Ibolya Fekete Explained

Ibolya Fekete, (in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈibojɒ ˈfɛkɛtɛ/; born 23 January 1951 in Pásztó), is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

After completing her studies of Hungarian and Russian literature and linguistics at the Lajos Kossuth University in Debrecen (now part of the University of Debrecen) in 1976, Ibolya Fekete first worked as a screenwriter, amongst others for György Szomjas, before she also started to work as a dramaturge for Hunnia Filmstudio, one of the four Hungarian film studios joined under the common brand of Mafilm in 1990, she made her debut as director with documentary Berlin and Back.

Since 2003 teaching at the Budapest Filmacademy, she currently also works as a guest professor at the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.^[3] She is also teaching film direction at Budapest Metropolitan University in Budapest.^[4]

Filmography

Year	Title	width=65	Writer	width=65	Director	Notes
1985	Falfúró (Wall Driller)
1985	Mr. Universe
1989	Könnyű vér (Fast and Loose)				^[5]
1990	Berlinből Berlinbe (Berlin and Back)			documentary
1991;1992	Az apokalipszis gyermekei I-II (Children of the Apocalypse I-II)			documentary
1996	Bolse vita				^[6]
1997	Négy dal Kelet-Európából (Four songs from Eastern Europe)			documentary	^[7]
1997	Négy dal Kelet-Európából (Four songs from Eastern Europe)			documentary
2001	Chico				^[8]
2001	Documentaries“ (Dokumentátorok)			documentary
2002	Simó Sándor (Sándor Simó)			documentary
2004	Utazások egy szerzetessel (Journeys with a Monk)			documentary	^[9]
2005	The Master and Margarita			TV short
2007	The Csángós			documentary
2015	Mom and Other Loonies in the Family				^[10]

Awards

• 1996 ″Bolshe Vita“
  • 1997 Main Prize at the Angers European First Film Festival, France
• 2001 ″Chico“
  • 2001 Ecumenical Award and Best Director Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival^[11]
  • 2007 Special Jury Award during WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA

External links

• Ibolya Fekete at IMDb
• Ibolya Fekete at PORT.hu

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ibolya Fekete. National Film Institute Hungary. 2023-03-04. 2023-02-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20230218124218/https://nfi.hu/en/cast/ibolya-fekete. live.
2. Web site: The Master and Margarita - Ibolya Fekete. www.masterandmargarita.eu. 2023-03-04. 2022-08-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20220823100249/https://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/filmfekete.html. live.
3. Web site: Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania. Sapientia.ro. 2023-03-04. 2023-02-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20230218124156/https://kv.sapientia.ro/en/facult/staff/professors/department-of-media_/ibolya-fekete. live.
4. Web site: Fekete-Ibolya. Budapest Metropolitan University. 2023-03-28. 2023-03-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20230328194619/https://www.metropolitan.hu/munkatarsak/fekete-ibolya. live.
5. Web site: Fast and Loose. NFI. 2023-03-04. 2023-02-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20230218124216/https://nfi.hu/en/films/fast-and-loose.html. live.
6. Web site: Bolshe Vita. NFI. 2023-03-04. 2023-02-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20230218124219/https://nfi.hu/en/films/bolshe-vita.html. live.
7. Web site: Four Songs from Eastern Europe | IFFR. iffr.com. 2023-03-04. 2023-02-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20230218124156/https://iffr.com/en/iffr/1999/films/four-songs-from-eastern-europe. live.
8. Web site: Kinoeye | Hungary: Ibolya Fekete interviewed about Chico (2001). www.kinoeye.org. 2023-03-28. 2023-08-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20230823065038/https://www.kinoeye.org/02/04/clarkfederlein04.php. live.
9. Web site: Journeys with a Monk. NFI. 2023-03-04. 2023-02-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20230218124217/https://nfi.hu/en/films/journeys-with-a-monk.html. live.
10. Web site: Mom and Other Loonies in the Family: the return of Ibolya Fekete. Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. 2023-03-28. 2023-01-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20230111222948/https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/246421/. live.
11. Web site: History - 36th festival . kviff.com . 23 March 2018 . 6 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231206213540/https://www.kviff.com/en/history/2001 . live .