With the support of the ELTE University Film Club, the National Cultural Fund (NKA), and the Hungarian Documentary Filmmakers’ Association (MADOKE), we are launching a documentary film series featuring works by Hungarian filmmakers. The next screening will feature Márton Vizkelety’s 2025 film My Chemical Information System. All interested parties are warmly invited to attend the event.
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 6:00 p.m.
Venue: ELTE University Square Campus, Weiss Emilia Hall (1053 Budapest, Egyetem tér 1–3., ground floor, in the hallway next to the coat check)
“What is life? A chemical information system,” declares Hungarian-born scientist Gyula Dékány, whose conviction has led to groundbreaking discoveries. For more than two decades, he has divided his time between Europe and Australia, dedicating himself to scientific breakthroughs 16,000 kilometers away from his family. He has already helped millions of infants through the synthesis of breast milk sugars, and while he is currently working on creating compounds that could cure Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s, he faces a new challenge: striking a balance between his pursuit of scientific innovation and his longing for home. Is life really just a chemical information system, or is it something deeper? My Chemical Information System is a story of the inner struggle between discovery and human relationships.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1070997352
Our guests for the post-screening discussion will be Márton Vízkelety, the film’s director and cinematographer, and Julianna Ugrin, the film’s producer.
Márton Vízkelety graduated from the University of Theatre and Film Arts in 2007 as a cinematographer. In 2009, he participated in the Berlinale Talent Campus. He has been involved in several international documentary film projects, including Alexey Rodionov’s MasterClass in Moscow in 2013. His documentaries and short films have been screened at film festivals such as Tribeca, the Sarajevo International Film Festival, Dox in Zagreb, DOK Leipzig and the Vladivostok International Film Festival. Together with Ugrin, he co-directed the multi-award-winning film The Decision (2022).
Julianna Ugrin excels at making astute decisions about which productions her production company, Éclipse Film, will finance. (In 2017, her film A Woman in Captivity became the first Hungarian feature-length documentary to be selected for the competition program at the Sundance Film Festival.) She began working in the film industry in 2008 and later completed EURODOC, a training and development workshop for documentary producers. In 2011, she founded her own film production company, Éclipse Film. She has presented her film projects at numerous international markets and pitching forums, and her completed films have screened at or won awards at festivals such as IDFA, the Sarajevo IFF, DOK Leipzig and HotDocs.
Seating is limited, so please register in advance by email.
