Agora Market Manual 2010

Agora/Market Manual - 51st Thessaloniki IFF-2010Crossroads ProjectsWeekEndHungaryProduced by:BUDAPEST FILM PRODUCTIONSDirector: Áron MátyássyScriptwriters: Péter Gál, Csaba Tóth,Edit Zakál, Éva Zabezsinszkij,Géza BereményiProducer: Tamás Joó, Gergely FodorCo-Producers: BOO ProductionsBudget: 1.500.000 euroSecured Financing: 38%Location: RomaniaLooking for: Co-producers,Post-productionSYNOPSISIstván Révi is a successful but unpleasant businessman recently acquitted of murder. To celebrate, he invites hisstar attorney László Teleki and his wife Márta on a bear-hunting weekend in Transylvania. The attorney is unenthusiastic– he despises Révi – but he sees the trip as an opportunity to heal the rift with his increasingly coldwife. Signs emerge that his wife and István are having an affair, and that the businessman is less than popularwith the locals, whom he is mercilessly exploiting. László’s suspicion grows: Maybe he is not the hunter, but thehunted. As they disappear into the forest, the only question is who will return alive.DIRECTORS’ STATEMENTWeekend is a thriller that begins as an intriguing love-triangle but ends in a fast-paced chase through the picturesqueforests of Transylvania. The film will explore a number of issues typical of Eastern Europe, includingcorruption, violence and exploitation of the region’s natural resources. Tensions run high among the characters.The gangster must learn to lose. The lawyer becomes the defenseless victim. The wife is challenged to chooselife or marriage. And the peaceful villagers must take up arms to defend their rights. To heighten the drama, wewill use classical framing combined with dynamic camera movements and fast cuts. Yet, instead of recreatingthe authenticity of a documentary, we will create a mysterious and disturbing imaginary world. The closingchase will be an overwhelming audiovisual symphony against the spectacular backdrop of the CarpathianMountains.BUDAPEST FILM PRODUCTIONSPRODUCER’S CONTACT INFORMATIONBUDAPEST FILM PRODUCTIONST. +36 12251338M. +36 706288095info@bpfilms.hutamas.joo1@t-online.huwww.bpfilms.huBudapest Film Productions was founded on August 1, 2006, to produce and co-produce high-quality shorts,experimental and feature films and documentaries. We cater to Hungarian and international markets for established(cinema, TV and DVD) and developing (Internet and IPTV) media.The foundation of Budapest Film Productions was driven by a unique group of film professionals already engagedin the filmmaking process, from creative work (treatments, scriptwriting and selection) to productionand sales. The company also enjoys a close working relationship with Budapest Film Ltd., Hungary’s largest independentfilm and video/DVD distributor. We are well connected with all players in the Hungarian film industry- from the largest to the smallest -, as well as those organisations and individuals in Hungary, and Budapest inparticular, able to assist in the production process.60