A Drop of Sunshine (39 min/ 2011)
Director: Aparna Sanyal

Recipient of the National Film Award for Best Educational Film 2011; and Indian Documentary Producers' Association Awards, New Jersey, USA

The story of Reshma Valliappan and her journey of eventual triumph over schizophrenia. Embodying a controversial and contrarian view towards recovery, it proposes that the only treatment that can work is the one wherein the ‘patient’ is encouraged and empowered to become an equal partner in the process of healing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ro5B2ecFSk

I'm Jeeja (28 min/2016)
Director: Swati Chakroborty

Recipient of the Best Film Award on Social Issues, National Film Awards; National Film Awards; Award, FilmSaaz International Film Festival, Aligarh; We Care Fest, New Delhi; among others

Filmmaker Swati Chakraborty beautifully captures the enriching life of Jeeja Ghosh, who was born with cerebral palsy, in the 28-minute documentary, I Am Jeeja. The film focuses on the extraordinary woman, who not only holds a double master’s degree from the University of Delhi and the University of Leeds (UK), but also has defied every stereotype and expectation to become a social worker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzfdYrCfjbw

Nirnay (56 min/2012)
Directors: Pushpa Rawat, Anupama Srinivasan

Recipient of the Pramod Pati Award for Most Innovative Film, Mumbai International Film Festival; Indian Documentary Producers’ Association Awards; Best Documentary, Mumbai Women's International Film Festival; among others

The Film is Pushpa’s journey as she tries to make sense of her own life and those of her women friends. Set in a lower middle-class colony in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, it explores the lives of women, who are young, educated and bright, but feel bound and helpless when it comes to taking any major decision regarding their lives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh2L_TcrIO8

Journey to Nagaland (26 min/2010)
Director: Aditi Chitre

Recipient of the awards for Best Animation Film and Special Jury Mention for Sound Design, with citation 4th IDSFFK, 2011; Best Animated Short Film (Professional Category), INFOCOM–ASSOCHAM EME AWARDS, Kolkata, 2011; and Golden Conch, MIFF, for Best Animation Film, Mumbai 2012; among others

Journey to Nagaland is a short animated documentary about a young girl who is led to a distant land by the force of her visions and goes on a journey to discover her mother’s origins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3JXx7WMJlk

Morality TV and the Loving Jehad (30 min/2007)
Director: Paromita Vohra

Recipient of the Award for Best Documentary, International Film Festival, Kerala

The film looks outside the frames that weave the frenetic tapestry of breaking news on India’s news channels, to uncover a town’s complex dynamics – the fear of love, the constant scrutiny and control of women’s mobility and sexuality, a history of communal violence, caste brutalisation and feudal mindsets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTFjfn9nl_w

On and Off the Records (57 min/2014)
Director: Pratik Biswas

Tareque Masud Award for Best Debut, Film Southasia, Nepal

The post-twentieth-century history of Hindustani music and the story of recording in India are inseparable. The former has constantly been influenced by the growth chart of the latter. How does this constant and continuous interplay affect the aesthetics of one of the oldest musical tradition of the world? The film tries to understand the equation through intimate discussion on the issue with a group of concerned, conscious, and convincing individuals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFQgE9lc0T8

Hyppolit, the Butler / Hyppolit, a lakáj (1931/77 min)
Directed by István Székely
Evergreen comedy about a typical parvenu, an ignorant transportation entrepreneur who has suddenly found himself very rich. Despite their humble origins, his wife strives to live a sophisticated lifestyle. When she engages a butler, Hyppolit, their whole life is turned upside down. It has remained one of the most viewed Hungarian comedies of all time: it is shown regularly and is still extremely popular

https://vimeo.com/242887610

Mickey Magnate / Mágnás Miska (1948/95 min)
Directed by Márton Keleti
Baracs Pista, engineer at the construction site of a railway line near the Korláthy estate, falls in love with Rolla, a countess disguised as a peasant girl. The count is giving a party as he wants the railway line to go across his lands

https://vimeo.com/336088339

Liliomfi (1954/109 min)
Directed by Károly Makk
Set in the "Golden Era" of the wandering Hungarian theatre troupes. Mariska and Liliomfi fall in love without suspecting that Mariska's foster father, Professor Szilvay, is also Liliomfi's uncle. Soon the couple must contend with the professor's plan to make Liliomfi give up his "unrespectable" profession of acting by exposing the professor's hypocrisy, greed, and tyrannical selfishness

https://vimeo.com/325212396

Sparrows Are Birds Too / A veréb is madár (1968/80 min)
Directed by György Hintsch
A comedy about two twin brothers - Sándor, who emigrated and became a rich man, and Zoltán, who stayed in Hungary and lives the life of an average working-class man. When Sándor visits his twin brother, they are constantly mistaken for each other, and when Zoltán sees how differently people treat Sándor because of his money and his foreign citizenship, he begins to like being mistaken for him - until he realizes that this means he will lose his girlfriend Szöszi...

https://vimeo.com/408971982

The Witness / A tanú (1969/103 min)
Directed by Péter Bacsó
There is no mythology in Hungarian film history comparable with that of The Witness. Quotes from Péter Bacsó’s hilarious satire have become proverbial. The great triad of dam-keeper Joseph Pelican, comrade Blossom and comrade Bastion remains a bunch of vivid caricatures forever. Due to its genius, penetrating both script and acting, the film go‑ers an immediate experience of the outrageous absurdity of dictatorship

https://vimeo.com/337248045

Don’t Panic, Please! / Csak semmi pánik (1982/87 min)
Directed by István Bujtor, Sándor Szőnyi G.
There are mysterious murders in the area of ​​Lake Balaton. These places are shrouded in secrecy and constantly attract hunters: during the Second World War, the Germans had hidden a huge treasure here. Investigation of the murders entrusted to Major Kardos. He takes up the case, but in search of treasure he had many competitors. Kardos uses help from his loyal friend - a policeman-superman Etvash aka "Droplet".

https://vimeo.com/329103545

Dollybirds / Csinibaba (1997/100 min)
Directed by Péter Tímár
The movie is set in the actual "Ki Mit Tud?" talent contest in 1962. In reality the contest in dance music category was won by an army brass band. "Omega" which later became one of the most successful Hungarian rock bands came out in the second place

https://vimeo.com/310791992

Moscow Square / Moszkva tér (2001/88 min)
Directed by Ferenc Török

Recipient of the awards for Best Debut Film, Best Supporting Actress & Internet Audience, Hungarian Film Week 2001

1989 is an important year in the political history of Hungary. However, Petya and his friends couldn't care less. They are about to graduate high school. The only important things to them are the parties, girls, making some easy cash. And of course, passing the upcoming exam with the leaked questions

https://vimeo.com/266701265