Judit Elek is a Hungarian film director

Film director

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 and screenwriter

Screenwriter

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. She has directed 16 films between 1962

1962 in film

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 and 2006

2006 in film

- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...

. Her film Mária-nap

Maria's Day

Maria's Day is a 1984 Hungarian drama film directed by Judit Elek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Edit Handel - Julia Szendrey* Éva Igó - Marika Szendrey* Sándor Szabó - Ignác Szendrey...

was screened in the Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...

 section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival

1984 Cannes Film Festival

- Jury :*Dirk Bogarde *Franco Cristaldi *Michel Deville *Stanley Donen *Istvan Dosai *Arne Hestenes *Isabelle Huppert *Ennio Morricone...

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Filmography

• Vásárcsarnok (1962)
• Találkozás-Apróhirdetés (1963)
• Találkozás (1963)
• Kastélyok lakói (1966)
• Meddig él az ember? I-II (1967)
• Sziget a szárazföldön (1969)
• Találkozunk 1972-ben (Sötét
• Egyszerü történet (1974)
• Istenmezején 1972-73-ban (1975)
• Vizsgálat Martinovics Ignác szászvári apát és társainak ügyében (1980)
• Majd holnap (1980)
• Mária-nap
  Maria's Day
  Maria's Day is a 1984 Hungarian drama film directed by Judit Elek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Edit Handel - Julia Szendrey* Éva Igó - Marika Szendrey* Sándor Szabó - Ignác Szendrey...
  
  (1984)
• Tutajosok (1990)
• Ébredés (1995)
• Mondani a mondhatatlant: Elie Wiesel üzenete (1996)
• A hét nyolcadik napja (2006)
• Retrace (2009–2010) (Filming)

Controversy

For the purposes of the film Tutajosok (1990) 14 sheep were spread with flammable substance, and then to the order by Judit Elek were burned alive. 69 scientists from the Jagiellonian University demanded from authorities of forbidding Judit Elek entry to Poland. Scientists wrote among others: "No director knowing her own worth would debase herself for using so primitive and cruel methods".

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