Ferenc Moldovanyi
| Ferenc Moldovanyi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1960 Debrecen, Hungary |
| 🏳️ Nationality |  Hungarian |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 📆 Years active | 1987-present |
| Known for | Children Kosovo 2000 and Another Planet |
Ferenc Moldovanyi is an internationally recognized film director-producer who has been working as an independent filmmaker from the early nineties. He graduated from the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest and holds an MFA (1992) in Film and Television Directing. He is a Doctor of Liberal Art (DLA) candidate at the Doctoral School at the same university. His films, most of which were realized in international coproduction, were shown at more than 160 festivals (Berlin, Locarno, Montreal, Karlovy Vary etc.) in 50 countries, received 40 prestigious awards and were covered by the press in many countries. Engram Films, his own production company, entered into broadcast agreements in the United States (Sundance Channel) and Europe (Canal+, RTBF, RTP etc.) to facilitate the distribution of the films.
He was invited to the jury of twelve international film and television festivals and has given several master classes around the world. He held a course at ELTE University Budapest and directed and photographed a 14x50 minute educational television series about the cinema. He has taught a Documentary Film Production Class as a Visiting Filmmaker in the United States during a semester at the Robert Morris University, PA.[2]
Strongly committed to social and human rights issues, he has successfully co-operated with international organizations. He was awarded the Human Rights Prize of the Council of Europe and received the Bouquet of Flowers of UNICEF’s Highest Appreciation in 2009 in acknowledgment of his works featuring children’s issues.[3] He is the member of several professional, national and international organizations, such as the European Film Academy. [4] [5]
Early life and education[edit]
Ferenc Moldoványi was born in Debrecen (Hungary) in 1960. In 1982 graduated from the Teacher Training College. From 1982 to 1986 worked as an assistant director at Pannonia Film studios. Meanwhile attended the Philosophy Faculty of the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. From 1987 to 1990 studied at the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest. He first graduated as a Documentary (B.F.A.) then as a Film and TV director (M.F.A.).
As the French government’s grantee, he spent an academic year at the École Nationale Supérieure Louis-Lumière in Paris, during which time he directed and produced a one-hour narrative film entitled Hotel Ouest based on his own script.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
He taught and designed a creative documentary course as a Visiting Lecturer over the period of two years at the University of Science and Humanities Eötvös Loránd, Budapest. He taught a Documentary Film Production Class as a Visiting Filmmaker in the United States during a semester at the Robert Morris University, PA.[11]
Filmography[edit]
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Another Planet | 2008 | Director, producer, screenwriter | [12] [13] [14] |
| Children Kosovo 2000 | 2001 | Director, producer, screenwriter | [15] [16] [17] [18] |
| The Way | 1997 | Director, producer, screenwriter | [19] [20] |
| The Cinema and ... Episodes 1-14 |
1994-95 | Director, cinematographer | TV series |
| If We Eat a Beaver... | 1994-95 | Director, screenwriter | |
| The Godfather | 1993 | Director, screenwriter | |
| Hotel Ouest | 1992 | Director, screenwriter | |
| Here and Now | 1988 | Director, cinematographer | |
| On the Samizdat | Director, script | ||
| Inauguration | 1987 | Director, script |
Awards and honors[edit]
Awards and honors by films[21]
UNICEF
Another Planet
- Special Award of the International Jury, 57th International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg (2008) [24]
- Maysles Brothers Award for Best Documentary, 31st Starz Denver Film Festival (2008)
- Best Documentary Award, 10th Kansas International Film Festival (2011)[citation needed]
- ERT 3 Award for the Best Documentary, 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (2009) [25]
- Best Documentary Award, 8th Roma Independent Film Festival (2009) [26]
- Bronze Medal, 28th International Grand Prix for Author's Documentaries – URTI (2009)
- Südwind Award, 18th International Film Festival Innsbruck (2009)
- Silver Chris Award, 57th Columbus International Film and Video Festival (2009)
- Silver Remi Award, 44th WorldFest-Houston Independent International Film Festival (2011)
- Special Award of the Eurasian Academy of Television and Radio, 13th International Festival of Television Programs and Films, The Golden Drum (2009)
- Best Documentary Feature Award, Almaty International Film Festival "Shaken's Stars” (2009)
- Golden Minbar for the Best Non-Fiction Feature Film, 5th International Festival «Golden Minbar» (2009)
- Special Award from the Founder of the Festival Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, 7th International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival - Docudays, Kyiv (2009) [27]
- Honour Mention, 11th International Film Festival on Human Rights DerHumALC, Santiago del Estero (2009)
- Special Award of the Eurasian Academy of Television and Radio, 13th International Festival of Television Programmes and Films “The Golden Drum - 2009”
- Diploma "For the profundity of exploration of the subject "Children and Society", 16th Listapad, International Film Festival (2009)
- Category Prize (Children), 4th Festival de Cine Social y DDHH “Cine Otro”, Valparaiso, Chile (2009)
- Prize of University Hospital of Bratislava, 37th International Festival of Sustainable Development Films, Bratislava (2010)
- Green Raven Best Documentary Award by NSJ, 39th Hungarian Film Week (2008)
- Best Cinematography (Creative Documentary), 39th Hungarian Film Week (2008)
- Best Director of Photography in the Docudrama Category, 6th Golden Eye Festival, Budapest (2009)
Children, Kosovo 2000
- Best Documentary Feature, Arizona International Film Festival - Reel Frontier (2002)[28]
- Gold Special Jury Award, 35th WorldFest Houston (2002)
- Best Documentary Feature Prize, 20th International Film Festival of Uruguay, Montevideo (2002)
- Green Raven Award for the Best Documentary, 33rd Hungarian Film Week (2002)
- Grand Prize of City Turin for Best Feature Film, CinemAmbiente International Film Festival, Torino (2001)
- First Prize, SEE Docs in Dubrovnik, International Documentary Film Festival (2001)
- Special Prize, Festroia International Film Festival, Setúbal (2001)[citation needed]
The Way
- Silver Award (Best Foreign Film), World Fest Houston (2000)
- Silver Award (Best Documentary Feature), World Fest Flagstaff (1999)
- Special Prize of the Jury of the International Federation of Film Societies IFFS at the 27th International Figueira da Foz Film Festival (1998)
- 50th Prix Italia: Special Mention "A" (1998)
- Best Documentary Feature Award, Arizona International Film Festival - Reel Frontier (1998)
- Hungarian Film Critics' Special Award for Direction (1998)
- Hungarian Film Critics' Special Award for Original Music (1998)
- Hungarian Film Critics' Special Award for Best Director of Photography (1998)
- Category Prize (Experimental Film), 28th Hungarian Film Week (1997)
If We Eat a Beaver…
- Budapest, Tolerance Prize (1995)
- Human Right's Prize of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg Intl. Film Festival (1995)
- Director's Prize, 26th Hungarian Film Week (1995)
The Godfather
- Special Documentary Award, 25th Hungarian Film Week (1994)
Inauguration
- Special Mention, Oberhausen Intl. Film Festival (1988)
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0596489/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
- ↑ "Ferenc Moldovanyi". IMDb.
- ↑ "Moldoványi Ferenc kapta a Nagyrabecsülés Csokrát". Népszabadság.
- ↑ "Hungarian Director Invited to Join European Film Academy". Kultura.hu. Hungarian News Agency (MTI).
- ↑ "Moldoványi Ferenc az Európai Filmakadémia tagja". 24.hu.
- ↑ Hermann, Peter (2008). Ki kicsoda (Who is who - hungarian edition). Magyar Távirati Iroda Zrt. p. 764. ISBN 9789631787283. Search this book on
- ↑ "Ferenc Moldovanyi". IMDb.
- ↑ "Ferenc Moldoványi". institut dokumentárního filmu.
- ↑ "Ferenc Moldovanyi". Film Forever.
- ↑ "Moldoványi Ferenc". Magyar Nemzeti Filmalap/Hungarian National Film Fund.
- ↑ "About the Center for Documentary Production and Study". Robert Morris University.
- ↑ Denver Film Society. "The Starz Denver Film Festival Wraps Up 31st Fest". Americantowns.com.
- ↑ "Another Planet (Another Planet/Másik bolygó)". Magyar Nemzeti Filmalap/Hungarian National Film Fund.
- ↑ "Másik bolygó (2008)". IMDb.
- ↑ Elley, Derek. "Children: Kosovo 2000". Variety.
- ↑ "Children (Kosovo 2000) / Deza-Fëmijët (Kosovo 2000)". Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
- ↑ "Gyerekek: Koszovó 2000 (2001)". IMDb.
- ↑ "Children - Kosovo 2000 (Gyerekek - Koszovó 2000)". Magyar Nemzeti Filmalap/Hungarian National Film Fund.
- ↑ Horton, Andrew James. "Between Cultures, Between Documentary and Art, Ferenc Moldovanyi's Az Ut". Kinoeye.
- ↑ "The Way (Az út)". Magyar Nemzeti Filmalap/Hungarian National Film Fund.
- ↑ "Ferenc Moldovanyi". IMDb.
- ↑ "Best OneMinutesJr videos awarded at Stranger Festival in Amsterdam". unicef. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ↑ "The director-producer Ferenc Moldoványi has recently received the Bouquet of Flowers of UNICEF's Highest Appreciation". Another Planet. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ↑ "2008". Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ↑ "Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – Images of the 21st Century Awards". FilmFestivals.com. 21 March 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ↑ "Roma Independent Film Festival". Hungarian National Film Fund. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ↑ "Archive". Docudays UA. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ↑ Shane, CJ (1 May 2002). "Bridging Cultures at the 11th Arizona International Film Festival". Senses of Cinema. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
Further reading[edit]
- Gusztav Schubert (06/1997). Mennyei beketlenseg, Az Ut. Filmvilag
- Gabor Gelencser (1998). Detour, Ferenc Moldovanyi: The Way. Filmkultura
- Dominique Legrand (11/05/1998) «Une vie entre Pékin et Budapest» La voie de l'amour passe par le silence. Le Soir
- Ron Holloway (02.2001). Hungarian Film Week, Budapest 2001. Kinema
- Caroline Fetscher (02/15/2001). "Deza-Femijet": Ohne Kommentar. Der Tagesspiegel
- Jennifer Parks (04/01/2001). Voices of War. Realscreen
- Andrew James Horton (09/2001). A Window Both Ways – Central and East European Film at the 36th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Sense of Cinema
- Allan Berg Nielsen (09/08/2001). But the Greatest of These Is… 14th International Documentary Film Symposium, Riga
- Andrew James Horton (10/15/2001). The wounds that never show Ferenc Moldoványi's Деца-Fëmijët (Kosovo 2000). Kinoeye
- CinemAmbiente-Turin (2001). Winners (Press release)
- Judit Vajda (02/02/2008). Elveszett paradicsom, Moldoványi Ferenc: Másik bolygó. Film.hu
- Est.hu (04/09/2008). Másik Bolygó. Est.hu
- Gorácz Anikó (05/2008) Nem gyereknek való vidék. Filmvilág.
- Kipke Tamás (05/11/2008). Nincs másik. Új Ember
- Szabó G. László (08/31/2008). Ahol az álom is szemétből van. Új szó.
- Phillip Bergson (11/17/2008). The Band Sails on in Mannheim. Filmfestivals.com
- Tue Steen Müller (11/12/2008). Ferenc Moldoványi: Another Planet/CPH: DOX 14. Filmkommentaren.dk
- Hubert Heyrendt (11/20/2008). Les damnes de la Terre. La Libre Belgique
- Tue Steen Müller (11/23/2008). Ferenc Moldoványi: Another Planet. Filmkommentaren.dk
- Kermode Film Reviews (11/27/2008). Another Planet (Másik Bolygó) (World Film Festival, Montréal)
- Ron Holloway (12/13/2008). 57th Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival 2008. Kino
- Tue Steen Müller (04/08/2009). Another Planet gets Another Award. Filmkommentaren.dk
- Cinephilofolie (04/11/2009) Les enfants du Kosovo 2000 - Ferenc Moldovanyi.
- Südwind (06/2009) Südwind-Filmpreis 2009.
- Alejandro Rebossio (06/09/2009). Los presos argentinos se llevan el premio. El Pais
- Francisco Peña (06/08/2015). Niños de Kosovo / Deza Femijët Kosovo 2000 / Children Kosovo 2000, de Ferenc Moldoványi. Film Paradigma
- Kőszeg Ferenc (2008/32). K. történetei: Voltaire a képernyőn. Magyar Narancs
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