Cloud Hunters
Blouznivci - Önámítók
73 min, Czechia – Hungary – Slovakia, 16mm / DCP
starring: Vratislav Brabenec, Szabolcs Hajdu
DOP: Jakub Halousek, Gergely Pálos
Synopsis
Mr Gerzonits prefers red-spotted mushrooms.
The Agent wants to build a motorway where his house is.
But where will the goats and the angels live?
A duel between East and West.
The Hungarian „One Hundred Years of Solitude”.
World Sales
Makroskop Distribution
Eszter Szabo
eszter.szabo@makroskop-distribution.eu
director’s statement
More than a story, rather a visual firework. Cloud Hunters are a hilarious carnival of history. Gerzonits emerges victorious, proclaiming that our individuality must be preserved at all costs.
cast and crew
The old man is played by the Czech Vratislav Brabenec, legendary jazz/punk musician and front man of the band Plastic People of the Universe, jailed for signing Charta 77.
The agent is Hungarian film director Szabolcs Hajdu (Bibliotheque Pascal, White Palms).
The DOP is Gergely Pálos, cinematographer of films by Roy Andersson and Ildikó Enyedi (Silent Friend).
production company
Playtime was found in 2008 by Laszlo Nemes, Gyula Nemes and others.
Selected filmography:
2018 Sunset (co-producer) - dir. Laszlo Nemes
2015 Zero - dir. Gyula Nemes
2010 The Gentleman Takes his Leave - dir. Laszlo Nemes
Gyula Nemes
Born in Hungary, Gyula Nemes won numerous awards and his films have been screened at Venice, Rotterdam, Ann Arbor, New York, Karlovy Vary and so on.
Graduated from FAMU in Prague in the class of Vera Chytilová and Karel Vachek.
Against trends, instead of producing audovisual content on actual subjects, he makes films.
He is currently living and filming in South-East Asia.
Selected filmography
My One and Onlies
Egyetleneim
76 min, Hungary - Czechia, 35mm
in competition in Venice
starring: Krisztián Kovács, Orsi Tóth
music: DJ Palotai
Zero
83 min, Hungary – Czechia - Germany, 35mm
in competition in Karlovy Vary
starring: Krisztián Kovács, Martina Krátká, Udo Kier
Lost World
Letűnt világ
20 min, Hungary – Czechia – Finland, 35mm
Karlovy Vary - Best Documentary
Ann Arbor – Best International Film
DOP: Balázs Dobóczi, editor: Martin Blažíček
Parrot
Papagáj
24 min, Hungary, 16mm
starring: Barna Mihók, Gyula Nemes
DOP: Balázs Dobóczi
editor: Péter Politzer, Ágnes Völler
Sister company of Playtime is Absolut Film Studio, producing award-winning documentary films.
CEO: Laszlone Nemes
adress:
Absolut Film Studio Bt.
Playtime Kft.
Budapest 1025 Pusztaszeri ut 11-13.
contact: nemes at absolutfilm.hu