Watch movies in [a] ‘Huff’
THE Embassy of Hungary in the Philippines has partnered - ent the first Hungarian Film Festival, or “Huff” in Manila on December and 2. The event will showcase four critically acclaimed films never before screened in the Philippines.
Hungarian cinema has a long years of the 20th Century. In the past decades the inhabitants of the Central European country gave major contributions to world cinema.
Presenting the Academy Award Winning “Son of Saul” (2015) as its main feature, the festival aims to bring Hungarian culture and history closer to a new audience in the Philippines. Son of Saul is - tion camp during World War 2. 2015 Cannes Film Festival and the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.
The 2016 blockbuster “Kincsem – Bet on Revenge” will also be screened, a historical drama about the world’s most successful racing horse. With a more serious tone, “Strangled” (2016) will bring to the screen a psycho-thriller set in the 1960s oppressive Hungary, when a series of atrocious murders shock a small town. On a lighter about a world famous rescue dog and his family.
The Embassy of Hungary reopened in Manila in March 2017 and is endavoring to provide opportunities to introduce the art, culture and history of Hungary the Filipino audience.