition also join the competition, such as the Oscar-winning Parasite, Portrait of a Lady on Fire from France or the Oscar-nominated Gunda, with Joaquin Phoenix as executive producer.
Hungarian filmmakers submitted numerous experimental and short films as well as 12 feature films, some of which had already been screened in cinemas or online (Treasure City, Budapest Heist, Cream, The Inventor). However, the majority still wait to be premiered, including Ravine by Balázs Krasznahorkai and Spiral by Felméri Cecília, who both worked with cinematographer György Réder.
Péter Gothár’s latest film Seven Small Coincidences, photographed by András Táborosi, and Slovenian director Milcho Manchevski’s Willow, photographed by Tamás Dobos, the main award winner of the third Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival, are also among the films submitted.
We plan to organise a special event to reflect on the visual representation of our life in quarantine, so, besides Treasure City, it is an extra pleasure to see that director Kata Oláh and cinematographer Sándor Csukás also submitted their short film Zuniverzum to the festival.
The competition programme of the 5th Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival will be announced on the 25th of May 2021.