Focus: Judit Elek
Overview of films
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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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Book launch: Judit Elek
Judit Elek discusses her her films with three writers/editors of a new book on her work.
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We Will Meet in 1972 – In Dark and in Light
A smart, sharp television documentary about the reality of the work of miners.
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Visszatérés – Retrace (digital director’s cut)
A Jewish-Hungarian immigrant returns to the world she left behind in this mosaic of reckoning and remembrance.
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The Trial of Martinovics and the Hungarian Jacobins
Dramatisation of the 1794-95 trial against priest and agitator Ignác Martinovics. A visually austere allegory about Hungarian history.
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Tamás Cseh: The First Photo
A television documentary about legendary singer/composer/actor Tamás Cseh.
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To Speak the Unspeakable – The Message of Elie Wiesel
A key Holocaust recall and documentary journey with writer/activist/academic Elie Wiesel.
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On the Field of God in 1972-73
Part one of Judit Elek’s documentary about Istenmezején, where young women are reduced to a life of chores.
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Memories of a River
A disturbingly sober presentation of the last trial in the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy rooted in antisemitism.
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Maybe Tomorrow
A couple in love, but married to other partners. Harsh words, grainy views and tired promises.
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Maria’s Day
A day in the death of one of Hungary’s most illustrious families, incomparable in its raw neediness.
