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We had the opportunity to talk to
Peter Sølvsten Thomsen, head of distribution at Copenhagen-based production and distribution outfit Angel Films. Our conversation revolved around the companyâs business strategy, its editorial policy, the peculiarities of the Danish distribution market and the challenges posed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Cineuropa: How would you describe your companyâs lineup and its editorial policy?
Peter Sølvsten Thomsen: Angel Films was founded as an import service of high-profile arthouse films in 1988. The first series of films we boarded was
Krzysztof KieÅlowskiâs
Three Colours Trilogy. We focused on distributing European titles, some self-produced films as well as other notable arthouse works made around the world. Today, we have a more diverse profile, except for the fact that we keep on releasing high-quality productions. At the moment, one part of the company works on arthouse
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Michael O Sullivan, The Washington Post
Jan. 21, 2021
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4of15Mohamad Dalli, left, and Gia Madi in 1982. Mad Dog Films/Tricycle Logic/Abbout ProductionsShow MoreShow Less
5of15Filmmaker Justin McConnell in Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business. Gravitas VenturesShow MoreShow Less
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7of15Dorian Missick, right, and Elimu Nelson in A Cold Hard Truth. Indican PicturesShow MoreShow Less
Most of us don’t stop to consider that our thoughts boil down to electrochemistry. Charged signals flow effortlessly through neurons across axons to synapses and more neurons, and in mere milliseconds, you have understood this sentence. But what happens if those electrical signals don’t quite fit with reality? That’s the teased-out theme in Hungarian writer/director Lili Horvát’s
Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time, an elliptical romance between two neurosurgeons set in the cool gray and blues of a Budapest winter.
Márta (Stork) has spent two decades in New Jersey in residence at an elite clinic. A gifted neurosurgeon, she met János (Bodó) at a medical conference in New York City. The two hit it off, and agree to meet, months later, on the Pest side of the Liberty Bridge, the Danube river coursing coldly below. At least, that’s what Márta thinks has happened. When János fails to arrive for their rendezvous, Márta tracks him down at the hospit
“Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time,” a wonderfully mysterious new film from the Hungarian writer-director Lili Horvát, is about a number of different things. At first glance, it appears to be a strange, noirish tale of love and misunderstanding, in which a missed connection and an unrequited attraction threaten to spiral into a full-blown obsession. That the would-be lovers are both neurosurgeons offers an early insight into one of the story’s other subjects: the inner workings of the brain and the intricate, unpredictable circuitry that connects them to the desires of the heart.
But the movie, a recent festival standout that will represent Hungary in this year’s international feature Oscar race, is also about something more concrete and less abstract, though not necessarily easier to parse. I am referring to the calm, otherworldly countenance of its protagonist, Dr. Márta Vizy, which is to say the actor Natasa Stork, whose coolly appraising gaze mi