Synopsis for the Film
Film: The Great Fehevar Flood
Country: Hungary
Director: Hegedus 2 Laszlo
Duration: 7 min 9 sec
Category: Waterscapes
Premier Hungarian avant-garde animator Hegedus 2 Laszlo creates an elaborate, hypnotic, monochrome fantasy where Fehervar, a small landlocked town, a center of bloody conflict during the Soviet Occupation, where the old town centre is reconstructed to a old world charm for the tourists while the rest of the skyline is cluttered by modern high-rises, is struck by a massive flood. Water disrupts, destroys, purifies but what history, what memory, what culture, what landscape will remain once the tide begins to ebb? A new beginning, perhaps.
Distinctions
Hungarian Film Week, Budapest
Personal Vision, Kobe 2001
Videonale International Film and Video Festival, Berlin 2004
Filmfest Dresden 2004
More Details
Hegedus 2 Laszlo is a graphic artist based in Budapest, Hungary who has worked extensively with film and photography. Between 1973 and 1986, he worked for the Pannonia Filmstudion directing animation films and designing backgrounds for cartoons. His works have been extensively exhibited and much awarded and acclaimed all across the world.
