Budapest Timegate

A quiet, reflective drift through old film and familiar streets, nostalgic and gently wistful, like paging through someone's faded memories.

Directed by

György Mór Kárpáti

Genres

Documentary, History

Tagline

A short city-film

Overview

In the summer of 2004, a group of filmmakers embarked on a project in Budapest, capturing the city's essence with several dozen rolls of Kodachrome 40 Super 8mm film. Although they utilized only a small portion of the footage at the time, the material remained untouched for nearly two decades. In 2024, they rediscovered this treasure, breathing new life into it by adding sound and music. They returned to the same urban locations, now equipped with digital technology, to create a fresh narrative that intertwines the past with the present.

How it feels

Melancholic, warm and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Memory, aging, art, identity

Content

No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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