Vacsora Premiere at the 65th Venice International Film Festival

Vacsora was premiered at the 65th Venice International Film Festival in September 2008. The reception was phenomenal. All three screenings sold out and the audience made its appreciation known by multiple applause. It was on account of this festival that the film got its first reviews. One from The Auter's Review and several from various Hungarian press (we will publish excerpts from these review in later posts). At the close of the festival, during the award ceremony, Vacsora was awarded the Honorable Mention Award of the Corto Cortissimo. It was an unexpected, but highly satisfying moment for us as the Venice short film competition (Corto Cortissimo) is one the most prestigious short film programs in the world. The program consisted of 18 short films, selected from 1500 submissions from around the world.

Welcome to Vacsora the Movie Blog

Thank you for visiting our blogspot. It is time to post information about the exciting journey of our short film "Vacosra." We will publish stories from its the inception to the present, exciting news, festival announcements fun facts, but will stay away from "story spoilers" in case you've not yet seen the movie.

Vacsora is a Hungarian short film produced, written and directed by Karchi Perlmann. It explores Hungary’s current state of schizophrenia. It follows one day in the life of a small, rural family. When Gaspar slips and falls in the pigpen during the morning feeding, the farm quietly transforms into a stage of “Le Théâtre de l'Absurde.” Set in the shadows of the Budapest riots in the fall of 2006, this intimate family tale draws impish parallels to the psychosis of a nation that feeds on itself. The ever-present radio keeps the social context abstract and disconnected, stewing the film into an existential, cultural and political pot of Goulash.