István Bélai

Order in the House

A surrealist satire describing the power that is used to dehumanise and deny individual liberties in the name of order and the common good.

Inauguration

Satire on the vicissitudes of a politician who should inaugurate a bridge, and the problems he finds. The inauguration of a new bridge is traditionally a big event. The orchestra play, crowds of people, kids waving flags, media. A prominent person has the honorary assignment of cutting off the red ribbon. But the band resists all attacks by scissors, knives and axes and the resolution becomes macabre and unexpected.

From Dawn to Dusk

This etude made up of captured snaps having a sociographic impact and expressive photo-collages by Dezső Korniss is the satirical apotheosis of the single, working urban woman from the second half of the 1960s.

Diary

1967 - Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or - Best Short Film (Nominated)

Metamorphoses

Animated look at an ever-changing portrait of a man and a woman

Grotesque

Huszárik's graduation film was another short entitled Groteszk (Grotesque) in 1963 about a strange train voyage of an artist carrying his own picture.

A Theme with Variations

This film of three parts recalls memories from World War II. The titles of the parts are: Impartially, Terrified and Like a scream.

Duel

Cannes Jury Prize-winning short film.

Rivals

To calm down the competition that is raging between the tailor and the blacksmith, the justice men of a village decides to challenge the two craftsmen by having the two exchange their roles for a day.