European Films

The annual Hungarian Film Week concluded in Budapest yesterday evening with the traditional awards ceremony. For the first time, not one but two films were crowned Best Feature; Konyec, a Bonnie and Clyde-style road trip with two pensioners as the protagonists won the Best Mainstream Feature title, with the evocative Iszka utazása (Iska’s Journey), about a young girl facing a bleak future, being named the Best Auteur Film. The delirious Opium - Diary Of A Madwoman won several awards, including Best Director for János Szász, Best Cinematography and the Foreign Critics' Prize. Árpád Bogdán's Boldog új élet (Happy New Life) won the Best First Film and Best Music prizes and will join Iszka utazása in Berlin, where it has been selected for the upcoming Berlinale. A full list of winners follows:

Prize winners in the Feature Film Section: 

Main Prize for Best "Auteur" Film: Iszka utazása (Iska’s Journey) from Csaba Bollók
Main Prize For Best "Mainstream" Film: Konyec from Gábor Rohonyi
Best Director: János Szász for Opium - Diary Of A Madwoman
Best Cinematography: Tibor Máthé for Opium - Diary Of A Madwoman
Best First Film / Simó Sándor Prize: Árpád Bogdán for Boldog új élet (Happy New Life)
Best Production Design: György Árvai, Edit Szûcs, János Breckl, Gábor Medvigy and Zoltán Kamondi for Dolina
Best Screenplay: Judit Elek for A hét nyolcadik napja (The Eighth Day Of The Week)
Best Actress: Kata Kovács for Kythera
Best Actor: Sándor Zsótér for Töredék (Fragment)
Best Original Music: Membrán for Boldog új élet (Happy New Life)
Best Producer: Gábor Sipos and Gábor Rajna (Laokoon Film)
Best Editor / Golden Scissors Prize: Judit Czakó for Iszka utazása (Iska’s Journey) and Kythera
Best Sound / Golden Microphone Prize: István Sipos, Manuel Laval and Matthias Schwab for Opium - Diary Of A Madwoman
Special Mention: Lassú tükör (Slow Mirror) from Igor and Ivan Buharov
Gene Moskowitz Prize (Awarded by the Foreign Press): Opium - Diary Of A Madwoman from János Szász
People's Choice Via Internet: Konyec from Gábor Rohonyi
 
Most Successful Hungarian Films In Cinema In 2006:

Prize Of The Association Of Hungarian Cinema Exhibitors: Szabadság, szerelem (Children Of Glory) from Krisztina Goda

Prize Of The National Radio And Television Board (Ortt): Csak szex és más semmi (Just Sex And Nothing Else) from Krisztina Goda

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