Independent Women: The Pioneering Cinema of Márta Mészáros | Hand-Picked by MUBI
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Director of the Week: Marta Meszaros
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The Films of Márta Mészáros - U.S. Trailer
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The Girl | Clip | The Films of Márta Mészaros
Márta Mészáros is a Hungarian screenwriter and film director. The daughter of László Mészáros, a sculptor, Mészáros began her career working in documentary film, having made 25 documentary shorts over the span of ten years. Her full-length directorial debut, Eltavozott nap/The Girl (1968), was the first Hungarian film to have been directed by a woman, and won the Special Prize of the Jury at the Valladolid International Film Festival.