Hourglass is a tale of a Serbian-Jewish-Hungarian family seen through the eyes of the almost-adult son who is trying to reconstruct his childhood from pieces of dreams and memories. An almost forgotten world – the world of a medieval city with all its specificities – emerges from the memories of the sensitive boy and his father who, running from paralysing fears and utter humiliation, ends up playing the madman and turning into a solitary clown in the play of his life. Although Hourglass is the anatomy of senseless hatred and fear, the warmth and irony permeating the story prevent it from remaining just another story on pain and suffering.

Year of production: 2007

Producers:

Atalanta, Subotica
Art&Popcorn, Beograd
Mediawave 2000, Budimpešta
Studio Arkadena, Ljubljana

Format: Color, HD/35mm

Running Time: 107min

Genre: drama

Director: Szabolcs Tolnai

Script: Szabolcs Tolnai (bazirano na romanima  Danilo Kiša)

Producer:

Miroslav Mogorović
Szabolcs Tolnai

Director of Photography: Gergely Pohárnok

Editor: Szilvia Ruszev

Production Designer: Dijana Radosavljević Milović

Composer: Szabolcs Söke

Costume Designer: Sosa Juristovszky

Key Make Up: Martina Šubic

Slobodan Ćustić

Nebojša Dugalić

Jasna Žalica,

David Vojnić Hajduk

Alisa Terek

Lars Rudolph

Djurdjija Cvetić

Adam Rajhona

Kati Lazar

Derzsi Janos Mori Nog

Tatjana Bermel

Rade Kojadinović

Dejan Đonović

Evgenija Eshkina Kovačević

Istvan Hunyadkurthy

Đorđe Rusić

Boris Pingović

David Tasić

Denes Dobrey

Jelena Vučelja

Milan Marodić

Mirko Gottesmann

Draginja Voganjac

Ivan Vukosavljev

Nandor Szilagui

2007

  • 1st Serbian Film Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia – Best director & Best sound-mix awards
  • 36th Sopot Film Festival, Sopot, Serbia – FIPRESCI Award
  • 31st Film Screenplay Festival Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia – Special Jury Mention

2008

  • 39th Hungarian Film Week, Budapest, Hungary – Best cinematography award
  • 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece – Artistic Achievement Award

2008

  • Palic Film Festival