FILMS
HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS
11 min, educational documentary film, 2025
The Hungarian Maltese Charity Service's SOLACE program has been helping homeless people since 2024. Among other things, the program provides dermatological and oral cancer screening, psychiatric care, and family doctor services to those in need as part of its online medical care program.
Director: Márton Szirmai
Producer: Barnabás Tóth
CHILDREN'S CHANCE PROGRAM
64 min, educational documentary, 2023
A film commissioned by the Maltese Charity Service, presenting the Children's Opportunity Program. It is important that there be an island like this everywhere.
Director: Márton Szirmai
Cinematographer: Péter Miklós Molnár, György Pálos
ROLE DISTURBANCE
25 min, short film, 2019
Soma is an unsuccessful actor who makes a living playing unpleasant situations for others - in the real world. He can easily slip into anyone's skin - but can he hide from himself?
Directed by: Márton Szirmai
Cinematographer: György Pálos
Music: László Pirisi
Screenplay: Márton Szirmai
Cast: Zoltán Friedenthal, Ágnes Maár, Zoltán Bezerédi, Hanna Pálos
MESSZI MAMA, MESSZI PAPA
8 min, short film to raise awareness, 2018
Every day, 13 young people leave child protection care. Most of them start their independent lives without an adequate safety net. SOS Children's Villages Hungary helps them prepare for the most successful life possible.
Director: Márton Szirmai
THE LEAVING
11 min, short film, 2015
A beautiful young girl waits in a hospital corridor. It is around Christmas time. The last 10 minutes of humanity.
Cast: Rozina Romsics, Kata Bartsch, András Bálint
Written and directed by: Barnabás Tóth
Cinematographer: Gábor Marosi
Music: László Pirisi
Production manager: Nóra Alföldi
Sound: János Kőporosy
Produced by: Csokonai Cultural Center, Laokoon Filmgroup, and TADAM Film.
Awards: 1st Hungarian Film Week (2016) - Best Short Film nomination
THE EXPEDITION
11 min, shortfilm, 2014
After several years of planning, a politician is to be sent to visit voters. How much time can a politician endure amongst ordinary people?
Starring: Zsolt Anger
Written and directed by: Márton Szirmai
Cinematographer: György Pálos
Assistant director: Gábor Békési
Dramaturg: György Pálos
Sound: Rudolf Várhegyi
Music: László Pirisi
Production designer: Veronika Jakab
Producers: Barnabás Tóth, Márton Szirmai
Production company: Tadam Film Kft.
Awards: 2015 - Hungarian Film Critics Award (short film category)
Views: Online: 65,000 viewers
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18 min, short film, 2014
Two friends meet again after 20 years. One of them wants to get rid of a serious secret. Can forgiveness be bought?
Cast: Eszter Ónody, Viktória Szávai
Written and directed by: Márton Szirmai
Cinematographer: András Nagy
Assistant director: Zoltán Gyovai
Dramaturg: György Czabán
Set design: Rita Dévényi
Sound: Rudolf Várhegyi
Music: László Pirisi
Production manager: Vera Vodál
Producer: Barnabás Tóth
Production company: Tadam Film
Appearances: MTVA premiere: M1, May 27, 2014, Hungarian Film Week
Awards: HUSZÁRIK AWARD - 2015
CAFÉ GRIMM
9 min, animated short film, 2013
...And they lived happily ever after... But did they? What happened to the Grimm characters after their stories had finished?
Cast: Judit Halász, József Gyabronka, Eszter Bánfalvi, Lia Pokorny
Written and directed by: Márton Szirmai
Drawings: Írisz Agócs
Post-production, art director: Miklós Falvay
Character animation: Zoltán Fritz
Sound: János Kőporosy
Music: László Pirisi
Collaborators: Judit Anna Molnár, Antal Tamási, Melinda Vajda, Attila Kiss
Producer: Barnabás Tóth
Production company: Tadam Film
Release: index.hu, nlcafe.hu
Festivals: LEUVEN FF, FEBIOFEST FF, BANJALUKA FF, HIROSIMA, STOCKHOLM, ANIMATOR FF, CARTOONS FESTIVAL,
KAFF - CHILDREN JURY AWARD