György Pálfi

György Pálfi
György Pálfi in Karlovy Vary (2009)
Born	11 April 1974 Budapest, Hungary
Occupation	Filmmaker

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 European 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.

Filmography

Feature films

• Hukkle (2002)
• Taxidermia (2006)
• Nem vagyok a barátod / I Am Not Your Friend (2009)
• Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim / Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
• Szabadesés / Free Fall (2014)
• Toldi (in pre-production)

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

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: Taxidermia". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
2. Jill Feiwell (2004-03-10). "Gyorgy Palfi". Variety. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
3. Fabien Lemercier (2014-12-16). "The Arte International Prize goes to György Pálfi’s The Voice". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
4. Tiffany Pritchard (2014-12-17). "Les Arcs roundup: Palfi wins development prize". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 2015-01-06.

External links

• György Pálfi at the Internet Movie Database