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Browse 51 movies from Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
A teenage kid breaks his own moral rules, because of self inspiration and the spirit of the team. Afterwards he tries to get rid of this obsessive feeling of compunction and the evidence as well.
Nov 2018
A young warehouse worker suffers under the monotony of his life. One day, a new figure enters his world: a television host, who through small, seemingly insignificant events lures him into the realm of the commercial broadcasts. The man seizes the opportunity, but pays a heavy price for his decision.
Jan 2026
A woman has lost her grandmother. The grandma's apartment is now lifeless, only a few boxes lie in the living room. But is that truly all that is left behind her?
Jun 2023
Carpenter, Grey and Widow accompanied by the barman Titi are consuming their well-deserved drinks and having highbrow conversations in the muggy, scorching heat, while hours, days and perhaps years go by. A rural arbor pub's timeless milieu becomes the stage for everyday discussions and for the meaning of life.
Vajk, a deaf teenager, controls his connection to the world through his hearing aid. His older brother drags him out of his comfort zone and takes him to a concert by a mysterious band. In the crowd, he loses control and gives himself over to the rhythm as he discovers his inner voice.
Our Sleeping is based on the director's own and her family's sleeping habits. The film shows short episodes from her relatives' life about how do they deal with their problems in their sleeping.
Nov 2019
An inner landscape in constant motion, where traces of the world around us summon the passage of time. Here, collective memory dissolves into personal nostalgia; places and moments drift beyond their concrete form, surrendering to a fluid, emotional logic.
The glasshouse is a metaphorical stage for the creator's inner world, in which three characters, two actresses and a director, embody different emotions. They meet here to make a film, but the process has an unexpected effect on all three.
Oct 2024
The story is set in a fictional ancient civilization where the practice of human sacrifices to gain the favor of the gods is widespread. The ritual takes place at the top of a massive pyramid, with a large hole in the center into which the chosen ones are thrown at the climax of the ceremony.
This is a stop motion film made by Hanna Carlson, Milán Kopasz, Maja Szakadát and Nadja Andrasev as our fifth semester project at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. The dialogue in this film has no actual meaning, it is self-created gibberish.
Jan 2011
The movie is a presentation of a breakup, and everything after that: the boy is hesitant, the girl gets bored with it, the boy meets the girl’s new boyfriend, which is a bit more shocking than it was expected, the boy wants to escape, he believes his life is over, then they meet again, and fall in love again, but in the end they have to admit, that it really doesn’t work.
Sep 2013
Horizon shows images of thirteen locations where the presence of human life and its traces are intimately linked to the view of their environment. Aged moods, tiny shivers, the subtle movements of amortisation altogether create this situation by which the viewers can immerse themselves in the impulses of the Hungarian countryside.
Jun 2015
A garden party is held in the park of the baroque castle: the landscape is idyllic, the company is cozy, the food is aristocratic, and everything is traditional and refined. At the same time, in the other part of the garden, cages rattle, ropes rustle, and foxes whine. From the initial idyll, the film slowly moves to another level of pleasure, and a cruel game of "fox throwing" begins, which becomes increasingly bloody and inhumane.
A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out. Also on Earth there are places and situations with strange attraction. Some back off, some step closer to observe.
May 2015
A story about Lina, a girl from a remote rural area, whose mother tries her luck abroad. The film tells a personal story about the life changing experience of finding a treasure embedded in a wider social context, by expressing it with the quietness and pace of life on the fringes.
Rabbit and Deer are living happily and careless until their friendship is put to the test by Deer's new obsession to find the formula for the 3rd dimension. After an unexpected accident Deer finds himself in a new world, unknown to him. Separated by dimensions the two characters have to find the way back to each other.
Dec 2013
Three women, three lives in parallel worlds, until the moment a fly causes a bug in the system. The universe collapses, sex is in the air, bras are overrated and the stars twinkle.
Feb 2019
A micro-world, where everything refers to the slogan: "We are all connected."
Aug 2013
A little girl has an adventure with water as she travels from a small brook to the sea. A tale of growing up based on a Hungarian poem.
Oct 2011
Anna sets out on a curious exploration into the forest, where she encounters a rabbit and begins to play with it joyfully. But in the heat of the moment, she fails to recognize the boundaries of the game and accidentally kills the animal. Desperate to make amends, she embarks on a journey that awakens deep emotional processes, unconsciously connecting her to the transgenerational traumas of her family.