Hungarian Success at New Horizons IFF

01 August, 2011 - filmhu

The Grand Prix of the 11th New Horizons IFF and 20,000 euros went to Attenberg (Greece 2010) directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari. Sándor Kardos's Gravedigger (A sírásó, Hungary 2010) received the jury's special mention along with the FIPRESCI award.

Some 110,000 spectators attended the festival, which has become one of the largest film events in CEE. They included 157 foreign film directors, actors, producers, sales agents and distributors and 241 Polish guests, among them, the Hungarian director Béla Tarr who presented his last film The Turin Horse and gave a masterclass.

The Audience Award went to the debut of Argentinian director Paula Markovitch The Prize (El premio, Mexico / France / Poland / Germany 2011). The Film on Art competition prize and 10,000 euros went to to Arirang (South Korea 2011) directed by Kim Ki-duk. Along with the awards, Attenberg, Arirang, Gravedigger and The Prize have guaranteed distribution in Polish cinemas by the New Horizons Association, the organizer of the festival.

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