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The work of the young director was chosen as the best Hungarian short film by the Hungarian Film Critics’ Associtation in 2007. It also earned prizes at the Cleveland, Leuven and Valladolid Film Festivals. The film was selected to more than 80 film festivals worldwide and was screened with success in German and French cinemas.

The success of the film lies in the pure storytelling without using any dialogues, its narration built on a single gag, its special atmosphere. All of these elements are present in the original short story of András Nagy Bandó, which was adapted to screenplay by Márton Szirmai.

“A delicious recipe for a quick lunch, from a vanishing age, served fresh and hot at a roadside shack.

Sharing a meal like this with anyone should be a pleasurable thing. Except when it has a suprising twist…” - Márton Szirmai

 Read the interview with Márton Szirmai below!

 Filmography:

- Summertime (2008)

- The Sinking Village (2008)

- Born Loser (Tv series - 3 episodes 2007)

- Szalontüdő (2006)

- The Treasure of Pécs City (2006)

Where does the story of “Tripe & Onion” come from?
There is a short story by András Nagy-Bandó I heard on the radio about 15 years ago. It has stayed with me ever since. I wanted to shoot a short film in 2006 and realized this is the perfect story to use.

How did you get your crew and the financing of the film?
The Motion Picture Foundation of Hungary also funded the project but but the lion’s share of the money I raised myself. The crew was mainly formed by the “Közgáz Vizuális Brigád”, but there were some people I had worked with for the first time.

How have you tried to find your audience? What channels did you use?
The film was selected to more than 80 film festivals. Duna Televison bought it for broadcasting. We got a great award at an Italian festival: seventeen 35mm cinema copies, which gave the opportunity to screen the film before long feature films in German and France cinemas. And now it’s time to go to the Internet! Tripe & Onion can be watched on the web only on Daazo.com

Which festival screening was the most important to you?
It sounds very sentimental but all the screenings were very important to me. Of course the festivals I was able to attend had more impact on me. (Sarajevo, Dresden, Triest)

What was your aim with this film?
I wanted to tell the story without using any dialogues. I adapted the story so that I could concentrate on the images.

What are your future plans?
My secret plan is to shoot a film based on Stanislaw Lem’s short stories. But I would like to grow up to this difficult task by making several other short films before.

This week we present a film of the great BuSho archive again - Absence by Ákos Mester. It was in competition in 2006 - got a Special Mention by the jury. It’s not a coincidence! The super 8 format gives the perfect atmosphere of the cute story, which has a perfect rhythm indeed. A three minutes long short by heart!

It is not the first by Ákos Mester on Daazo. A few months ago we premiered Aqua Run, which is the direct opposite of Absence - a  dark thriller. So Ákos has already proven his talent in several genres. Carry on filming, Mr. Mester!

Ákos Mester’s Filmography:

- My Short, But Tough Life (2008) - Cinematographer

- The Last Beautiful Film (2007) - Cinematographer

- Aqua-Run (2006) - Director

- Absence (2006) - Director

This week we present - in collaboration with Budapest Shorts - a comedy with full of adventure!”Two hunters, two high hides, two guns… but just one rabbit” - this is the basic situation in High Hide Noon, located in a green German forest.

The film was a hit in 2006 at the BuSho festival, hopefully you will enjoy it online too!

About the director:

“Alex Weimer was born in Lower Frankonia, Germany. A cinemaniac since childhood years he made his first amateur home-video at the age of 12. “Fifteen minutes” is his first feature-length film. He is a great admirer of iconoclastic filmmakers like Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg or Robert Rodriguez.” (via imdb.com) Visit his home page here!

Filmography:

# Fremdkörper (2009) (post-production)
# Herr Müller Herr Schulze (2006)
# O sole mio (2006)
# Wahrheit über das Volk der Mäuse, Die (2006)
# Schuppen von den Augen (2005) (co-director)
# Bestellung 0-0-4-9 (2005)
# The Typewriter (2004)
# The Refusal to Conform to Fashion Runs Deep (2003)
# High Hide Noon (2003)
# Fifteen Minutes (2002)
# Seeking Philip (1999)