This year’s Titanic International Film Festival opens with a Swedish production, The Giant, that tells the story of Rikard, an autistic and severely deformed man whose only wish is to win back the love of his mother by winning the Scandinavian championship of pétanque. Afterwards, film lovers can enjoy productions from all over the world and here in Hungary, like Magyar director Ferenc Török’s 1945 (making its national debut at the festival), works by Ewan McGregor, Koncsalovszkij, and Jim Jarmusch, as well as intriguing documentaries about David Lynch and Leonard Cohen. The festival aims to present the productions of renowned filmmakers as well as first-timers, and to bring films to Budapest from regions that are as yet unknown in the industry.
This year, movie aficionados can watch a total of 34 films from 27 countries, divided into six categories. Excluding documentaries, all of the films are screened with original audio and Hungarian subtitles, but all non-English dialogue is subtitled in English. One of the main films of the festival, Koncsalovszkij’s Holocaust drama Paradise, won a Silver Lion at the latest Venice Film Festival, and the selection of the Titanic Dox category this year is also impressive: in David Lynch: The Art Life, the director himself guides viewers through the formative years of his existence. Furthermore, the festival brings to Budapest the famous French arthouse horror, Raw, which won a FIPRESCI Prize at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, and also earned recognition in Toronto, where several people fainted during the screening.
Tony Palmer’s legendary film about Leonard Cohen’s 1972 Europe Tour, Bird on a Wire, had been considered long-lost until 2009, when the massive film material was found in 296 rusty boxes in a warehouse in Hollywood. A huge sensation this year is that Tony Palmer himself makes an appearance, accompanying his film to Titanic.
Jim Jarmusch’s musical documentary, Gimme Danger, tells the story of the Stooges, one of the most popular rock bands of the world. In 2017 a total of seven films are entered to the festival's film competition, organized since 2005. The members of the jury include French film critic Frédéric Strauss and Hungarian author György Dragomán, while the president will be Hungarian film director Ildikó Enyedi. Furthermore, in 2017, the Uránia National Film Theater, the Toldi Cinema, and the Ódry Színpad provide venues for the festival. Click here for the detailed program.
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