13th BuSho Film Festival in Budapest – Competition Programme

The updated pre-jury has finished their selection process – involving a brand new and an old/new member – as a result of which 75 shorts are in competition for the 3 main prizes and 8 category prizes due at the 13th BuSho Festival.

The screening time is 15 hours alltogether – as usual, 17 animation, 9 experimental and 49 fiction films, however the number of Hungarian short films will be 17 this year (unlike earlier when there was 1 Hungarian short in each screening block). The Law of Large Numbers has once again proved itself to be true – the most contenders come from countries that have finished on top of the entry-statistics, bearing in mind that this may not mean anything if we consider that we’ve met so far an Irish artist with a Hungarian name, a Polish artist whose nationality was Swiss or  a Frenchman from Spain… There are exceptions that prove the rule – in case of countries submitting a small number of shorts: this gems come from Venezuela, Korea or Belarus. Let us know listen to what the members experienced – as always, ladies first:

Annaida Orosz: “That animations are entertaining and joyful is no surprise to us, however, this year quite a few documentary animations were present, bringing to light rather thoughtful topics, and the most bizarre moments were brought to you by Hungarian animators!”

Boróka Vajda: “I feel that even the most sincere topic needs to be addressed with a hint of humor, these moments depicting of extremely inverted situations hold a mirror before us, and in it we may recognize ourselves.” Luckily, BuSho attracts films that are able to laugh at themselves.”

Zoltán Vozó Végh: “The sheer amount of entries warranted for the re-occurence of certain motives, the story tellers tend to repeat themselves and each other. Whenever I see something new and unique it has a definite refreshing factor! As the average level of the entries is rather high, we have an easy task in selecting the best.”

László Rimóczi: „I wondered how a director can get my mind out of the rut with a short and what resources, ideas does s/he use to cause me to proclaim: “That’s it! Thanks!”- I have actually found quite a few pieces where everything was in place: colors, tunes, flavors, hearts, smiles and slaps. And nevertheless, more and more of these have something to say as well.”