The third prize will be presented in the Berlinale competition programme Ingeborg Bachmann – A trip to the desert Su Erdt received the award for visual design of the film Visual designer. Dan Dino shared the main prize of the competition program called Spectacular Science Wild Romania (Wild Romania) A film that showcases the natural beauty of Romania as well as Volker Schlicht: Waiting (The expected one) got it. The Best Student Film award went to Peter Doczy Parental guidance His film received it. Awards were presented at the Szolnok Gallery.
The jury members of the European Feature Film Competition program are Joseph Hodges, British visual designer Francisco Gozon, Hungarian cinematographer and Barnabas Toth, film director. The winner of the competition show was directed by Jessica Hausner and starring Mia Wasikowska Zero Club The movie (The Zero Club). The film received the festival’s main award for Best Visual Design, which was personally accepted by visual designer Beck Rainsford in Szolnok. One of the most divisive works of the Cannes Film Festival is seen here at the Szolnok Festival for the first time. According to the jury’s reasons, the film addresses important and current social topics, which it explains based on visual elements. The characters and relationships of the heroes are revealed through the richness and cruelty of the scene. The value of the award offered by the National Film Institute is 1.1 million Hungarian forints.
Zabolcs Hajdu championship power According to the jury’s reasoning, the film’s creators “consistently and uncompromisingly bring available resources into a story on screen. The world, almost black and white, indefinable in space and time, is uniform and tasteful.” The film’s visual designers are Anna Netrai and Michal Losonski The prize offered by the National Film Institute is 700,000 HUF.
The third prize is Ingeborg Bachmann – A trip to the desert Visual designer Su Erdt received the award for visual design of the film. Every frame of the film exudes good taste and precise and strict articulation of the situation. Every place in his vision is an aesthetic pleasure. Elegance, sincerity of age and diversity characterize the entire production, and the three-member jury justified the decision. The prize offered by the National Film Institute is 550,000 HUF.
The jury gave him special praise The first snowfall of summer (first snow of summer) Enid Losert, the film’s Austrian visual designer.
Hungarian, science and student films were judged by: David Attila Molnar, nature film director, Katalin Solimosi, plant biologist, and Balint Jelli, animation director.
the An amazing science competition program First prize was awarded to Dan Dino Wild Romania His film, which, according to the jury’s assessment, is a professional and stunning classic nature documentary that offers an in-depth, diverse and interesting look at nature and wildlife in Romania. A true graphic film about Romania, a potential box office success that could lure nature film fans back to the cinema. The jury especially appreciated the photos depicting top predators.
He also won first place Volker Schlicht: Waiting His moving documentary, which, by assessment, is a highly progressive, unconventional and paradigm-shifting work, thanks to its crime-like narrative about an invisible fungus that is wiping out frogs from the tropical rainforests of Central America. The value of the prizes offered by the National Film Institute ranges between 500-500 thousand Hungarian forints.
Second place: Shelton Flora: I still remember His short film. This expertly narrated medical documentary follows the fate of teenage girl Dorotea and her family in the battle against scoliosis, from the fear of frightening and complex spinal correction surgery to her physical and mental recovery. The film sensitively shows the unconditional love and support of the parents, the very strong emotional bond and trust between the medical staff and the family. The prize is 250,000 Hungarian forints.
Jakub Vágner and Jakub Vomáčka took third place Before they disappear His film received it. The work offers a strange and unique look into the life of a family belonging to an Amazonian tribe. It draws viewers into the most remote regions on Earth and depicts perhaps the last moments of a disappearing culture before our civilization takes over their lands, destroying their habitats and culture.
The third prize was also awarded to The silent epidemic – Antimicrobial resistance is a global struggle The movie is against. Michael Wesch’s science documentary explores one of the most serious and lesser-known threats to human health: antimicrobial resistance acquired by bacteria and fungi. The film draws attention to the unsustainable agricultural practices we use in raising animals and producing crops. The value of the joint prizes is 100,000-100,000 Hungarian Forints.
Cuba Rita received a certificate of appreciation Matthew His work titled TV documentary revolves around the plight of teenage boy Matty, who is diagnosed with a rare tumor of the central nervous system (spinal cord). The family drama shows the heroic attitude of the medical expert team and the positive attitude after rehabilitation in an extraordinary way.
Student films category The winner is this year’s Dargai Attila Award-winning artist, Tamas Evadi legacy His own animated film, in which the director depicts with a singular vision the pain of losing loved ones, their irreplaceable absence, as well as the only legacy and comfort of those left behind: the power of love and care extending across generations in a very subtle but profound way. The value of the award offered by the National Film Institute is 450,000 Hungarian forints.
Second place went to Krisztina Zupkó and Máté Biri Red road His documentary, which gives a glimpse into the everyday and at the same time not-so-everyday (and by no means ordinary) life of Victor, an Indian from Matralia. It depicts the seemingly eccentric but infinitely pure man, the way of life and the world of faith with extraordinary sensitivity and detail. Artists who graduated from Eszterházy Károly Catholic University received 250,000 HUF.
Paula Wilczyńska shared third place Gusts His artistic student film revolves around the process of mourning a lost brother.
He also got third place Adel Ligthus Palace His short animated film. The visual world and stark representation highlight the universal opposites at play, while also depicting the unsustainability of consumer society and the senseless environmental devastation partly dictated by fashion with superhuman force, but with a whole series of deftly applied visual metaphors and film language devices. It also indicates that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Danilo Stanmirovic was awarded a certificate of appreciation by the jury A documentary that sensitively depicts a sensitive social topic, the situation of helpless and vulnerable teenage girls and young women in relation to prostitution. A special merit of the film is that it mostly shows the tension and fears of women going out in the evening with only small gestures and movements, but it also depicts the constantly gloomy atmosphere very well.
In the announced competition program for Hungarian creators from across borders and at home, a special prize will be awarded to entries that develop media awareness, media literacy and understanding of the media, support the use of online opportunities and, at the same time, strengthen the fight against online risks. The jury members were film expert Viktor Dudas, journalist Zsolt Bagnay, and Gábor Bojtos, chief curator of the Hungarian National Archives and media educator. Gergely Tóth is the grand prize winner of the local and international Hungarian film competition programme Catch His movie. Second place is Pence Viblack Eternity His work titled Hanna Peresztegi took third place Who learns from whom? It became his job.
The film by Balazs Lerner and Balazs Gergely won the first special award of the National Media and Communications Authority. Robot and depth. The scientific documentary takes the viewer on an extraordinary exploration of caves and mines with the help of underwater robots. The film also provides insight into how researchers and engineers worked together as a team to develop and improve a robot capable of breaking the world record for the depth of underwater caves. The prize is 300,000 Hungarian forints.
NMHH Special Award II. position Anita Szabo-Connell: Your father He received an award for his animated film. The animated film stood out primarily for its interesting and profound human story and messages, its basic idea that is also authentic among worldly journeys, and its depiction of the complex relationship between father and son, reminiscent of mature creators, partly of fairy tales. -Partly funny, partly bizarre, but universally applicable. The prize value is 250,000 Hungarian Forints.
NMHH Special Award III. Kral Kevin rating: If I were a blue balloon A student documentary, through which we can follow the day (work) of blind David, and through his monologue we can learn about his entire life story, his life philosophy and his valuable ideas about human relations.
The Student Jury Prize was awarded to Bianca Celeste Pragma He received an award for his film, which, as judged by students, received recognition for its sophisticated and raw approach to dealing with complex family dynamics and generational trauma through visual metaphors.
Over the course of five days, this year’s festival was attended by nearly 200 university students who participated in film training, and filmmakers from the Czech Republic, Austria, the United Kingdom, and others. In addition to award distribution, the festival also included several professional film programmes, book screenings and exhibitions this year, focusing on the work of visual designers, brilliant scientific films, media awareness films and student films in the period between October 17 and 2018. 22.
The opening image shows the 2023 ATAFF Awards winners
