11. BUSHO COMPETITION 2015
Our statistics displayed 1200 shorts from almost 80 countries, our pre-jury, consisting of 6 members performed the screening in a 3 month-period. 68 shorts made it into the competition(representing 28 countries), beside the largest European countries we had submitters from Azerbaijan, Bahrain, China, Iran, Malta or Taiwan. The 3 countries that have submitted the most films at the initial entry are the ones who represent themselves with the most films in competitions as well, Hungarian films being in pole position utilizing the home-court advantage. Nevertheless, the casted shadow of match-fixing is quickly dissolved by the remark ofEdina Csüllög, our pre-jury member living and working in Estonia:
"I guess this year was a great year for Hungarian short films. I have not seen so many good films from them in the last years. The overall selection somehow was easier maybe because I was looking for real pearls!"
Ákos Mester, multimedia gap manager:
"During the selection I felt many times I was sitting in the heart-warming cinema of Cinema Paradiso, other times I felt I had to sit through a screening in A Clockwork Orange... Thanks for the creators for the experience!"
Asia Dér, freelancer film maker:
"I found it rather interesting that – compared to the previous years’ entries – we had much fewer films dealing with social and human rights problems. Regarding the fact that the creators of the films represent the younger generation by and large, it makes one ponder what kind of conclusions to draw from this phenomenon."
László Rimóczi, well-to-do online journalist:
"I follow the KISS-rule while screening, for I have only one frame of reference: if I am bored the audience will be as well! I couldn't care less about the budget of the film, the craftsmanship of the lighting director, the uber-modern technology they used for shooting, how wretched-y the protagonist actress looks, how many bears were awarded to the film in Berlin, if the end result is a lullaby. A nicely shot nada does not impress me, what only counts is how it will look on the silver screen. The artists whom we present are outstanding and groundbreaking creators or Tami’s pals."
Annaida Orosz–Tamás Patrovits, animation section:
"There are plentiful of good animations, but the real deal is only presented at BuSho." (And naturally at Primanima which is administered by our animation pre-jury --G.T.)
Among the Hungarians there are more re-entrant creators – without being exhaustive: Attila Bertóti, Dávid Géczy, Gábor Hörcher or Ábel Visky made their debuts at Busho earlier, but we also carry on with the successful tradition of screening each submitted Hungarian creation submitted Hungarian creation on Saturday in the Puskin movie theater, starting in the morning. To our great delight more (and more) foreign film makers grace us again with their presence. The successful animation from Moldova, "Dji Death fails" has a sequel, which we will be lucky to see, and let’s not forget the Italian duo Werther Germondari and Laura Maria Spagnoli whose oeuvre encompasses mainly experimental films. We will also present the winner of the EFA Short Film Category, "The Chicken" by Una Gunjak, made in German-Croatian coproduction and which was in competition with Szabó Simon’s The Wall. The French war-musical, Amour et Commando made it also into the competition, and the Informational Section, will also show many surprises from among the films that could not make it into the competition. We struggled quite a bit with the abundance of films, and it wouldn’t have been difficult to categorize twice as many films as competitors, but – just like every year – our fantasies were interrupted by the harsh reality of time constraint, for the festival runs for only a short week. At the moment we are waiting for the screening copies from the creators, further details will be presented before the beginning. Those who like quality short films should not miss BuSho Edition no 11. in the first week of September in Puskin Cinema or at Budapest Rooftop Cinema Corvintető, or at our affiliated venues in the country side or across the borders.