Headed up by Klaudia Androsovits, the international sales team of the Hungarian National Film Fund will descend on the European Film Market of the 68th Berlin Film Festival (15-25 February 2018) with a real ace up its sleeve, in the shape of Genesis [+leggi anche:
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The second feature by the filmmaker, who rose to prominence in the same section of Berlin 11 years ago with his feature debut, Happy New Life [+leggi anche:
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Also standing out on HNFF World Sales’ line-up is My 20th Century by Ildikó Enyedi, which will be presented in the Berlinale Classics programme. The film, which won the Caméra d'Or at Cannes in 1989, is the feature debut by the director, who scooped the Golden Bear at Berlin last year with On Body and Soul [+leggi anche:
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Among the market screenings are Budapest Noir [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Réka Tenki
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