Hungary is the most represented Mid-European country at Cannes

Hvg.hu informs that there are three Hungarian productions and a Hungarian co-production among the selected films, thus Hungarians lead the list among Mid-European artists. The 70^th Cannes Film Festival starts this evening.

Kornél Mundruczó’s Jupiter’s Moon (Jupiter holdja) will compete for the Palme d’Or, a prize that has never been won by a Hungarian production so far. It will actually premier at the festival, it will be screened in the festival hall on May 19^th. The film got support from the Hungarian National Film Fund and it is a German co-production. Jupiter’s Moon is about faith, salvation and the possibility of miracles happening, presented through the story of an unusual friendship. The Hungarian director is competing for the fifth time in Cannes. Mundruczó’s film will premiere on the 8^th of June in Hungary, distributed by Intercom.

György Kristóf’s first film, Out, is among the Un Certain Regard selection, nominated for the Caméra d’Or prize, which is given to the best first feature film. The Hungarian National Film Fund supported this production as well, which will premiere on May 22^nd. Out is an absurdly humorous take on a man over fifty, who sets on a journey in Eastern-Europe to find his path in life. Sándor Terhes plays the main character and Gergely Pohárnok is the cameraman in this Slovakian-Hungarian-Czech-Latvian co-production. György Kristóf started his studies at the University of Miskolc, then majored in film directing at the Film and TV School in Prague. Out premieres on June 15^th in Hungary, distributed by Vertigo Media.

Áron Szentpéteri’s Invisibly (Láthatatlanul) is among the selectees in the Cinéfondation category, which prizes student films. The 32 minutes long short film – which is actually a graduation project – is about a chance encounter and elaborates on the ambiguous and invisible limits in human relationships. The film premieres in Cannes on May 24^th.