Márta Mészáros
Márta MÉSZÁROS (1931, Hungary) is a director and writer known for Adoption (1975), Diary for My Children (1984) and Diary for My Lovers (1987). Mészáros began her career working in documentary film and made 25 documentary shorts in 10 years. Her full-length directorial debut, Eltavozott nap/The Girl (1968), was the first Hungarian film to have been directed by a woman and won the Special Prize of the Jury at the Valladolid International Film Festival.
Filmography
(selection) The Girl (1968), Holdudvar/Garden Party (1969), Szép lányok, ne sírjatok! (1970), Szabad lélegzet/Riddance (1973), Szeptember végén (1973, TV Movie), Adoption (1975), Kilenc hónap/Nine Months (1976), The Two of Them (1977), Olyan mint otthon/Just Like Home (1978), Útközben/On the Move (1979), The Heiresses (1980), Anna (1981), Délibábok országa (1983), Diary for My Children (1984), Diary for My Lovers (1987), Bye bye chaperon rouge (1989), Diary for My Mother and Father (1990), Edith és Marlene/Edith and Marlene (1992, TV Movie), Foetus (1994), The Seventh Room (1996), Három dátum (1998, Documentary), A Szerencse lányai/The Daughters of Fortune (1999), Kisvilma – Az utolsó napló/Little Vilna: The Last Diary (2000), The Unburied Man (2004), Utolsó jelentés Annáról/The Last Report on Anna (2009), Ármány és szerelem Anno 1951 (2011, TV Movie), Aurora Borealis (2017).
Márta Mészáros op IFFR
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In memoriam László Mészáros
Márta Mészáros | 14' | Hungary | None
A daughter’s tribute to her father, his life, art and politics. -
Bóbita
Márta Mészáros | 21' | Hungary | None
A young waif roams Budapest streets in one of Márta Mészáros’ early poetic shorts. -
At the Lőrinc Spinnery
Márta Mészáros | 16' | Hungary | None
Women at work in the Lőrinc spinning mill, a scene Mészáros would later return to.