Jameson CineFest, Hungary's leading film event starts on 11 September with an exceptionally strongcompetition program, film history programs, concersts, roundtable discussions - and with two extensive country focuses.
The ‘In Focus’ program of the festival introduces the cinema landscape of neighboring countries this year. Austria is represented by two brand new feature films in the competition program. The Superworld is Karl Markovics’ second feature. The actor is well-known also outsides of Austria thanks to the Academy Award winner movie The Counterfeiters. Markovics debuted as director with the Breathing, also in program this year, again, honouring the second time director: his debut won the Main Prize of the CineFest in 2011.
Goodnight Mommy, the provocative film by Veronika Franz, Ulrich Seidl’s partner in work, also has a big potential for success in Miskolc - it has already proved itself at the Venice Festival. Both movies areHungarian premieres. A selection from the works of Michael Haneke’s students majoring in directing at theFilmakademie Vienna will also be part of the program - just like the Academy Award, Golden Globe and Palm d’Or winner Haneke’s early, provocative masterpiece Benny’s Video, selected to the festival's CineClassics series. Jannis Lenz - student of the Filmakademie and winner of this year’s Austrian national film festival, Diagonale with his short feature Shadow Boxer - will participate in the work of the international jury.
The program is supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum.
