Attila Janisch
Directing
Biography
Janisch (born in Kecskemét, Hungary, 1957)) is a Hungarian director. He graduated in 1984 from the Academy for Performing Arts. In 1991 he made his feature film debut in Shadow on the Snow (Árnyék a havon). His other films include Long Dusk (Hosszú alkony, 1997) and After the Day Before (Másnap, 2004). He has also made several documentaries, such as Yvette Bozsik (2002) about the famous Hungarian dancer and choreographer, and directed films for television.
Known For
The details of a young girl's brutal murder are told through manipulated chronology and fragmented storylines.
After the Day Before
A tale about an independent-minded university professor who leaves her family to travel across the countryside to visit a friend.
Long Twilight
Thirty years, three eras: they have been trying to save the Hungarian film industry again and again over the decades. Among these attempts were highs, lows, countless deals and compromises. And now some say that we are living in the saddest period of Hungarian filmmaking.
Rendszerhiba - A magyar film el nem mondott története
A man who leads a lonely existence with his young daughter accidentally gets involved with a robbery before a manhunt ensues.
Shadow on the Snow
Based on Shirley Jackson's eerie short story The Summer People.
Zizi
Peti is a diabetic and breeder of phoenixes. When a sweet meteorite lands in his room one day, he can’t wait to rush out and tell someone about it. Irma, dressed in her dad’s old diving suit and the architect of the home-made meteorites, proves to be an ideal companion…
Szeurum
For the film, the authors used motifs from Alain Robbe-Grillet's novel Le voyeur.