The Film Futures program offers an exciting platform for showcasing the short films of young, emerging filmmakers and film students. The project's aim is to explore and initiate discussions about the creative journey of short filmmaking, with a particular emphasis on production design this year.

How do Hungarian short filmmakers shape their visual worlds through production design, and what creative solutions do they use to overcome budget constraints? We will explore how visuals enhance the narrative of films and how filmmakers collaborate with production designers to make the most of the resources at their disposal.

Albert Tibor Kapás - Hunger 13’

Cinematographer: Máté Papp

Production and wardrobe designer: Betti Király

Tenger and Aida, a 30-something couple, return home in a rather bitter mood after a disastrous vacation. The music playing on the radio reminds Tenger of a mischievous childhood memory of stealing some bread from a small bakery with his friend. Aida decides that for Tenger to rediscover himself, he needs to steal something once again, but this time with her.

The short film is based on the short story ‘The Second Bakery Attack’ by Murakami Haruki.

Kolos Xavér Horváth - waking you with dewy peach blossom 20’

Cinematographer: Marcell Gergely

Production designer: Cintia Zámbori

Memories from a marriage...

Flóra Chilton - Forget me not 20’

Director of photography: Betti Hejüsz

Set decorator: Dominika M. Gajdics

One early summer afternoon, Ilona leaves home to bring flowers to her beloved husband’s grave for their forty-seventh wedding anniversary.

However, due to her dementia she gets more and more lost in the bustling big city.

Sára Perecz - Kamra / Pantry 13’

Cinematographer: Bori M. Papp

Production designer: Gabriella Csoma

Lotti (25) gets home drunk at dawn. Her boyfriend, Karcsi (29) receives her with silent rejection. Lotti dreams of her childhood and her parents. The next day the couple is preparing to host Karcsi’s parents for lunch. Lotti is overpowered again and again by the memories of the day that she had dreamed of.

They are soon ready and for a moment everything seems fine. Karcsi’s parents ring the doorbell. Lotti stays alone for a few minutes. She is overwhelmed by Karcsi’s sweltering expectations. His father’s bad patterns of the past provide the way out. She hides in the pantry and drinks out of a bottle of red wine.