Hungarian Film Week opens in HCM City

Five Hungarian movies and animated films will be screened during Hungarian Film Week from November 25-29 in Ho Chi Minh City.
Hungarian Film Week opens in HCM City ảnh 1Five Hungarian movies and animated films will be screened during the Hungarian Film Week in Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: sggp.org.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) - Five Hungarian movies and animated films will be screenedduring Hungarian Film Week from November 25-29 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The comedyentitled "Cream" directed by Nora Lakos will be shown at theopening of the event on November 25. The film revolves around a 34-year-oldwoman who lost the love of her life and her pastry shop. She makes up her mindto get both her ex-boyfriend and her pastry shop back, even if it means she hasto lie. "Cream" won many top prizes atinternational film festivals, including Best Feature Director, Jury SpecialAward and Best Writer at the 2021 Paris International Film Festival.

The event willalso introduce "Liza, the Fox-Fairy", a comedy directed by Károly Ujj Mészáros.The film was awarded the Grand Prize at the Fantasporto Film Festival inPortugal in 2015 and won many awards at film festivals such as the BrusselsInternational Festival of Fantastic Film and the Madrid International FantasticFilm Festival.

Two classicanimated films will also be screened at the festival, including "The LittleFox" released in 1981, and "The Treasure of Swamp Castle" from1985.

BudapestNoir, a movie on a thrilling murder in Hungary directed by Eva Gardos,will be presented on the last day (November 29).

During the filmweek, the organisers will set up a stall called “Hungarian Corner Charity” tosell traditional Hungarian products to raise funds for the association for thesupport of people with disabilities and orphans in HCM City.

The event, whichis co-organised by the Consulate General of Hungary in the city and the HCMCity Cinematography Association.

All the films will begin screening at 7pm at Cinestar at 135 Hai Ba Trung street in district 1. Audiences cansend an email to eventhungary.hcm@mfa.gov.hu to receive free ticketsor collect them at the cinema./.

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