The Next Guardian

The Next Guardian 2018

7.20

Two Bhutanese teenagers must choose between their dreams and caring for a Buddhist temple that has been in their family for generations.

2018

Train to Adulthood

Train to Adulthood 2015

5.00

Train to Adulthood is a coming-of-age story about three youngsters who find an escape from life's ordeals by working on the Budapest Children's Railway. While they enjoy playing at being responsible adults on the Train, at home they are forced to mature abruptly.

2015

The Climb

The Climb 1970

1

Based on the true-life 2013 Greenpeace protest, the film chronicles the efforts of six activists who staged one of the riskiest stunts ever performed: illegally scaling one of the tallest skyscrapers in Europe to protest oil drilling in the Arctic. The climbers risk life and limb, enduring extreme weather whilst they confront their fears in a thrilling attempt to make it to the top.

1970

Easy Lessons

Easy Lessons 2018

7.50

Kafia, a young girl on the brink of adulthood, has to leave behind a lot of what defined her Somalian life as she tries to adapt to her new existence in Hungary. As the family’s cultural values and taboos start to fall apart, Kafia tries to explain and make sense of all these changes to her mother left behind.

2018

A Woman Captured

A Woman Captured 2017

6.60

A Woman Captured is about Marish, a 52-year-old Hungarian woman who has been serving a family for a decade, working 20 hours a day without getting paid. Her ID was taken from her by her oppressors and she's not allowed to leave the house without permission. Treated like an animal,she only gets leftovers to eat and no bed to sleep in. Marish spends the days with fear in her heart, but dreaming of getting her life back. The film follows Marish’s heroic journey back to freedom.⠀

2017

Scirocco

Scirocco 1970

1

Casablanca, 1961: Edoardo embarks on a covert and illegal mission to rescue a wrecked ship on the shores of the Atlantic. It is the promise of an adventure and his relation to the Great South that will bring him the redemption he desires.

1970

Liquid Gold: In Quest of the Aszu of Tokaj

Liquid Gold: In Quest of the Aszu of Tokaj 2019

1

The Aszú of Tokaj, a sweet wine of Hungary, was once cherished by King Louis XIV, Queen Victoria, Peter the Great, Goethe and Beethoven. But the world has since forgotten the noble Aszú, two world wars, the enforced collectivisation of the Communist regime and the deadly filoxera epidemic had all wreaked havoc on the vines. Three dedicated heroes, one passion: to create The Great Wine that can return to the most refined tables of the world.

2019

Holy Dilemma

Holy Dilemma 2022

1

It tells the story of Robi, a priest and a father of three. It showcases how he deals with his profession and his forbidden private life.

2022

Artheme Dupin Escapes Again

Artheme Dupin Escapes Again 1912

4.00

Short chase comedy from a series with the character Arthème Dupin. The police are chasing escape artist Dupin, but he is outsmarting them so the policemen themselves end up in prison.

1912

Hot Men Cold Dictatorships

Hot Men Cold Dictatorships 2015

1.00

Four young gay guys investigate how Hungarian society and the state have been treating gays and how gays' personal experiences of social and political oppression have changed since Communism until today.

2015

An Eventful Tandem Ride

An Eventful Tandem Ride 1911

4.00

In this French comedy, a man and a woman (actually a man dressed as a woman) cycle through the streets of Paris, where they perform daredevil feats.

1911

The Anger of Mrs Plumette

The Anger of Mrs Plumette 1912

4.00

La Fureur de Mme. Plumette (1912) opens with a sight gag about menstruation but unfolds as a hilarious celebration of unrepressed female anger.

1912

Breeding of Bresse Chickens in Cousance

Breeding of Bresse Chickens in Cousance 1912

1

About poultry: from rearing in 'model farms' to packaging. The film contains footage of a model farm (in Jura), fattening of the poultry and offering it for sale at the local market, and preparation activities including plucking, tying up wings and legs and packaging.

1912

Flies: A Scientific Film

Flies: A Scientific Film 1910

1

About the development of flies and the diseases they can transmit such as tuberculosis.

1910