Young Talents

 Balázs Erlauer

Age:

26

Studies: 

• University of Szeged communication and media studies BA, specialised in electronic journalism;
• currently MA student in visual cultural studies

Ars Poetica:

I try to avoid routine, and to play; to wonder at things as a child, and to organise a community where people are partners, and they inspire each other.

Links for the videos:

• older videos
• videos made by Elephant Studio

 Balázs Hertlik

Age: 

30

Studies: 

• Film Theory and History at the University of Szeged (Szeged, Hungary);
• Continued education in film production
  at Four Corners (London, UK) and at the
• Northwest Film Center (Portland, OR, USA).

Ars poetica: 

The more and more I think about what is worth investing one’s energy in and ask others to collaborate on I tend to arrive at the answer that it’s documentaries. This is not to say I don’t respect or enjoy narrative films. It only to say that for me it is political, sociological, nature and environmental documentaries that make the most viable and sensible case for filmmaking. Still, having moved around a lot in our ever more expensive and confusing world I am not yet at a place when I can devote myself fully to a career in the field. Until then the art of editing remains my focus.

Awards: 

No official achievements yet, but I am proud of some review articles of mine that appeared in Studies in Eastern European Cinema.

Links for videos: 

• A short montage film using footage from the Prelinger Archives.
• Tagline
• Textures, textures, textures! They’re everywhere.

 Richárd Hajdú

Age: 

27

Studies: 

• English language and culture-American Studies, University of Szeged, Faculty of Arts 2003-2008 (Summa cum laude)
• Film History and Film Theory Special Program, University of Szeged, Faculty of Arts 2005-2008 (Magna cum laude)
• First Assistant Direction and Production Management, Hungarian Society of Cinematographers 2007-2008
• Film directing and producing, London Film Academy 2010-2011 (Student of the Year Award 2011, presented by Mr. Nicolas Roeg)

Ars poetica: 

?Film making is a meditative process.? 

I am a versatile film/theatre writer/director/producer currently based in London. I graduated from The London Film Academy in 2011. At our graduation ceremony, I was presented with the Student of the Year award by Mr. Nicolas Roeg.

During the last year, I worked on Mike Figgis? upcoming feature film, The Suspension of Disbelief, and on Endemol’s Celebrity Juice; produced two feature film promos and the 1940?s London-based short film noir, The Switch, which was selected to screen at the BSC New Cinematographers’ Night 2011. I also worked as assistant producer on the experimental video, The Last Memory, which was offered to screen in Manhattan, NY as part of The Big Screen project.

Currently I have several short and a feature film script in development as writer/director.

Awards: 

Árvácska (writer) (2011)-Festival de Cannes 2012 Cinéfondation and Un Certain Regard (In consideration)

Links for videos: 

• Richárd Hajdu’s youtube channel

 Anikó Urbán

Age: 

27

Studies: 

• Liberal arts at the University of Szeged (Szeged, Hungary), specialised in aestetics;
• currently MA student in visual cultural studies at the University of Szeged (Szeged, Hungary)

Awards: 

Cinema City Festival, Up to 10 000 bucks: Best Hungarian Film

Links for videos: 

• Half Past Nine

 Ákos Kallai

Age: 

23

Studies: 

• Liberal arts at the University of Szeged (Szeged, Hungary),
  specialised in Film History and Film Theory, Theatre Theory and Aesthetics

Ars Poetica:

You are a shaman. The celluloid is a sacrifice. The camera is a drum.
The shooting is a ritual. The world around you is holiness.

Links for videos: 

• Know