
Directing
Bence Máté
Bence Máté is a Hungarian film maker and journalist. After studying Middle Eastern Studies in Berlin, he went on to work in documentaries, most of them shot in the Middle East. As a foreign correspondent, he was covering the Arab world for the Hungarian public service. The contests in pigeon races is one of the stories he came across while working on different topics in the suburbs of Cairo. Koka, the Butcher is his documentary debut as a director.
Acting credits
5.3Two sex workers meet in a Berlin brothel. In a place where the female body is a commodity, they experience moments of happiness. A feisty love story about attraction, fears and self-determination.
Bliss
2021
NRConny and Sigi lives in a villa in Berlin's Westend. Cony has fear of the future and want to do something meaningful. She suggests they adopt a poor Roma child from Eastern Europe.
Westend
2014
NRA man who spends the whole evening wondering how to get rid of his empty bottle
The Something
2000
6.2A bookshop renowned for its rare works is mysteriously and filled with copies of a book entitled 1, which doesn't appear to have a publisher or author. The strange almanac describes what happens to humanity in a minute. A police investigation begins and the bookshop staff are placed in solitary confinement by the Bureau for Paranormal Research. As the investigation progresses, the situation becomes more complex and the book becomes increasingly well-known, raising numerous controversies. Plagued by doubts, the protagonist has to face facts: reality only exists in the imagination of individuals.
1
2009
Behind the camera
NRA group of young journalists takes on the state propaganda.
The Hungarian Playbook
2022
NRA group of young journalists takes on the state propaganda.
The Hungarian Playbook
2022
NRA young pigeon fighter in Cairo leads his neighbourhood into the final battle. While pigeons may symbolize peace, here they reflect martial spirit and pride.
Koka, the Butcher
2018
NRA young pigeon fighter in Cairo leads his neighbourhood into the final battle. While pigeons may symbolize peace, here they reflect martial spirit and pride.
Koka, the Butcher
2018
The Egypt of Al-Sisi, risen to power in 2013, is a country marked by violation of human rights, but strategic and commercial interests drive Usa and Europe to turn a blind eye to the violent oppression
Our Man in Cairo
2018
The Egypt of Al-Sisi, risen to power in 2013, is a country marked by violation of human rights, but strategic and commercial interests drive Usa and Europe to turn a blind eye to the violent oppression
Our Man in Cairo
2018
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Tito: Der Mann, der Jugoslawien war
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