Moviebar Productions Booklet

Budapest - Los Angeles

WE ARE MOVIEBAR.

ONE OF THE LEADING FULL-SERVICE FILM PRODUCTION COMPANIES IN CENTRAL EUROPE.

We are an award-winning full-service film production company based in BUDAPEST and LOS ANGELES. Founded in 2004, Moviebar quickly became one of Hungary’s foremost producers for high-profile ad campaigns and providing producing services since 2013 for international TV and film productions. In 2015, Moviebar founded its division to create original content in addition to our production service slate. We approach every project with individualized attention and believe in creating quality through collaboration with our filmmakers.

WHO WE ARE

WHY FILM IN HUNGARY

WHY WORK WITH MOVIEBAR

THE PRODUCER TEAM OF MOVIEBAR WHO WE ARE

ESTHER TURAN

ESTHER TURAN is a founding member of Moviebar. As an SZFE (University of Film and Theatre) graduate with a background in directing, Esther is deeply involved in the creative process of all Moviebar projects. Her production experience ranges from American and European feature films and TV series to major TVCs and world wide campaigns. She recently directed her 4th feature documentary. Esther splits her time between Moviebar’s Los Angeles and Budapest offices serving as a bridge between American and European filmmakers.

VIKTORIA TREPPER

VIKTORIA TREPPER became a producer after receiving her master’s degree in Economics and working on service as well as local productions as a production manager for over a decade. Besides focusing on producing and developing large-scale international TVCs, recently she also worked as the service producer for various TV series and feature films. As a founding member of Moviebar, her goal is to realise remarkable works of art, while ensuring that the production side runs smoothly.

THE RECKONING

105 MIN., DRAMA/HORROR, 2020

The Reckoning is the new horror movie of Neil Marshall, director of the cultic ‘The Descent’ and ‘Game of Thrones’. It’s set around the witch hunts and the great plague in England in 1665 and follows Grace Haverstock, a young widow, haunted by the recent suicide of her husband Joseph. She is falsely accused of being a witch by her jealous Landlord, Squire Pendleton, after she rejects his unwanted advances.

Marshall

Luke Bryant

SWOON – ELD & LAGOR

90 MIN., ROMANCE, 2019

Set in the imaginary universe of the magical and sparking wonderland of two rivalling amusement parks, a story of war and forbidden love unravels.

Directors: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein

DoP: Aril Wretblad

Producer: Kristina Åberg

Co-producer: Esther Turan

BP UNDERGROUND ROCK

2 X 80 MIN., DOCUMENTARY SERIES, 4TH EPISODE, 2021

BP Underground is a documentary series exploring the underground youth subcul tures of Budapest, Hungary in the 90s and 2000s, right after the iron curtain fell. The series deals with the community building aspects of these groups, and how they affected our society - and still do today. The BPU rock-metal episode recalls the spirit of the nineties like a time capsule: the influx of unrestricted Western influences, when watching MTV’s Head bangers Ball, dubbing tape cassettes and reading Metal Hammer were exciting. The movie seeks answers to questions like how the specifics of each rock genre developed.

Directors: Esther Turan, Anna Koltay

Producer: Esther Turan Co-producers: Viktoria Trepper, Judit Romwalter, Judit Falk

BP UNDERGROUND ELECTRONIC MUSIC

100 MIN., DOCUMENTARY SERIES, 3RD EPISODE, 2019

Just like the other episodes it also evokes the emergence and growth of the genre with its unique visual world and a lot of archive footage, recalling the time when it was trendy to attend Acid Parties and everyone was into Rave and Goa Trance. The social aspect is also put into focus: Is there any socially decisive factor as to who chooses the electronic music scene? What does it mean for some of the musi cians to rise from being unknown under ground artists to achieving national fame? What is the specific Hungarian flavor of the different styles which are mainly root ed in British/American culture?

Esther Turan, Anna Koltay

Esther Turan

THE FIELD GUIDE TO EVIL (SEGMENT)

100 MIN. (CCA), MYTH/HORROR, 2018

The Field Guide to Evil is the highly anticipated follow-up from the creators of the cult classic ABCs of Death series. The ambitious global anthology will unveil a series of myths, lore, and folktales that have captivated, galvanized, and frightened communities throughout history. Backstopped by Drafthouse Films, the distribution arm of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, The Field Guide to Evil was helmed by eight of today’s most talented genre filmmakers from around the world. They are known as myths, lore, and folktales. Created to give logic to mankind’s darkest fears, these stories laid the foundation for what we now know as the horror genre, exploring the strange tales from all over the globe. Each filmmaker make a short about a myth from their country and it all stitches together in a feature film.

Directors of The Field Guide to Evil: Ashim Ahluwalia, Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala, Agnieszka Smoczynska, Katrin Gebbe, Can Evrenol, Calvin Reeder, Yannis Veslemes, Peter Strickland.

Director: Peter Strickland DoP: Márk Győri

Producers: Andy Starke, Ant Timpson, Esther Turan Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival

Sydney Film Festival

BP UNDERGROUND HIP HOP

84 MIN., DOCUMENTARY SERIES, 2ND EPISODE, 2018

The film includes many original archive footage, documenting the birth and thriving of Hungarian hip hop. The mov ie guides the viewers through the most important venues, pillars of the culture, dealing with the well known characters, from rappers to MCs and DJs. It also introduces the viewer to the Hungarian graffiti scene, Roma hip hop, female performers and break dancers.

Directors: Anna Koltay , Esther Turan

Esther Turan

2ND PLACE

6 MIN., EXPERIMENTAL SHORT, 2018

There’s a mystical character in all mythologies, who is the guardian of the realm between life and death. In Greek mythology it’s Charon, the ferryman who carries the dead souls over the Styx river. In our film, Charon is a cold-blooded, merciless and beautiful woman.

Director: Attila Damokos

D.O.P.: Marcell Nagy

Producer: Esther Turan

Co-producer: Viktoria Trepper

LUFF-Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival

BIDEODROMO

Film and Video Festival

IN THE SAME GARDEN (SEGMENT: THE DISAPPEARANCE)

98 MIN., DRAMA, 2016

A collection of short films focusing on Turkish-Armenian relations from a human perspective and through personal stories. The film strives to use the unparalleled and unifying power of cinema to remind us of our complex history and humanity.

Director of the segment: Gábor Holtai, Roger Deutsch

D.O.P.: Dániel Szőke

Producer: Roger Deutsch

Co-Producers: Esther Turan, Viktoria Trepper

Funded by the National Media and Infocommunication Authority, Hungary

BP

HARDCORE/PUNK

52 MIN., DOCUMENTARY SERIES, 1ST EPISODE, 2017

Authentic Hungarian punk is a special breed. It combined Western-European in fluences with the chaos, fear and rebellion of Hungary after 1989. BP Underground explores the cutting edge hardcore-punk scene of Budapest immediately following the radical regime change. Apart from creating a vivid portrait, an homage of the youth subculture and music scene in the 90s and the 2000s, the episode focuses on how historical circumstances and the city itself influenced them.

TV MINI-SERIES, DRAMA/HISTORY, 2017

THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY

95 MIN., THRILLER, 2016

‘The Man Who Was Thursday’ is inspired by a G.K. Chesterton novel: a metaphysi cal thriller. In classical cinematic terms it can be thought as a psychological thriller. It is an American independent film starring François Arnaud, Jordi Mollà, Ana Ularu, and Mark Ivanir.

Director: Balázs Juszt DoP: Guy Livneh Producers: Guy Moshe, Matthew G. Zamias

Co-Producers: Esther Turan, Dragos Vilcu, Glenn Garland

REALITY-TV / TALK-SHOW 2017

Fashion educational TV series starring Hungary’s most well-known fashion guru, Márk Lakatos.

Directors: Dávid Ungvári DoP: Dániel Rácz

Producer: Esther Turan, Krisztina Gallo, Marietta Temesvári, Zsolt Kulcsár

DOREEN’S FRIENDS

10 EPISODES, CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME, 2015

Doreen Månsson is a Swedish TV personality who is popular among children. This show is about visiting foreign countries and meeting children of various cultural backgrounds. The purpose of Doreen’s journeys is to show Swedish kids that no matter where children are from, they can play the same games.

Director: Henrik Hallgren DoP: Adam Fillenz

Producer: Henrik Eriksson Service Producer: Esther Turan

CONDÉ NAST TRAVELLER VOGUE GERMANY

5 MIN, SHORT, 2018

Supermodel Caroline Winberg spent 36 hours in Budapest with Moviebar. We com bined the digital and analogue way of filming in our latest travelogue, full of insider guides, fashion, A-List travel tips for Condé Nast Traveller Worldwide and Vogue Germany.

Director and DoP: Tom Gilfillan Producer: Zuki Elliott Service Producer: Viktoria Trepper

F.É.S.Z.E.K.

15 MIN., SHORT, 2017

For decades, the legendary venue “Feszek” was the meeting point for artists in Budapest We recreated this atmosphere in a one take of 15 minutes balancing a fine line between fiction and documentary. The concept of the music video is ‘past meets present.’ One of today’s most promising rock and roll bands, Ivan and the Parazol plays three of their newest songs, while many iconic faces from the current Hungarian underground scene flash across the screen.

Director: Attila Damokos DoP: Marcell Nagy Producer: Esther Turan

ARANYSZEM award for best cinematography

FEEL THE REEL International Film Festival

MIN., SCI-FI/THRILLER, 2009

A bookshop renowned for its rare works is mysteriously and completely filled with copies of a book titled 1, which doesn’t appear to have a publisher or an author. The strange almanac describes what happens to the whole of humanity in the space of a minute. A police investigation begins and the bookshop staff is placed in solitary confinement by the Bureau for Paranormal Research (RDI - Reality Defense Institute). As the investigation progresses, the situation becomes more complex, and the book increasingly well-known, raising numerous controversies. Plagued by doubts, the protagonist has to face the facts: reality only exists in the imagination of individuals.

Director: Pater Sparrow

Máté Tóth Widamon

Producer: Zoltán Kamondi Co-Producers: Esther Turan, Viktoria Trepper, Gabor Sipos, Gabor Rajna, Attila Csáky

WHY FILM IN HUNGARY

ANY METROPOLITAN CITY CAN BE EASILY RECREATED IN BUDAPEST

PARIS

TAX REBATE SYSTEM

Motion Picture Act and Corporate Tax Act: Introduced by the Hungarian government in 2004, this act provides favourable conditions for shooting films on location in Hungary. This financial support system has two pillars: indirect state support (tax incentives for films and related projects) and direct state support (for local films or co-productions). Feature films, short films, documentaries, science, nature and animated films, TV movies and TV series are eligible for indirect state support. Feature films, animated films and documentaries (min. 70 minutes) are eligible for direct state support.

Cost benefits: Foreign Producers can reduce their costs up to 37,5% of expenses incurred directly in Hungary. Eligible expenses include all payments contained in the budget that were paid to Hungarian and partially to non-Hungarian taxpayers.

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MOVIEBAR PRODUCTIONS

MARGRÉT EINARSDÓTTIR costume designer

KRISTINA ÅBERG producer

THIERRY ARBOGAST cinematographer

MÅNS MÅRLIND director

MÁTYÁS ERDÉLY cinematographer

ANTHONY DOD MANTLE cinematographer

NIMROD ANTAL director

FRANK GRIEBE cinematographer

MÁTÉ HERBAI cinematographer

THOMAS W. KIENNAST cinematographer

HOYTE VAN HOYTEMA cinematographer

JESPER KOUTHOOFD director

NEIL MARSHALL director

JOHN MATHIESON cinematographer

MARCELL RÉV cinematographer

ANDREAS NILSSON director

TINA WINHOLT producer

ROGER ROSENBERG production designer

NATHANIEL MÉCHALY composer

YORICK LE SAUX cinematographer

JUDIT VARGA production designer

PETER STRICKLAND director BJÖRN STEIN director

ANT TIMPSON director

TRAKTOR filming collective

DANNY RAFIC editor

ANDREAS PROCHASKA director

GUY MOSHE director, producer

JOE MCNALLY photographer