Free Fall (2014 Hungarian Film)
''Free Fall'' ( hu, Szabadesés) is a 2014 Hungarian comedy film directed by György Pálfi. Cast * Piroska Molnár as Auntie * Miklós Benedek as Uncle * Tamás Jordán as Master * Ferenc Lakos as Student * Linda Rubesch as Bill * Gabrielle Jourdan as Student * Lilla Gogolák as Student * Krisztina Jankovics as Student * Edit Kocsisné Birkás as Student * Géza Kiss as Student * Marina Gera as Woman * Csaba Gosztonyi as Husband * Csaba Györy as Uncle Laci * Dániel Csengery as Choir leader Production Marina Gera explained that when she talked with György Pálfi on the phone, the director was in no hurry to tell her why the role would be difficult. "Only at the end did he tell me that it's time for the bad news: you have to play it completely naked. But I really liked the idea, I thought it was really nice. And I said, 'Yeah, sure.'" Awards The film won the Special Jury Prize at the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festiv ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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György Pálfi
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. 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''. 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. Two of Pálfi's films have been Hungary's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: ''Hukkle'' and ''Taxidermia''. He was a TorinoFilmLab Script&Pitch participant with his project The Voice. Perpetuity, his latest movie was in the official selection of PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in 2021. Filmography Feature films * ''Hukkle'' (2002) * ''Taxidermia'' (2006) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Piroska Molnár
Piroska Molnár (born 1 October 1945) is a Hungarian actress. She has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1967. Selected filmography References External links * 1945 births Living people Hungarian film actresses {{Hungary-actor-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Miklós Benedek
Miklós Benedek (28 September 1946 – 9 January 2024) was a Hungarian actor and writer. He is most noted for his role of ''Mr. Fritz Teufel'' in the 1986 movie Cat City. Early life Miklós Benedek was born on 28 September 1946. His father Tibor Benedek (actor), Tibor Benedek was a Hungarian actor. Shortly after his parents divorced, Benedek moved in with his mother. His father committed suicide in 1963 when Miklós was in second grade. When Benedek reached high school, he studied in the Russian sector of ELTE Radnóti Miklós School. In 1965, Benedek, along with Péter Valcz and Tibor Dévényi, won the Hungarian Who Knows What? parody category award. Shortly after, in 1969, Benedek graduated from the Hungarian University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest, University of Theater and Film in Budapest, where he studied in the class of Miklós Szinetár. Career After graduating from university, Benedek signed a contract with National Theatre (Budapest), National Theatre by B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jeonju International Film Festival
Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent and experimental films to focus on the alternative course of contemporary film art. In the first edition of JIFF, debut films of Darren Aronofsky were introduced to South Korea. For the first time in Asia, Jiff highlighted early works of Béla Tarr as well. The winners of Jeonju IFF's ''International Competition Section'' include Ying Liang, John Akomfrah and Miike Takashi. Another point of Jeonju is that it produces movies as well. Directors that once invited to Jeonju IFF, were later invited again to ''Jeonju Digital Project (JDP)'' which is a set of three digital shorts. ''JDP'' granted financial support to masters for their short films and world-premiered those pieces in Jeonju. Celebrating its 15th edition, ''JDP'' has boosted scale ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tamás Jordán
Tamás Jordán (born 15 January 1943) is a Hungarian actor. Jordán appeared in more than ninety films since 1969. Selected filmography References External links * 1943 births Living people Hungarian male film actors 20th-century Hungarian male actors 21st-century Hungarian male actors Male actors from Budapest {{Hungary-actor-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Special Jury Prize (Karlovy Vary IFF)
The Special Jury Prize is one of the main awards of the Feature Film Competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become .... It is the second highest award of the festival started since 1952; after the Crystal Globe. Special Jury Prize Winners ;1952-present References External links The official festival site / History {{Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Czech film awards Lists of films by award International film awards ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 4 to 12 July 2014. The Crystal Globe was won by ''Corn Island'', a Georgian drama film directed by Giorgi Ovashvili. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by ''Free Fall'', a Hungarian comedy film directed by György Pálfi. Juries The following people formed the juries of the festival: Main competition * Luis Miñarro, Grand Jury President (Spain) * Mira Fornay (Slovakia) * Phedon Papamichael (Greece) * Kjartan Sveinsson (Iceland) * Viktor Tauš (Czech Republic) Documentaries * Philippa Kowarsky, Chairman (Israel) * Oskar Alegria (Spain) * Tomáš Bojar (Czech Republic) East of the West * Ahmet Boyacıoğlu, Chairman (Turkey) * Ivana Ivišić (Croatia) * Levan Koguashvili (Georgia) * Amanda Livanou (Greece) * Tomasz Wasilewski (Poland) Official selection awards The following feature films and people received the official selection awards: * Crystal Globe (Grand Prix) - ''Corn Island'' (''S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Best Director Award (Karlovy Vary IFF)
The Best Director Award is one of main awards of the Feature Film Competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Since 1990, it is conferred on the best director. Best Director Award winners References External links The official festival site / History {{Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Czech film awards International film awards ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Euronews
Euronews (styled on-air in lowercase as euronews) is a European television news network, headquartered in Lyon, France. The network began broadcasting on 1 January 1993 and covers world news from a European perspective. The majority of Euronews (88%) is owned by Portuguese investment management firm Alpac Capital,Portuguese investor will buy Euronews , Egypt's Sawiris to sell struggling broadca ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2014 Comedy Films
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