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Browse 51 movies from Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
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.
Jan 2026
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 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
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
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
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.
Kata, a member of the national rhythmic gymnastics team, is exposed to extreme coaching techniques. The pressure is building, and the finals are near.
Aug 2024
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
Animated short about a voyeur cat, a woman with excessive love for her plants, and a peculiar visitor in a fur hat. Based on the short story 'Megbocsátás' by Ádám Bodor.
May 2016
In this reenactment of a propaganda documentary, a woman is falling prey to the role assigned to her in slow motion. Upon her arrest, diplomat Mária Kerényi is interviewed by the state television. Her story in espionage confronts the mechanisms of autocracy and the concept of guilt in a closed society.
Jan 2022
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.
Oct 2024
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.
In a world where, after each break-up, ex-partners must exchange a chosen body part, Wish You Were Ear explores the lasting impact of relationships. People not only lose a literal piece of themselves with each split, but also carry visible reminders of every past love.
A micro-world, where everything refers to the slogan: "We are all connected."
Aug 2013
The film applies an unconventional narrative. It presents a subjective world through 47 scenes. The small events, interlaced by associations, express the irrational coherence of our surroundings. The surreal situations are based on the interactions of humans and nature.
Feb 2014
The chalk-drawing animated film is based on Richard Brautigan’s novel: „Revenge of the lawn”. This is a remembrance, the story of a childhood memory about grandma’ and grandpa’. After the death of grandpa’, Jack took over the domesticities, and delivered grandma’s bourbon on his truck. Grandma’s whisky served as a salutary refreshment during prohibition times. Her house wore the traces of two accidents. The film tells the story of these accidents.
Jun 2005
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
A day in a life of a woman who is busy taking care of her obese dog. Her lovely show of affection towards the animal is interrupted by the arrival of her partner, who, in need of the attention of the woman, affects the cosy atmospere of the house.
The violinist Miklós's perpetual compulsion to conform turns into anxiety, and it seals his life. Following an accident, he finds himself in purgatory, where his father, who had died earlier, is waiting to accompany him to God. With a father of bad temper, the journey is a real torment in itself.
Sep 2023
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.