Director Ferenc András, actor Péter Huszti, animation director Ferenc Rófusz, costume designer Györgyi Szakács and actress Dorottya Udvaros will be honored this year with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Hungarian Film Academy Association, and the legendary cinematographer István Hildebrand, who died recently, will be recognized with a posthumous award.

The Hungarian Motion Picture Festival , which will be held in Veszprém, Balatonfüred and Balatonalmádi between June 9 and 12, commemorates Sándor Pécsi, who was born 100 years ago, Pál Jávor, who was born 120 years ago, and Jenő Janovics, who was born 150 years ago. Thus, in addition to the latest domestic film crop, several classics will also be shown - read the announcement of the organizers sent to MTI on Wednesday.

As highlighted in the announcement, two films were enough for András Ferenc The 1977 social satire Veri az ördög a spielestät, set in the Balaton highlands, is a crooked mirror of the world of goulash communism, while Dögkeselyű reported on the decline of the intelligentsia within the framework of an exciting crime story. "He signed the Democratic Charter in 1977, and because of this, he could not film for years," read the announcement. As it is written, on June 12 at 9 p.m., the audience can see the film Dögkeselyű on a giant projector on Wesselényi Strand in Balatonalmádi.

Péter Huszti graduated from college in Zoltán Várkonyi's class. He later worked with the director in one of the public successes of the 1970s, the Jókai adaptation entitled Fekete gémántok. The film will be screened on June 11 at 2 p.m. in Veszprém, at the Latinovits-Bujtor Theater. Péter Huszti appeared in more than a hundred TV and cinema films. He has been teaching since 1974, and between 1994 and 2001 he was rector of the University of Theater and Film. In addition to his versatile acting career, he is also recognized as a theater director and writer, the announcement states.

Ferenc Rófusz , Kossuth award-winning animation director and artist of the nation, received the Oscar for the short film The Fly. In 1988, he emigrated to Canada, where he founded his own studio. Since 2001, he has been living in Budapest again, in addition to animation projects, he is also involved in teaching. In 2019 - 40 years after his dream - he managed to present his film The Last Supper. On June 10 at 11 a.m. in the Latinovits-Bujtor Theater, the public can see a selection of his works.

Györgyi Szakács is one of the innovators of Hungarian costume design, he participated in more than 800 plays, and since the 1980s, his clothes have been worn in more than 30 movies: Ralph Fiennes in Taste of the Sun, Jakab Juli, who plays the girl with the mysterious hat in Napszállta, or A Martfű horror characters. The audience can watch the film on June 11 at 2:00 p.m. at the Agóra in Veszprém.

Dorottya Udvaros is a Kossuth and Jászai Mari prize-winning Hungarian actress, a lifelong member of the Society of the Immortals. He worked with directors such as Pál Sándor, István Szabó or Miklós Jancsó. He played in Dögselyű, Your rags-to-riches life! in his satire entitled "Diva", she disrupted the life of a village as an displaced diva. Péter Bacsó's film can be seen on June 10 at 11 p.m. at the Latinovits-Bujtor Theater.

István Hildebrand began his career as a cinematographer for Filmhíradó, in the 1960s he worked in the spectacular productions of Márton Keleti and Zoltán Várkonyi, his work includes Egy magyar nabob, Zoltán Kárpáthy and Sons of a Stone Man. His style was also characterized by a desire to experiment, the most beautiful example of which is Gábor Bódy's Psyche, the announcement states. The festival pays tribute to the memory of István Hildebrand with the screening of one of his most outstanding works, the rarely seen Military Music, which will be shown on June 12 at 5:30 p.m. in the Hangvilla in Veszprém.

The festival commemorates Sándor Pécsi, who was born 100 years ago, with the screening of the film Kár a benzínért, in honor of Pál Jávor, who was born 120 years ago, the restored classic Toprini's Wedding will be shown, and in front of Jenő Janovics, who was born 150 years ago, Mihály Kertész's 1941 film A Tolonc pays homage with the screening of his film, which he was the producer of.

More information about the programs is available at www.mozgokepfesztival.hu

Source: Vasarnap.hu/MTI

Image: Youtube (István Hildebrand)