The ELTE–NFI University Film Club continues the series of screenings and discussions. We welcome university citizens from all faculties of ELTE.
Since its premiere, Pelikan Blue has won twelve awards and accolades both at home and abroad. It invites viewers on a truly nostalgic journey, evoking real events with plenty of humor and contemporary music. Today, it is natural for us to travel and cross national borders several times a year, but this was not always the case. In 1988, everyone in Hungary could apply for a passport, the borders were opened, and travel became possible, but train and bus travel was very expensive. What is freedom worth if you cannot enjoy it? Three good friends, Ákos, Laci and Petya, who long to visit Europe, get the phone number of a guy who sells fake train tickets. Thus begins their adventure, during which they discover that the tickets are filled out by hand with indigo ink (Kék Pelikan), and the copy is given to the passenger, while the „original” copy, written with a ballpoint pen, remains with MÁV (Hungarian State Railways). In an apartment in a tenement building in downtown Budapest, chemical experiments with the tickets begin...
Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPUKKYJaM_o&t=57s
Date: 17 September 2025, 18:00
Venue: University Square campus (1053 Budapest, Egyetem tér 1-3. fszt., corridor next to the cloakroom)
"This film, which masterfully combines animation and documentary techniques, revealed Hungary to us not only in a personal context, but also in a broader social and historical context. The experience was dynamic and contemporary. Distinctive and captivating characters guided us through the story, not only enchanting us but also making us their accomplices in the search for freedom. All this, wrapped in a vibrant world of sound and visuals, made the film experience entertaining and unforgettable," read the jury's statement at the Stuttgart festival, which awarded the production the prize for best feature film.
Our guests in the post-screening discussion are director László Csáki and Zsuzsanna Ács, who painted the film, appeared in the scenes and edited the making-of film.
Due to limited seating, please register in advance here:
https://www.ajk.elte.hu/content/kek-pelikan-csaki-laszlo-animacios-filmje-2024.e.1913
Correspondence about the film club is welcome via eltenfi.filmklub@elte.hu.