Prizes: 2004 - Houston Worldfest 2004 Bronze Remi Award

Joan of Arc on the Night Bus (A 78-as Szent Johannája) (2003, short, 35mm, colour, 22 min., 1:1,85, DolbySR) Director: Kornél Mundruczó Screenplay: Viktória Petrányi, Kornél Mundruczó, Sándor Zsótér Libretto: János Térey, Bálint Harcos Director of photography: András Nagy Editor: Vanda Arányi Music: Zsófia Tallér Sound: Rudolf Várhegyi Visual design: Kornél Mundruczó Costumes: János Breckl Assistant director: Viktória Petrányi Assistant: Gyöngyi Szabó Production manager: Miklós Fekete, Gergely Angyal Producer: Viktor Bodó, György Budai Production company: Magma Társaság Kft., Nextreme Film Cast: János Tóth, Csilla Boross singing voice, Orsi Tóth, Tamás Kóbor, István Rácz, Géza Gábor, Ildikó Cserna, József Csapó, Zoltán Lőrincz, Tamás Albert Joan is a member of a group of volunteers. She participates in imitation accidents. That is how they help to practice for emergencies. Her kindness is impossible. She is perhaps Joan of Arc herself. This is perhaps purgatory itself. The film is the first scene of an opera triptych. The director's comments: To deal with non-existent genres is a most exciting challenge. Contemporary opera film is one of them. To reflect upon the impossibility of kindness. I have found it very interesting in connection with the figure of Joan of Arc. I hope this film is only the beginning of a longer process because I consider this short film the first part of an opera-film trilogy. Festivals: 2005 - Lille Rencontres Audiovisuelles 2004 - Barcelona MECAL 2004 - Granada Young Filmmmaker Festival (in competition) 2004 - Houston Worldfest (in competition) 2004 - Trieste Film Festival (in competition) 2003 - Athens Opening Nights International Film Festival 2003 - Cannes Quinzaine des Réalisateurs 2003 - Cottbus FilmFestival (in competition) 2003 - Ghent Flanders International Film Festival - World Cinema 2003 - Imola CORTO International Short Film Festival (in competition) 2003 - Montreal Festival Nouveau Cinéma (in competition) 2003 - Sarajevo Film Festival (in competition) 2003 - Torino Film Festival (in competition)