20 June, Friday 10:00 am, Katona József Library
”In 2009, the Organizing Committee of the Kecskemét Animation Film Festival decided to screen the award-winning films of the festival not only in Kecskemét, but also in its surrounding settlements. The screenings and the discussions following them were very successful.
In 2011, our positive experiences encouraged us to show not only the award-winning films, but also the full Hungarian competition program in these 12 small towns. Based on the audience’s votes, the representative of the micro-region gave an award to the director of the film at the closing ceremony of KAFF.
Although film theaters have become virtually extinct in the settlements in the countryside, or perhaps precisely because of this reason, there is a high demand for the works of Hungarian film art in these communities.
After contacting several institutions 5 years ago, the Information Science and Library Association became one of our partners, and it began to organize cinema excursions in the fashion of film clubs with the help of the so-called NAVA-POINTS in settlements with less than 5,000 residents.
The Ministry of Human Capacities, the National Audiovisual Archive, the Hungarian National Film Fund, the Hungarian National Film Archive (formerly known as Hungarian National Digital Archive and Film Institute), and the Hungarian Academy of Arts joined the program. In doing so, they have made a substantial contribution to the inclusion of Hungarian film art in fundamental art education.
At the discussion, we will revise the progress of this initiative.”
Ferenc Mikulás
festival director