Gentle (Szelíd)
Gentle
Anna Eszter Nemes & László Csuja
Edina, a female bodybuilder is ready to sacrifice everything for the dream she shares with her life partner and trainer Adam: to win the Miss Olympia. The odd love she finds on her way makes her see the difference between her dreams and her true self
In the presence of the director
Festival : Sundance Film Festival 2022
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
National premiere
STARRING
Eszter Csonka
György Turós
Csaba Krisztik
WRITER
Anna Eszter Nemes
László Csuja
DIRECTOR
Anna Eszter Nemes
László Csuja
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Zágon Nagy
FILM EDITING
Attila Csabai
MUSIC
Tamas Kreiner
PRODUCTION
FOCUSFOX STUDIO
DISTRIBUTION
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Anna Eszter Nemes & László Csuja
László Csuja has graduated from the University of Theatre and Film Arts (Budapest) in 2012. He is currently enrolled in the University’s postgraduate program. He spent one semester at FAMU Prague in 2010, and participated in a number of international film workshops, such as Berlinale Talent Campus, Sarajevo Talent Campus or the Low Budget Film Forum. Since 2005 he has directed several short features and documentaries. His most successful short film was PHOSPHORUS that has been selected to compete at international film festivals in Tampere, Edinburgh and Cork. Initiation would be his first feature film.
Born in 1989, Anna Nemes graduated from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts as a painter in 2014. She post-graduated as an art therapist from the University of Pécs in 2016. Presently, she is a doctoral researcher at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. Her paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions across Europe since 2010. BEAUTY OF THE BEAST, Nemes’ essay- documentary about female bodybuilding is in postproduction (release: 2022). Her first fiction film GENTLE is going to premiere at Sundance Film Festival, 2022.
FILMOGRAPHY
LÁSZLÓ CSUJAZ :
2018 : BLOSSOM VALLEY (SHORT)
2010 : PHOSPHORUS (SHORT)
ANNA NEMES :
2022 : BEAUTY OF THE BEAST (DOCUMENTARY)