Focus: Judit Elek
Overview of films
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Book launch: Judit Elek
Judit Elek discusses her her films with three writers/editors of a new book on her work. -
Direct Television
This glimpse into Judit Elek’s television work offers some perfect examples for how to turn commissions into deeply personal works. -
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After All the Dead Sing Again…
Judit Elek | 72' | Hungary | None
Concert documentary about a performance of Chasidic songs by composer Max/Miksa/Mihai Eisikovits. -
Awakening
Judit Elek | 110' | France | None
Film à clef of Judit Elek’s teenage years in 1950s Budapest, between Stalinist rule and first longings. -
A Commonplace Story
Judit Elek | 104' | Hungary | None
Part two of Judit Elek’s Istenmezején documentary, where relationships with locals get both tighter and more ambivalent. -
The Eighth Day of the Week
Judit Elek | 100' | Hungary | None
A former operetta diva is evicted in a tragicomedy about life never changing too much. -
Encounter
Judit Elek | 23' | Hungary | None
A man, a woman, an afternoon, a city and an unspoken hope of finding love. -
A Free Man – The Life of Ernő Fisch
Judit Elek | 107' | France | None
A portrait of Ernő Fisch, who managed to flee persecution and survive the Holocaust. -
How Long Does Man Live?
Judit Elek | 60' | Hungary | None
What is a human being worth in a society that measures value by productivity? -
Inhabitants of Castles in Hungary in 1966
Judit Elek | 27' | Hungary | None
A look at the present use of several Hungarian castles and some of their former owners. -
The Lady from Constantinople
Judit Elek | 76' | Hungary | None
Scenes from the life of a lonely elderly lady in utterly bizarre situations. A masterpiece hopscotching between surrealism and cinema vérit&eac
