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The Hungarian film is made up of short cuts from about 450 films.
The film, which Pálfi described as ?experimental?, has not yet been commercially released because of copyright issues.
?This distributor will probably be able to get the rights from the big studios more easily and can better represent the film,? Pálfi said.
The film will was the final one screened in a section at Cannes showing restored prints of film classics, such as Jaws, Once Upon a Time in America and Hitchcock?s 1927 film The Ring.
Pálfi said the invitation to Cannes was ?a stamp? that showed an international distributor could take on the film and hopefully establish agreements on the rights. Paying for the rights would cost about as much as ?a low-budget Hungarian film?, he added.
He said the idea for the film was born in 1995, because of a contest called to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the birth of cinema. It took three years to make with a budget of about 20 million forints.
The 37-year-old director received the prize for best newcomer prize for his film Hukkle at the 2002 Hungarian Film Festival. Four years later, his film Taxidermia took the festival?s top prize.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
