FACT - Award-winning short films in Urania

The first event before the official opening of the festival will be a screening of award-winning short films by students from the University of Theatre and Film Arts. The institution in Budapest has had complex, modern training programs in the film arts for more than fifty years. Generations of directors, cinematographers, editors, screenwriters, sound designers and television professionals have studied here. The emblematic building of Urania also hosts rooms for the University, with the majority of actor's courses held on the upper floors.

Program:

Hajni Kis:
Beautiful Figure

A film about a withdrawn but naively curious cleaning lady who falls in love with one of the graduating girls from the school she works for. Her love is hopeless from the beginning, but for a moment she believes it can come true and tries to tell the girl how she feels.

Cast:  Brigitta Egyed , Hanna Milovits, Mari Nagy, Lenke Kis
Director: Hajni Kis
Screenwriter: Hajni Kis, Dániel Daoud
Producer: Miklós Bosnyák
Cinematographer:  Ákos Nyoszoli
Film editor: Vanda Gorácz

István Kovács:
The Sound of Concrete

Dia is a young female kickboxer who lives in the suburbs of Budapest with her mom and younger brother. Her dream is to compete in Germany where she can earn good money. All she has to do is to win her upcoming championship.
Two weeks prior to that Dia finds out that she is pregnant from her lover, who also happens to be her coach. Now she must face not only her competition, but time and the thought of abortion aswell.

Cast: Dóra Sztarenki, László Mátray, Tünde Szalontay, Álmos Galló, Tibor Gáspár
Director: István Kovács
Writer: Kálmán Gasztonyi
Cinematographer: Zoltán Dévényi
Editor: Péter Gábor Duszka
Costume: Borbála Keszei
Composer: Attila Áts
Production design: László Rajk
Producers: Miklós Bosnyák, István Major
Co-producers: Gábor Osváth, Judit Romwalter

Fanni Szilágyi:
End of Puberty

Two teenage sisters, non-identical twins, meet a boy on a beautiful summer day at the lake, and the encounter acquaints them with sexuality, jealousy, and a very real anger. Their divergent responses contain a threat to their unity — and may mean the end of their adolescence.

Cast: Liza Kárpáti, Zita Szentecki, Renátó Olasz, Judit Dobos, Sándor Szucs
Director: Fanni Szilágyi
Executive Producer: Nóra Hegyi
Producer: Miklós Bosnyák
Screenplay: Fanni Szilágyi
Cinematographer: Kristóf Becsey, Nándor Gulyás
Editor: Szabolcs Kovári, Ágnes Grünvalszky
Production Designer: Zsófia Tasnádi, Ildikó Tihanyi
Sound: Dorka Mezo, András Pongor, István Baranyai, Bálint Zándoki, Dávid Bodnár

Director: Hajni Kis, István Kovács, Fanni Szilágyi