Program Budapest Classics Film Marathon | Sci-fi at the turn of the century

Featuring:
Kornél Fekete-Kovács – trumpet
László Gőz – trombone
György Kurtág Jr. - live electronics
Miklós Lukács – cimbalom

The collections of the Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé Foundation are overflowing with treasures from the silent film period, produced by the Pathé company that started making films in 1896. Among the films that have been preserved and restored are a selection of comedies based on imaginary or unreal worlds, situations and events that depict possible developments in science and technology. The sci-fi films resurrected on the screen are further interpreted by the improvised live musical discourses of the Moment's Notice Trio and Kornél Fekete-Kovács, based on free improvisation and delicate chamber music, and spiced with decades of experience in various musical genres. The conservation and restoration work of the films was carried out by La Cinémathèque française, GP Archives and the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé, based on the film collections of the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé.