Queen Guinevere sadly complains to her beloved handmaiden Peggy that her husband, King Arthur, has neglected her for years. The King spends all his time on the platform of the knight's tower or at the famous 'round table'. The women figure that only the good old wizard Merlin can help. Merlin sends Guinevere a powerful magic potion that will help her win back Arthur's love. The ladies bake the potion into a pudding, but it is accidentally eaten by Arthur's favorite knight, Lancelot. To complicate matters, Peggy is in love with Lancelot, but the knight's overdose of magic causes him to fall madly in love with the queen.
Dec 1990
Divided into four sections, "Song" is inspired by the Siberian and Finno-Ugric legends about Creation, in which the world begins with characters who are only half-human, one being half-bird, the other half-bear. The narrator delves into the origins of Hungarian culture, the Iranian and Turkish influences that impacted the society, and finally the story of Stephen, the emperor who brought Christianity to the country and shifted the capital west in an attempt to link with Europe.
Feb 2002
Kovásznai György’s fourth short animation follows a cat and dog who walk to a museum to look at paintings, about cats and dogs
Jan 1964
A pencil and an eraser start to fight with each other.
Jan 1960
A mother's constant grumbling about her daughter-in-law's dish poisons her son's marriage bit by bit.
May 1969
Shakespeare's Hamlet is rendered in exquisitely expressive pen drawings.
Jan 1967
A centaur family moves into an apartment in Budapest, where the residents, led by the house janitor, don't take kindly to the odd lifestyle of the new residents.
May 1978
Jan 1969
Short animated by György Kovásznai and musicalized by the popular song "Ça ira" that illustrates through paintings, the events that made up the french revolution and its multiple founders.
Jan 1973
An apple struggles to free itself from the tree and fall free, as its fellow apples look on.
Jan 1984
Screenplay Written by, Painted and Directed by György Kovásznai Music Compilation and Sound Editor: Péter Bársony Music Performed by Gábor Presser, Levente Szörényi, Zsuzsa Koncz, Kati Kovács, Máté Viktor, the LGT and the Hungária Bands Collaborators: János Czipauer, András Osvát, Miklós Papp, Béla Zsebényi, Katalin Kaim, Klára Kassai, and Frigyes Janotyik A subjective interpretation of the everyday life of the 1970s’ Budapest . It is an intriguing mixture of popular culture (music) and high art (composition of images). Kovásznai is not interested in telling a story; there is no linear narrative, the structure of the film is defined by the movements and transformations of the paintings to the rhythm of the music, generating a fundamentally audiovisual sensory experience.
Jan 1974
This etude made up of captured snaps having a sociographic impact and expressive photo-collages by Dezső Korniss is the satirical apotheosis of the single, working urban woman from the second half of the 1960s.
Jan 1983
Gustav is always tired at work, until the weekend finally arrives. Then, he works tirelessly on his own property to enjoy himself.
An experimental short film documenting the life of Hungarian citizens through city footage and animation.
Sep 1971
Animated look at an ever-changing portrait of a man and a woman
Jun 1965
A young man calls his friend, goes to war, returns wounded and reunites with his friend.
Apr 1976
A piano player is trying to find the one and only true note. He finds it.
Jan 1989
The city comes to life around a little girl and plays ball with her while she is waiting for her mother to do the shopping. Made in gouache technique, this lyrical short film was highly innovative for its time, winning the first prize at the Children’s Film Festival in Venice.
May 1961
The utopian vision of a lunar spacecraft voyage that will affect life on Earth.
Jan 1975