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Julianna Ugrin

Julianna Ugrin

Production

Biography

Julianna Ugrin graduated from ELTE University in 2005, she started to work in the film field at Flora Film International. In 2009 she was selected to EURODOC producers workshop. From March 2009, she worked at Havas Films as producer and production manager. She established Éclipse Film, an independent film production company in 2011. She developed projects at various international workshops and pitching forums. Films produced by her were screened, nominated and awarded at festivals like Sundance, IDFA, DOK Leipzig, or Sarajevo IFF. Since 2013 she teaches at the Hungarian Film Academy in Documentary MA studies and is a DLA student there. She is part of Emerging Producers 2014 and is an EAVE graduate. She is organizer of DunaDOCK Master Class & Pitching series, member of the Hungarian Film Academy and of EDN.

Known For

The Whiskey Bandit
6.6

Between 1993 and 1999, one man robbed 29 financial institutions in Budapest. Banks, post offices and even travel agencies fell victim to his crime spree. The police had no leads and no hope of finding him during his six-year stint. The only clue left behind at the crime scenes was the distinct aroma of whiskey. The media christened him the “Whiskey Bandit”. Never physically harming anyone, many began to eagerly follow his escapades through the media. A Transylvanian immigrant, who also happened to be a goalie for one of the city's largest hockey teams, named Attila Ambrus, was finally identified as the “Whiskey Bandit”. The police had finally captured him... or so they thought.

The Whiskey Bandit

2017
Kurtág Fragments
N/A

Renowned composer György Kurtág's journey through the key places and collaborations that shaped his work, capturing the transformation of emotions into music with world-class musicians in a cinematic exploration of his musical world.

Kurtág Fragments

2026
The Next Guardian
7.7

Brother and sister Gyembo and Tashi are normal teenagers. They love soccer and their phones. In their Himalayan village, their father oversees a Buddhist temple that has been in the family for generations. He hopes his son will one day take over his duties. He would prefer that Gyembo leave his modern English-language school in favor of a monk school. In this thoughtful and tender portrait of a Bhutanese family, the generation gap is as large as their love for one another. Celibacy doesn't offer an enticing future to an adolescent boy, which Gyembo's father understands. Nonetheless, he still tries to convince his son that being a monk offers many advantages. Meanwhile, Tashi feels more like a boy than a girl, and dreams of a life as a pro soccer player. She wants to attend a soccer camp that would be the first step in being selected for the national team. Unfortunately, though happiness is high on the political agenda in Bhutan, not all wishes come true.

The Next Guardian

2018
Loop
5.4

Drugdealer wants get out of the circle with his pregnant girlfriend and a time loop effect makes it more complicated.

Loop

2016
Easy Lessons
7.5

Kafia, a young girl on the brink of adulthood, has to leave behind a lot of what defined her Somalian life as she tries to adapt to her new existence in Hungary. As the family’s cultural values and taboos start to fall apart, Kafia tries to explain and make sense of all these changes to her mother left behind.

Easy Lessons

2018
Vater unser
N/A

New documentary by Julianna Ugrin and Márton Vízkelety about Robi, a Roman Catholic priest who leads a parish in a small Hungarian border village and is also a father of three. He has to choose between his job and his secret and strictly forbidden family.

Vater unser

2022
Holy Dilemma
N/A

It tells the story of Robi, a priest and a father of three. It showcases how he deals with his profession and his forbidden private life.

Holy Dilemma

2022
Nemzeti dokumentumfilm
N/A

The 'National Documentary' captures the last months of the National Theater led by Róbert Alföldi. The film presents two opposite processes: the rehearsal of the play Mephisto, Alföldi's last direction and, in parallel, the dissolution of the troupe.

Nemzeti dokumentumfilm

2014
Train to Adulthood
5.0

A coming-of-age story about three youngsters who find an escape from life's ordeals by working on the Budapest Children's Railway. While they enjoy playing at being responsible adults on the train, at home they are forced to mature abruptly.

Train to Adulthood

2015
Liquid Gold: In Quest of the Aszu of Tokaj
N/A

The Aszú of Tokaj, a sweet wine of Hungary, was once cherished by King Louis XIV, Queen Victoria, Peter the Great, Goethe and Beethoven. But the world has since forgotten the noble Aszú, two world wars, the enforced collectivisation of the Communist regime and the deadly filoxera epidemic had all wreaked havoc on the vines. Three dedicated heroes, one passion: to create The Great Wine that can return to the most refined tables of the world.

Liquid Gold: In Quest of the Aszu of Tokaj

2019
A Woman Captured
6.6

A Woman Captured is about Marish, a 52-year-old Hungarian woman who has been serving a family for a decade, working 20 hours a day without getting paid. Her ID was taken from her by her oppressors and she's not allowed to leave the house without permission. Treated like an animal,she only gets leftovers to eat and no bed to sleep in. Marish spends the days with fear in her heart, but dreaming of getting her life back. The film follows Marish’s heroic journey back to freedom.⠀

A Woman Captured

2017