György Pálfi Explained
György Pálfi (born 11 April 1974 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian filmmaker. His film Taxidermia was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Pálfi's films have received numerous awards and nominations. At the 2002 European Film Awards, he won the European Discovery/Fassbinder Award for his début film Hukkle.[2] At Les Arcs Film Festival in 2014, Pálfi won the first annual ARTE International Prize for the best project in development, The Voice, about a son searching for his father, a scientist who went missing 30 years ago.[3] [4]
Two of Pálfi's films have been Hungary's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: Hukkle and Taxidermia.
He was a TorinoFilmLab Script&Pitch participant with his project The Voice.
Perpetuity, his latest movie was in the official selection of PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in 2021.
Filmography
Feature films
- Hukkle (2002)
- Taxidermia (2006)
- Nem vagyok a barátod / I Am Not Your Friend (2009)
- Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim / (2012)
- Free Fall (2014)
- His Master's Voice (2018)[5]
- Perpetuity (2021)
Short films
- A hal (1997)
- Jött egy busz... (2003) segment "Táltosember"
- Nem leszek a barátod (documentary short, 2009)
- Magyarország 2011 / Hungary 2011 (2011) segment
Television series
- Valaki kopog (television series, 2000) 1 episode
- Született lúzer (television series, 2008) 2 episodes
Notes and References
- Web site: Festival de Cannes: Taxidermia . 2009-12-16. festival-cannes.com.
- Web site: Variety . Gyorgy Palfi . Jill Feiwell . 2004-03-10 . 2015-01-06 .
- Web site: Cineuropa . The Arte International Prize goes to György Pálfi's The Voice . Fabien Lemercier . 2014-12-16 . 2015-01-06 .
- Web site: ScreenDaily . Les Arcs roundup: Palfi wins development prize . Tiffany Pritchard . 2014-12-17 . 2015-01-06 .
- Web site: His Master's Voice. IMDb.
