As if we were in a small town. An ordinary day in a kid's life. An incredibly hot day. Here everything is unique. One gang. One game. One field. One girl. In the span of one day, how can this boy arrive at such a changing point in his life from which there is no return?
Born in 1975 in Budapest. In 1998 he graduated from the Hungarian Academy of Drama and Film as an actor and in the same year he began his studies as a film director. During his years at the university he made several films which won many recognitions both in and out of Hungary. His short films won awards in Oberhausen, Krakow, Ludwigsburg, Imola and St. Petersburg among other places. His film Pleasant Days won the Silver Leopard in Locarno in 2002 and other prizes in Brussels, Sofia and Angers. In 2003 Joan of Arc on the Night Bus was invited into Directors' Fortnight in Cannes and Delta, his film-plan was invited to the Festival de Cannes Résidance. His diploma film Little Apocrypha No. 2 is the first Hungarian participant of Cinéfondation.
Filmography: 2000: This I Wish and Nothing More / Nincsen nekem vágyam semmi 2001: Day after Day / Afta (s) 2002: Pleasant Days / Szép napok 2003: Little Apocrypha No.1 / Kis Apokrif No.1 (s) 2003: Joan of Arc on the Night Bus /A 78-as Szent Johannája (s) 2004: Little Apokrypha No.2 / Kis Apokrif No.2 (s) 2005: Lost and Found - Short Lasting Silence (sketchfilm) 2005: Johanna
Category: MEDIAWAVE Festival / Gathering / MEDIAWAVE 2001 / Duna Workshop / DURST, György / MUDRUNCZÓ, Kornél
Genre: Short Fiction
Program Type: International Competition
Nationalities: Hungary
Year: 2001
Director: MUNDRUCZÓ Kornél
24 min. 2000-2001 35mm, szöveges, Hungarian, English felírattal
Screenplay: Mundruczó Kornél, Petrányi Viktória
Operatőr: Révész Balázs
Vágó: Lemhényi Réka
Szereplők: POLGÁR Tamás, HEGYI Róbert, WÉBER Kata, SÜTŐ Anikó