blog.daazo.com » szirmai http://blog.daazo.com News, Reviews, unofficial Opinions around the world of Daazo Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:09:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Premiere: Tripe and Onion http://blog.daazo.com/2008/11/12/premiere-tripe-and-onion/ http://blog.daazo.com/2008/11/12/premiere-tripe-and-onion/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:37:13 +0000 dani http://blog.daazo.com/2008/11/12/premiere-tripe-and-onion/ 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)

]]> http://blog.daazo.com/2008/11/12/premiere-tripe-and-onion/feed/ 0 The Director of Tripe and Onions: Interview with Márton Szirmai http://blog.daazo.com/2008/11/12/the-director-of-tripe-and-onion-interview-with-marton-szirmai/ http://blog.daazo.com/2008/11/12/the-director-of-tripe-and-onion-interview-with-marton-szirmai/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:55:45 +0000 dani http://blog.daazo.com/2008/11/12/the-director-of-tripe-and-onion-interview-with-marton-szirmai/

szirmai.jpgWhere 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.

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