Hungarian Film Week Kicks Off January 29

Programme director Ilona Kozma says there are 388 films on the programme. There are 103 films in competition, including 18 feature films, 33 documentaries, 3 creative documentary features, 36 experimental or short films and 13 science or informational films.

Though the Romanian actress Maia Morgenstern was to have chaired the feature jury, she has been replaced by Klaus Eder of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), Hungarian Film Union director Éva Vezér said. Other jury members are the US film critic Catherine Portuges, the cinematographer János Kende, the director Krisztina Boda and the film score writer István Márta.

The Golden Spindle and the Moziversum will be the festival's two top prizes, says festival council chairman Gábor Herendi.

For more information on the programme of films as well as on other special events, visit the programme website at www.szemle.hu

Feature Films in Competition for the 39th Hungarian Film Week:

Róbert Alföldi - Tranquillity / Nyugalom -- world premiere, first feature

Tamás Almási - Mario the Magician / Mário a varázsló -- world premiere

Gábor Dettre - The Class / Tabló -- world premiere

Anna Faur - Girls / Lányok -- world premiere, first feature

Benedek Fliegauf - Milky Way / Tejút

Attila Gigor - The Investigator / A nyomozó -- world premiere, first feature

Szabolcs Hajdu - Off Hollywood

Róbert Koltai - The Train Keeps a Rollin' / Megy a gőzös

Róbert Lakatos - Bahrtalo! Good Luck! / Bahrtalo! Jó szerencsét! -- world premiere, first feature