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Judit Elek
Budapest, Hungary
Judit Elek (10 November 1937 - 1 October 2025) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. She has directed 16 films between 1962 and 2006. Her film Mária-nap was screened in…
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Judit Elek (10 November 1937 - 1 October 2025) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. She has directed 16 films between 1962 and 2006. Her film Mária-nap was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. She graduated in 1961 from the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest (now the University of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest), and joined Mafilm as an assistant director. She is one of the founders of the Béla Balász Studio for young filmmakers. Between 1962 and 2011, she made multiple short films, documentaries and features. The renowned film Mária-nap (1984) screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. She was also one of the participants in the IFFR jubilee project 25 Encounters. Elek’s films are the subject of a focus programme at IFFR 2023, featuring titles such as Találkozás (1963), Kastélyok lakói (1966) and Istenmezején, 1972-73-ban (1974).
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2018
After All the Dead Sing Again...
Movie Director
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2011
Retrace
Movie Director
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2010
Negative history of Hungarian cinema
Movie Self
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2006
The Eighth Day of the Week
Movie Director
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1997
Elie Wiesel Goes Home
Movie Director
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1996
A Free Man – The Life of Ernő Fisch
Movie Director
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1995
Awakening
Movie Director
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1990
Memories of a River
Movie Director
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1984
Maria's Day
Movie Director
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1980
Maybe Tomorrow
Movie Director
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1980
The Trial of Martinovics and the Hungarian Jacobins
Movie Director
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1976
A Commonplace Story
Movie Director
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1976
Nobody's Daughter
Movie Writer
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1974
On the Field of God in 1972-73
Movie Director
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1974
Tamás Cseh: The First Photo
Movie Director
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1970
We Will Meet in 1972 – In Dark and in Light
Movie Director
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1969
The Lady from Constantinople
Movie Director
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1967
How Long Does Man Live?
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1966
Castle Dwellers
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1963
Encounter
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Tiszta lap
Movie Jázmin Televízió
