This year's CEI Prize (3.000 EUR) within the framework of the Trieste Film Festival was bestowed upon the Hungarian filmmaker György Pálfi by CEI Deputy Secretary General, Zoran Jovanovic on 23 January 2013. The Festival’s programme included two of his lasts works: “Final Cult – Ladies and Gentlemen” and “There Is No Film”, one of the segments of the collective film MAGYARORSZÁG 2011 (HUNGARY 2011), produced by Béla Tarr.
As underlined in the motivation of the selecting jury, “the work of György Pálfi, one of the most original Hungarian filmmakers of the last few years, can denounce with sharp and biting irony the most dramatic and unsettling aspects of today’s Hungary”.
The CEI has established a long-standing cooperation with the Trieste Film Festival, recognising the merits of this initiative which promotes and supports with great attention the cinematography of the countries of the CEI region. In particular, the CEI supports the “Eastweek project” that fosters collaboration with schools and academies of Central and Eastern European countries and bring to Trieste young directors, producers and writers, giving them the opportunity to participate in the festival, and in a series of meetings, seminars and special events.
As part of its commitment to supporting Central and Eastern European cinema, the CEI is also among the supporters of the meeting of the co-production "When East Meets West", organised by the Regional Fund for Audiovisual Friuli Venezia Giulia and the Trieste Film Festival.
For more information: www.triestefilmfestival.it; fabro@cei.int
As underlined in the motivation of the selecting jury, “the work of György Pálfi, one of the most original Hungarian filmmakers of the last few years, can denounce with sharp and biting irony the most dramatic and unsettling aspects of today’s Hungary”.
The CEI has established a long-standing cooperation with the Trieste Film Festival, recognising the merits of this initiative which promotes and supports with great attention the cinematography of the countries of the CEI region. In particular, the CEI supports the “Eastweek project” that fosters collaboration with schools and academies of Central and Eastern European countries and bring to Trieste young directors, producers and writers, giving them the opportunity to participate in the festival, and in a series of meetings, seminars and special events.
As part of its commitment to supporting Central and Eastern European cinema, the CEI is also among the supporters of the meeting of the co-production "When East Meets West", organised by the Regional Fund for Audiovisual Friuli Venezia Giulia and the Trieste Film Festival.
For more information: www.triestefilmfestival.it; fabro@cei.int
Awarding Ceremony