Freedom Dance Hungarian premiere

Freedom Dance (2007, featuring Mariska Hargitay) screened publicly in Hungary for the first time Monday, October 13, 2014. The screening took place at the Center for Arts & Culture at the Central European University in Budapest. http://www.fulbright.hu/animated-documentary-director-steven-fischer-spoke-at-ceu/

Freedom Dance is an animated documentary by Steven Fischer and Craig Herron retelling the dramatic escape of Edward and Judy Hilbert from Communist Hungary to the United States amid the tumult of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Along the way, Edward, a cartoonist, kept a journal in cartoon form detailing his adventure.

Many thanks to Dr. Jókay Károly, Executive Director of the US-Hungary Fulbright Commission in Budapest, Lilla Földy Molnár, and Katalin Parti at CEU for making the screening a reality.

Dr. Jókay Károly, Executive Director of the US-Hungary Fulbright Commission, and writer/director Steven Fischer at the October 2014 screening of Freedom Dance in Budapest. Photo by Annamaria Sas.

(L-R) Karoly Jokay, Brigitta-Ivanyi-Bitter, Steven Fischer, Bekes Csaba. Photo by Annamaria Sas.

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Freedom Dance screening in Budapest

ANIMATED HISTORY – Freedom Dance will be screening at Central European University’s Center for Arts and Culture, Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. Click here for details.

Date: October 13, 2014 – 18:00 – 19:30
Building: Nador u. 11
Room: TIGY Room
Event type: Panel Discussion
Event audience: Open to the Public
CEU host unit(s): Center for Arts and Culture (CAC)

Special thanks to Professor Tibor Glant at the University of Debrecen and Dr. Károly Jókay, Executive Director of the Hungarian-American Fulbright Commission, for making this a reality!

Also, be sure to check out Steven Fischer’s documentary on creativity, Old School New School, available at SnagFilms.com.