Prizes of the 38th Hungarian Film Week

The main prize for Best “Author” Film went to Iska's Journey directed by Csaba Bollók, while the main prize for Best “Genre” Film went to Konyec directed by Gábor Rohonyi. The Best Director is János Szász for Opium - Diary of a Madwoman. (Source: Filmunio

FEATURE FILMS

Main Prize for Best “Author” Film: ISKA’S JOURNEY directed by CSABA BOLLÓK
Main Prize for Best “Genre” Film: KONYEC directed by GÁBOR ROHONYI
Best Director: JÁNOS SZÁSZ for OPIUM - DIARY OF A MADWOMAN
Best Cinematography: TIBOR MÁTHÉ for OPIUM - DIARY OF A MADWOMAN
Best First Film / SIMÓ SÁNDOR PRIZE: ÁRPÁD BOGDÁN for HAPPY NEW LIFE
Best Production Design: GYÖRGY ÁRVAI, EDIT SZŰCS, JÁNOS BRECKL, GÁBOR MEDVIGY and ZOLTÁN KAMONDI for DOLINA
Best Screenplay: JUDIT ELEK for THE EIGHTH DAY OF THE WEEK
Best Actress: KATA KOVÁCS for KYTHERA
Best Actor: SÁNDOR ZSÓTÉR for FRAGMENT
Best Original Music: MEMBRÁN for HAPPY NEW LIFE
Best Producer: GÁBOR SIPOS and GÁBOR RAJNA (LAOKOON FILM)
Best Editor / GOLDEN SCISSORS PRIZE: JUDIT CZAKÓ for ISKA’S JOURNEY and KYTHERA
Best Sound / GOLDEN MICROPHONE PRIZE: ISTVÁN SIPOS, MANUEL LAVAL and MATTHIAS SCHWAB for OPIUM - DIARY OF A MADWOMAN

Special Mention: SLOW MIRROR directed by IGOR and IVAN BUHAROV

GENE MOSKOWITZ PRIZE awarded by the foreign professionals to
OPIUM - DIARY OF A MADWOMAN directed by JÁNOS SZÁSZ

People's Choice via Internet
KONYEC directed by GÁBOR ROHONYI

Most successful Hungarian films in cinema in 2006
Prize of the Association of Hungarian Cinema Exhibitors: CHILDREN OF GLORY directed by KRISZTINA GODA
Prize of the National Radio and Television Board (ORTT): JUST SEX AND NOTHING ELSE directed by KRISZTINA GODA

EXPERIMENTAL AND SHORT FILMS

Best Short Feature Film: WITH A LITTLE PATIENCE directed by LÁSZLÓ NEMES JELES
Best Experimental Film: HYPOCRITICAL SAINT directed by NICOLAUS MYSLICKI
Director’s Special Prize: DÉNES NAGY for TOGETHER
Best Cinematography: MÁTÉ TÓTH WIDAMON for ALTEREGO
Special Mention: LILI HORVÁTH for SUMMER HOLIDAY

DOCUMENTARY FILMS

Main Prize: BALKAN CHAMPION directed by RÉKA KINCSES
Best Director: EDIT KŐSZEGI for ESCAPE INTO LOVE
Best Cinematography: CSABA TALÁN for PREDESTINATED (directed by Barbara Vági and Csaba Talán)
SCHIFFER PÁL PRIZE: RÉKA PIGNICZKY for JOURNEY HOME: A STORY FROM THE HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION OF 1956
Special Mentions:
MISS UNIVERSE 1929 - LISL GOLDARBEITER - A QUEEN IN WIEN by PÉTER FORGÁCS
THIS IS THE TIME by GYULA GULYÁS
WHY?! THE STORY OF A TRAGIC LOVE AFFAIR by BÉLA SZOBOLITS
THE FACE OF THE REVOLUTION – IN SEARCH OF A BUDAPEST GIRL by ATTILA KÉKESI
Equal Opportunities Prize: THEY LIVE THEIR LIVES – SUB-CARPATHIAN SOAP OPERA
by DEZSŐ ZSIGMOND

SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTARY FILMS

Main Prize: A FIERY AUTUMN IN THE COLD WAR – HUNGARY IN 1956
directed by JUDIT KÓTHY, JUDIT TOPITS
Best Director: ANDRÁS DÉR for THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS (ARE THEY SINS?)
Best Subject: ZSOLT MARCELL TÓTH for BUDAPEST WILD

The feature film jury was headed by Ulrich Gregor film critic co-founder and chairman of Freunde der Deutschen Kinemathek includes Ellis Driessen head of Holland Film Meeting / NPP, Mike Goodridge Screen Int. editor, Ildikó Enyedi Camera d’Or winner director and András Muhi producer and head of Inforg Studio.

The non fiction jury included Gábor Karátson writer-poet, Ádám Csillag director, and Sándor Csukás cinematographer.

The short film jury members were Péter Tímár director, Gábor Gelencsér critic and László Hartai director. The scientific documentary films’ jury is headed by András Réz aesthete, who is joined by Szabolcs Mosonyi director and József Rák director-cinematographer.