The 26th Fantasporto film festival, started February 24, includes a retrospective of Hungarian cinema to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian revolution of 1956. The retrospective, called ?Cinema Húngaro" includes director Péter Bacsó's ?The Witness?, Károly Makk's ?Love?, Péter Gothár?s ?Time Stands Still?, and Márta Mészáros?s ?Diary for My Father and Mother? as well as her 2004 film ?Unburied Remains?. All of the films feature renderings of the 1956 revolution. Films to be shown this week include István Szabó's ?A Film About Love?, Géza Bereményi?s ?Eldorado? and Róbert Koltai?s ?Colossal Sensation?.
Last year?s Fantasporto festival included nearly 200 films and attracted some 100,000 visitors.
In addition to ?Cinema Húngaro?, the film festival features some of the most successful Hungarian short films shown in recent years, including works by Tamás Buvári, Ferenc Cakó, Bálint Kenyeres, Péter Mészáros and Kornél Mundruczó.
Mundruczó?s feature film ?Johanna? will be included in the competition. A favourite of the international festival circle, Mundruczó?s opera film received several awards in 2005. At this year?s Hungarian Film Festival, the film?s lead character Orsi Tóth received the best actress title. Mundruczó?s previous feature film, ?Pleasant Days?, will be shown at the Fantasporto information programme on March 4.
