Ferenc Cakó (born 1950) is a Hungarian artist whose specialty is performing

sand animation Sand animation is the manipulation of sand to create animation. In performance art an artist creates a series of images using sand, a process which is achieved by applying sand to a surface and then rendering images by drawing lines and figures ...

. He graduated from the College for Creative Arts in 1973 and did amateur animation at that point. His first success was in 1982 and in 1989 he was named artist of the

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. After that he did

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in Finland, France, Spain, Belgium, and Portugal. Amongst his more recent performances, Ferenc Cakó performed in IIT

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2004. His show in the Open Air Theatre was a huge hit with thousands of students, professors and visitors attending it. Cakó's films have won prizes including the award for best short film at the

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, the jury prize for short film at the

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, and numerous awards at the

Kecskemét Animation Film Festival Kecskemét Animation Film Festival () (KAFF) is an animated film festival held biennially during the month of June in Kecskemét, Hungary. Although the bulk of the festival is oriented toward efforts in Hungarian animation, the associated KAFF-spo ...

Filmography

*''Hamu'' ("Ashes") (1996) - Winner of KAFF's 1996 Kecskemét City Award. and the

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*''Labirintus'' ("Labyrinth") (1999) - Winner of the 1999 KAFF Grand Prix. *''A Négy évszak'' ("The Four Seasons") (2000) *''Kövek'' ("Stones") (2001) *''

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Sand Promos'' (2003) *''A róka és a holló'' ("The Fox and the Raven") (2005) - Winner of the 2005 KAFF Award for Best Humorous Animated Film. *''Arc'' ("Face") (2009) - Winner of the 2009 KAFF Award of the Students' Jury.
A 9. Kecskeméti Animációs Filmfesztivál és a 6. Nemzetközi Animációs Fesztivál díjai
' (English:
Awards
). Kecskeméti Animáció Film Fesztivál. 2009.

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(from the Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival (SICAF) 2003) Hungarian animators 1950 births Living people Hungarian performance artists Hungarian animated film directors {{Animator-stub