Exclusive: Oliver Rudolph My mother, monster He was awarded the first Cine-Collegium Budapest (CCB) Financing Award at Hungary’s new Budapest International Film Festival.
The 63,000 euro award was awarded by five ju judges led by the Hungarian film Stalwart Ildiko Enyedi. The winners were selected from 16 eligible proposals.
Written by Zsigmond Kungl, My mother, monster Following Eva, a woman in her 40s, frustrated to become an “invisible woman” It’s accumulating. She only started watching when Eva started wearing a mask.
Genoveva Petrovits is making films, and French co-producer Florent Coulon is currently representing the Cannes project.
The project will also receive in-kind offers from the local Hungarian industry, including props, studio day and post-production services.
It is already supported by the New Aquitaine region of France on a budget of 250,000 euros. It has a pedigree of development from Sam Spiegel International Film Lab in Jerusalem and won the Eurimage Award for Sarajevo’s Cinelink Industry Days in 2023.
The CCB was established last year as an independent fund that is different from the Hungarian government’s film funds. All descriptions.
“We talked about a lot, not just about film projects, but also about the impossible situation our industry is currently in Hungary. “What a rough reception they are.
“In this situation, rather than complaining, CCB is a powerful sign that is an exclamation point aimed at strengthening the filmmaking community, showing insults of the situation and supporting the creation of a single, very low budget film. Congratulations the winners and considers a lot of love and concern about other applicants, the talented young Koreagh.
The festival organizers say the CCB fund is “not an ideal solution for Hungarian cinema funding and long-term sustainability, but a necessary constraint and escape route in the current situation.”
“Filmmaking in Hungary is not just a business and occupation, but a profession, a community of great potential, and such important mutual goals have proven that it can unite industry participants in countries where democracy and its institutions are gradually dismantled,” the festival’s statement said.
The first Budapest International Film Festival took place from October 29th to November 3rd.
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