The screening of the 15-minute period film, set in Normandy in 1905, will be attended by the director, as well as cinematographer Mátyás Erdély, producer Tamás Hutlassa and co-producer György Durst.
Every year, the Directors' Fortnight, created in 1969 by the SRF (French Directors Guild), under the direction of Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, programmes a selection of 20 feature and short films from around the world during the Cannes Film Festival.
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From its inception, the aim of the Directors' Fortnight has been to showcase filmmakers for audiences and critics alike. This not only involves highlighting new talent in world cinema and the directors of tomorrow, but also supporting filmmakers who are still little-known in the West or whose work has not been shown at major international festivals.
Lost Person Area, a Belgian-Dutch-Hungarian co-production directed by Caroline Strubbe, will be shown as part of Semaine International de la Critique, which also runs parallel with the Cannes Film Festival.
The Semaine International de la Critique, or International Critics' Week, was started in 1962 as an alternative to the highly competitive context of the Cannes Film Festival. It invites seven feature films and seven shorts to participate in Cannes at the same time as the Cannes Film Festival, seeking to discover new talent.
Lost Person Area stars Miklós Zoltán, best known for his role in the Hungarian film White Palms. The film's Hungarian co-producer is László Kántor and the soundtrack was composed by the Hungarian Albert Márkos.
A short called Russian Playground by the Hungarian director Dénes Nagy is also on the programme, as is Transsiberian Voices, a film whose cinematographer is the Hungarian Márton Vízkelety.
Hungarian film distributor Hungaricom will have its own stand in Cannes and will host screenings of Gergely Fonyó's musical Made in Hungaria and Krisztina Goda's film Chameleon.
The Hungarian producer Gábor Sipos of Laokoon Film, will participate - on the recommendation of the Hungarian Film Union - in the 10th annual Producers on the Move Programme, organised by European Film Promotion.
Film treatments by the Hungarians Judit Elek and László Berger, and Dániel Erdélyi will be part of the ScriptEast forum, organised by Poland's Independent Film Foundation.
The Hungarian Film Union will reopen the Hungarian pavilion at the International Village and present The European short film portal Daazo.com and the online scriptwriting platform ScriptBase on May 19.
Hungary's presence at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, which runs from May 13 to 24, is supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture, the National Cultural Fund and the Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary. The Hungarian Film Union's professional partners include Allianz, the National Film Bureau, Mafilm and Tivoli-Film Production.
