PRIZES OF THE 40th HUNGARIAN FILM WEEK ANNOUNCED
08 February 2009
The Golden Reel, the main prize of the 40th Hungarian Film Week, was awarded to Lost Times, the debut feature of director Aron Matyassy.
FEATURE FILMS:Main Prize "Golden Reel": LOST TIMES by ÁRON MÁTYÁSSY (pictured)
Best Genre Film: A KIND OF AMERICA 2 by GÁBOR HERENDI
Best Director: PÉTER GÁRDOS for PRANK
Best Cinematography: MÁTÉ TÓTH WIDAMON for 1
Best First Film "Simó Sándor Prize" (ex-aequo): INTIMATE HEADSHOT by PÉTER SZAJKI and PAPER PLANES by SIMON SZABÓ
Best Actress: JÚLIA UBRANKOVICS for VIRTUALLY A VIRGIN
Best Actor: ANDOR LUKÁTS for PRÍMA PRIMAVERA & FLUKE
Best Screenplay: BÁLINT HEGEDŰS for FLUKE
Best Original Music: ALBERT MÁRKOS & VERONIKA HARCSA for LOST TIMES
Best Producer: ATTILA CSÁKY for PAPER PLANES & 1
Best Visual Design: FRUZSINA LÁNYI, PATER SPARROW & JUDIT VARGA for 1
Best Editor "Golden Scissors Prize": WANDA KISS for 1
Best Sound "Golden Microphone Prize": CSABA MAJOR for FLUKE, A KIND OF AMERICA 2 & PINPRICK The Gene Moskowitz Prize awarded by the foreign critics: FATHER'S ACRE by VIKTOR OSZKÁR NAGY (pictured)People's Choice via Internet: CHAMELEON by KRISZTINA GODA
Prize of the Association of Hungarian Cinema Exhibitors (ex aequo): CAT CITY 2 by BÉLA TERNOVSZKY and 9 ½ DATES by TAMÁS SAS TV FILMS:Best TV Film: THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING FRIENDS by GÁBOR FERENCZI
Best Director: CRASH by FERENC TÖRÖK
Best Actress: MARI TÖRŐCSIK for LITERATURE SHORT FILMS:Best Short Film (ex-aequo): ALENA'S JOURNEY by KÁROLY UJJ MÉSZÁROS and COLD GROW by MIHÁLY SCHWECHTJE
Best Writer / Director: ANIKÓ MÁRIA NAGY for MIDGETS
Category Prize: MAMA by GÉZA M. TÓTH DOCUMENTARY FILMS:Best Documentary (ex-aequo): TILE MAIL by GERGŐ SOMOGYVÁRI & JUDIT FESZT and HICK-TOWN SPY by GÁBOR ZSIGMOND PAPP
Best Director (ex-aequo): JÁNOS DOMOKOS for "YOU ARE NOT ALONE" and GYÖRGY PÁLOS for WHO ARE YOU TO KNOW WHO I AM!
Best Cinematography (ex-aequo): GERGŐ SOMOGYVÁRI for TILE MAIL and GYULA KŐSZEGI for THE THREE SISTERS
Schiffer Pál Prize: ESZTER HAJDÚ for THE FIDESZ JEW, THE MOTHER WITH NO SENSE OF NATION AND MEDIATION
Special Mention: TINY JOYS by IBOLYA BÁLINT and THE INTERN by ANDRÁS S.TAKÁCS SCIENTIFIC EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILMS:Best Scientific Educational Documentary (ex-aequo): DECOMPOSING PAST, MOULDERING FUTURE? by ÁGOSTON KOLLÁNYI and PANNONIAN DESERT by SZABOLCS MOSONYI
Best Director: CSABA SZEKERES for SMART NODES
