STUDIES, SCHOLARSHIPS

2021
Best director-Hungarian Film Week 2021
Metropolitan University-Media and communication, teacher
Arany Medál Award-audience award, best director 2021
Oberhausen International Shortfilm Festival-jury member
Ars Sacra Filmfestival-jury member 2021
Ferenc Faludi Filmfestival 2021-jury member
Cinemira International Filmfestival for Children 2021-jury member
Regnum Filmfestival 2021-head of jury

2020
Friss Hús Pitchforum-jury member
Metropolitan University-Media and communication, teacher

2019
Metropolitan University-Media and communication, teacher

2018
Cinemira Film Festival
Ars Sacra Filmfestival-jury member

2017
Amsterdam IDFA Forum participiant-Red rose (Occupation 1968)
Docu Talents Program participiant, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival-Red rose (Occupation 1968)
Ecumenical Jury Member at the 66th International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg

2013
degree at Academy of Drama and Film, Faculty of Film and TV
(thesis: „Film language of Hungarian and international mockumentaries”)

2012
Low budget Film Forum (Le Femis) - selected participiant-filmdirector
Berlinale Talent Campus - selected participiant-filmdirector

2011
Midpoint Central European Script Center (FAMU) - selected participiant-filmdirector
European Network of Young Cinema-Cineboat - selected participiant-filmdirector

2007-2009
MA at Academy of Drama and Film, Faculty of Film and TV, Hungary – Directing 2009

2009
february-june: directing-studies at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Rome

2004-2007
Academy of Drama and Film, Faculty of TV, Hungary – Directing

2007
degree at Academy of Drama and Film, Faculty of TV, Hungary – Directing

2000- 2005
Péter-Pázmány Catholic University, Faculty of Arts, Hungary
- Bachelor of Arts in German Language and Literature
- Full curriculum in Media and Communications

2006
degree at Media and Communications in PPKE-BTK (thesis: „The fiction in Hungarian documentaries at the 70’s and 80’s”)

2004
- member of the Jury of the Students at Hungarian Filmfestival (category of fiction films)
- studies in german literature at University of Mainz, Johannes-Gutenberg, Germany

1998-1999
studies at Szellemkép Szabadiskola, film faculty

1994-1998
Városmajori secondary school, graduation in Media- and Filmculture

WORKS, FESTIVALS AND AWARDS as DIRECTOR

Full-length films

Pilate

(adaptation of Magda Szabó)

Hungarian Film Week 2021
Best director, best television film, best actress. Nominee: Best cinematographer, best supporting actress
Milan International Film Festival Awards
Best film, best director, best cinematographer, best female actress, best editor
South East European Filmfestival: best cinematography in a feature film
Porto Femme International Filmfestival: Best actress
Hét Domb Filmfestival: Best feature

Festivals:
Golden Globe-Foreign Language Film series 2021
SeeFest South East European Film Festival, USA, LA, 2020
44th SAO PAULO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2020
Dallas Independent Film Festival, USA, 2020 (nominated for best feature)
17th Indianapolis Film Festival, USA, 2020
Cinelibri International Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2020
NOT Film Fest, Italy, 2021
Hollywood Screenings Film Festival, 2021
Fisheye Film Festival, UK, 2021
Aravali International Film Festival, New Delhi, India (Honorable mention)
INT'L DE CINE AUSTRAL, Córdoba, Argentina
Satisfied Eye International Film Festival, UK, 2020 (nominated for Jury Prize and Award for best actress)
Twin Tears International Film Festival, New York, USA, 2020
Hague Global Cinema Festival, 2020
AIFF Arlington Film Festival, Massachusetts, USA, 2020
Findecoin Independent International FiImfestival,Venezuela, 2020
Bayamón International Film Festival, Puerto Rico, 2020
Alexandre Trauner Filmfesztivál, Szolnok, 2020
Santa Cruz International Filmfestival, Argentina, 2020
6th SIERRA INT'L FILM WEEKEND, Bolivia 2020
Dona I Cinema/Woman and Film Festival International, Valencia, 2021

DON JUAN is balding

(television film, 74 minutes, 2020)
based on the novels of Ferenc Herczeg.

in competition:
Hungarian Film Week 2021. Nominee: Best television film, best female actress
Tiburon International Filmfestival, 2020
White Nights Filmfestival, St Petersbourg, 2020

Shortfilms

Újjászületés

(Rebirth shortfilm, 12 minutes)

in competiton:
14. River Film Festival, Padua, Italy, 2020

A kockaember

(Cubeman, shortfilm, 2017)

AWARDS:
Kinofilm-Manchester International Short Film Festval, UK, 2018
Special Honourable Mention, Best director

25th Muestra Internacional de Cine de Palencia, Spain, 2018
Youth Film Award

Malatesta Short Film Festival, Cesena, Italy, 2018
Best Fiction Award, 2018

All Shorts Irvington Film Festival, New York, 2017
Best director, best scriptwriter, best dop, best actor

19. BUNTER HUND – Internationales Kurzfilmfest München, 2018
Auduence award

SHORT to the Point, Romania, 2018
Auduence award

Artfools International Film Festival @ Larissa, Greece, 2018
Audience Award, Third Award

South Film and Arts Academy Festival, Chile, 2018
Zsolt Kovács /best actor, László Donkó/ best costume designer, Anna Nyitrai/ best production designer

North Carolina Film Award, 2017
Special Award of the Jury

Chambal International Film Festival, Rajasthan, India, 2018
Best sound

Global India International Film Festival, Pune, India, 2018
Best editor

Falcon international Film Festival, London, United Kingdom, 2018
Critic’s Award

Clujshorts International Short Film Festival, Romania
Best dop

Firenze Filmcorti Festival
Best shortfilm

River International Film Festival, Padova, Italy
Best shortfilm

React Short Film Festival, Italy, 2018
Best costume designer

3rd Shorts: International Independent Short Film Festival, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia, 2018
Audience Award

Pickurflick Indie Film Festival, Gurgaon, India, 2018
Special Jury Award

Blissfest333 International Film Festival, Denver, Colorado, USA, 2018
Best international shortfilm, Best production designer

Paleochora Lost World Film Festival, Kréta
Best shortfilm

IndieFlicks Film Festival, 2018
Best shortfilm, Best director

Lost World Film Festival, 2019
Best international Shortfilm

Girogirocorto Filmfestival, 2019
Audience Award


IN HUNGARY:
Los Angeles Hungarian Film Festival, 2018 Best shortfilm

Busho International Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary, 2018 Special Award of Sopron

Mediawave International Filmfestival, 2019
Best shortfilm

Hétdomb Filmfestival, 2018 Second Award

Bánkitó Festival Third Award

V.Savaria Film Festival Best shortfilm

Malter Filmfestival, 2018 3. Award for best shortfilm


IN COMPETITION

Heartland’s Indy Shorts International Film Festival, Indiana, USA, 2018 (Oscar-qualifying festival)
Interfilm Short film Festival, Berlin, Germany, 2018 (Oscar-qualifying festival)
8th Norwich Film Festival (British Independent Film Awards-qualifying festival), England, 2018
International Short Film Week Regensburg, 2018
8th Norwich Film Festival (British Independent Film Awards-qualifying festival), England, 2018
18th MIFF-Milan International Film Festival, Milano, Italy, 2018
International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, 2018 @European Film Award-quilifying film festival
9th One country one film International Film Festival, Issoire and Apchat, France, 2018
Big Sur International Short Film Screening Series, Big Sur, California, USA, 2018
3rd Buzz CEE International Film Festival, Buzau, Romania, 2018
3rd DOC Sunback Film Festival, Kansas, USA, 2018
3rd Shorts: International Independent Short Film Festival, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia, 2018
Buddha International Film Festival, Pune, India, 2018
Lyons International Film Festival, Colorado, USA, 2018
Lanus International Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2018
Skepto International Film Festival, Cagliari, Italy, 2018 április 18-21
DaKino International Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania, 2018 április 18-22
FINDECOIN - International Short Film Independent Festival, Venezuela, 2018
Clujshorts International Short Film Festival, Romania
41st Grenzland Filmtage, Selb, Germany, 2018
5th Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF) 2018, Khartoum
13th THE MYRTLE BEACH INT'L FILM FESTIVAL, South Carolina, 2018
Crossroads Film Festival Jackson, Mississipi, USA, 2018
2nd JAIPUR FILM WORLD, Jaipur, India
Sarajevo Winter Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018
Santa Cruz International Film Festival, Santa Cruz, Argentina
1st Blue Danube Film Festival, 2018
Four Seasons Film Festival, London, 2018
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival, India, 2017
Hollywood North Film Festival, Kanada, 2017
Wag Film Festival, 2017
19th INT'L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL - CORTI DA SOGNI - ANTONIO RICCI , Ravenna, Italy. 9th - 12th of May
Nassau Film Festival, Princeton, New Jersey, USA May 17th-20th.Brazilian International
Labour Film Festival / Mostra CineTrabalho Marília, Brazil
PORTO FEMME International Film Festival, Portugal
18th MIFF-Milan International Film Festival, Milano
Buddha International Film Festival, Pune, India
Cardiff Mini Film Festival Cardiff, United Kingdom
17th Euganea Film Festival, Padova, Italy
3rd DOC Sunback Film Festival, Kansas, USA
HollyShorts Monthly Screening, Hollywood, USA
Literary Festival of Sardinia, Italy, 2018
4th Montevideo World Film Festival, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2018
Colortape International Film Festival, Brisbane, Australia, 2018
3rd Buzz CEE International Film Festival, Buzau, Romania, 2018
Indie Street Film Festival, New Jersey, USA
Kleinkaap Short Film Festival
Big Sur International Short Film Screening Series, Big Sur, California, USA, 2018
42th Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany, 2018
Kraljevski Filmski Festival, Kraljevo, Serbia
15th DC Short Film Festival, Washington, USA, 2018
3rd Still Voices Sh ort Film Festival, Longford, Ireland
Visioni Corte International Shortfilm Festival, Miturno, Italy
2nd Filmplaya Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
Bolton Film Festival, Manchester, UK
Filmzeitkaufbeuren, Irsee, Germany
Izmir International Film Festival, Turkey, 2018
Sanford International Film Festival, Maine, USA, 2018
Catacumba International Film Festival, Godella, Valencia, Spain, 2018
Lublin International Film Festival, Lublin, Poland
Arlington International Film Festival, Massachusetts, USA
Crossing the screen Film Festival, Eastbourne, UK, 2018

IN HUNGARY:

3. Hungarian Filmweek, 2018-nominated for best shortfilm
Friss Hús Rövidfilm Shortfilm Festival, 2017
Zsigmond Vilmos International Filmfestival, Szeged, 2018
Faludi Ferenc Akadémia International Filmfestival, 2019

Hetvenes

(The Seventies, mockumentary, 2014)

AWARDS:
special award at Aserbaijan Film Festival, 2015
silver award at Lagow International Film Festival, 2015
award of the best dramatic documentary in Golden Eye Filmfestival 2014
award of the best film at Death Crew Film Festival 2015

IN COMPETITION:
Hungarian Filmweek, 2014, Friss Hús International Film Festival, 2014, Febiofest, 2015,
Long week of shortfilm-Shanghai, 2015,
On Vous Ment! Festival, Lyon 2016
Busho Film Festival-Panorama, 2015,
Uppsala EFA Film Festival-Fantastiks Films, 2015
Este Film Festival, 2016)

Harmadnapon

(The third day, short film, 2013)

IN COMPETITION:
Friss Hús Film Festival, 2013
Drama International Short Film Festival, 2013
Alter-Native Film Festival, 2013
Ars Sacra Festival, 2014)

Nulladik találkozás

(Encounter No Zero, short film, 2010)

Csavargó

(Tramp, short film, 2009)

AWARDS:
award of the best shortfilm in Golden Eye Filmfestival 2009

IN COMPETITION:
Hungarian Filmfestival 2009-Budapest
Pantheon Experimental Film Festival 2009-Cyprus
IFF Etidua and Anima 2009-Cracow
Next Reel Film Festival 2010-Singapore
International Film Festival Zoom Zblizenia 2010
Images Film Festival 2010-Toronto

Rekonstrukció

(Reconstruction, experimental, with Nóra Lakos, Cinefest, 2008)

Hűtlenek

(Faithless, short film, 2008)

Az elsőszülött

(The firstborn, short film, 2007)

Határvidék

(Border-land, short film, 2006)

award of the best student film - Faludi Ferenc Academy 2007

Visszatérés

(Coming back, experimental, 2004)

Documentaries

Karancs United - A Szanszíró kapitánya

(documentary, 2019, 52 minutes)

Cégér Filmfestival: Best documentary

Megszállás 1968 - Piros rózsa

(Occupoation 1968, international documentary, 2018, 120 minutes)

IN COMPETITION:
Mittel Punkt Europa Filmfestival, Munchen, 2018
Triest International Filmfestival, 2019
Sofia International Filmfesztival, 2018
GoEast International Filmfestivál, Wiesbaden, 2018
Docs against Gravity, Poland, 2018
Let’s Cee Filmfesztivál, Austria, 2018
Innsbruck International Filmfesstival, Ausztria, 2018
Titanic International Filmfesstivál, 2018
KineDok Karlovy Vary Nemzetközi Filmfestival, 2018
Flickers Rhode Island International Filmfestival, 2018
Sarajevo International Filmfestival, 2018
Eastern Neighbours International Filmfestival Hauge
Verzió International Filmfestival, 2018
Free Zone International Filmfestival, 2018
East by Southwest, 2018
Bogota Shorts International Filmfestival, 2018
Mittel Punkt Europa Filmfestival, Munchen, 2018

Volt egyszer két balerina

(Once upon a time there were two ballerinas, documentary, 25 min, 2016)

AWARDS:
award for the best short documentary at 33rd Interfilm-International Short Film Festival Berlin, 2017
award for the best short documentary at GoDebut International Film Festival, Lithuania, 2017
audience award and 2nd price at Malter Filmfestival, 2017

IN COMPETITION:
Brussels International Short Film Festival, 2017
Sao Paolo International Short Film Festival, 2016
Budapest International Short Film Festival, 2016
Verzio Human Rights Film Festival, 2016
Jihlava Film Festival/East Silver Market, 2017

A boldog festő

(The blissed painter, experimental documentary, 52 min, 2015)

IN COMPETITION:
International Film Festival of Fine Arts, 2016

Viszem magammal - A Rájátszás-film

(Playoff-poetry in pop rythm, music documentary, 50 min, 2014)

Kötelesség

(Duty, creative documentary, 9 min, 2011 )

Nisimasa program: selected participiant of 51st Critic’s week, Cannes Film Festival,
Munich Short Film Fest, Lago Film Fest,
FEST International Short Film Festival-Portugal,
Avvantura Festival Filmforum Zadar,
Encounters Animation and Short Film Festival-Bristol,
East Silver Market – Jihlava Documentary FF, Korea, DMZ DOCS :Destination North 2012,
Festival Novos Cineastas, Portugal, 2014,
New Directors New Film Festival-Espinho, Portugal, 2016)

A mi pápánk

(Beatification of John Paul II-through the eyes of a pilgrim, documentary, 15min, 2011)

A szocreál képzőművészet

(Socreal-Fine arts, 52min, 2009)

Én itt születtem ebben a házban is

(I was born in this house, short documentary, 12min, 2008)

Television works

Mintaapák (fiction series)
Tóth János (fiction series, Duna TV)
Oltári csajok (fiction series, RTL Klub)
Éjjel-nappal Budapest, Veled is megtörténhet, Családi titkok,
Magánnyomozók, Zsaruk (docu-reality series, RTL Klub/TV2, 2013/2017)
Sorsfordítók (Common gardens in Hungary, tv-documentary, 12min, 2010)
Pannon express-Nagykálló (touristic magazin, 25 min, 2012)