The festival will open with the screening of Tonight We Kill / Ma este gyilkolunk, a crime comedy directed by Péter Fazakas, produced by Film Positive Productions and starring legendary Hungarian actor András Kern, which will premiere at the end of 2024.
Nearly a hundred new Hungarian films will be screened in the festival, including many premieres, as well as international successes made in Hungary, such as multiple award-winning Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos, which earned an Oscar for the Hungarian set decorator Zsuzsa Mihalek.
This year, for the first time, exclusive behind-the-scenes materials will be screened of Hungarian productions that are still being made, such as Rise of the Raven / Hunyadi
directed by Orsi Nagypál, Attila Szász, Robert Dornhelm and Balázs Lengyel (produced by Serendipity Point Films, Beta Films, HG Media and Mr Films, and coproduced by TV2, Twin Media and Sterreichischer Rundfunk), and I’m in the Army Now – With my Dad / S.E.R.E.G. directed by Linda Dombrovszky and produced by Megafilm Service.
During the 4th day of MOZ.GO, film director and screenwriter Judit Elek, actress Ildikó Piros, cinematographer Buda Gulyás, composer György Selmeczi and colour timer Baba Tamásné Deimanik will be honoured with Lifetime Achievement Awards.
The festival will end with the Hungarian Motion Picture Awards gala. The films in the Competition programme will be awarded by a five-member professional jury led by director and writer Béla Ternovszky. This year, for the first time, the best producer will also be awarded.
Lajos Koltai’s Semmelweis boasts 15 nominations, while first feature film director’s Ádám Breier’s All About the Levkoviches received eight nominations, including for best feature film and best first feature film.
FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS:
Best Feature Film:
All About the Levkoviches / Lefkovicsék gyászolnak (Hungary)
Directed by Ádám Breier
Produced by Ulab
Coproduced by Proton Cinema
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
Hadik (Hungary)
Directed by János Szikora
Produced by B&L Line Kft., Hadik Projekt
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
Mastergame / Mesterjátszma (Hungary)
Directed by Barnabás Tóth
Produced by Innoplay
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
Semmelweis (Hungary)
Directed by Lajos Koltai
Produced by Szupermodern Stúdió
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
Some Birds / Valami madarak (Hungary)
Directed by Dániel Hevér
Produced by 235 Film
Coproduced by Filmfabriq, Sparks
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
Best Television Film:
Bolond Istók (Hungary)
Directed by Gábor Rohonyi, Georgina Hegedüs
Produced by Filmsquad
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI
Majdnem menyasszony (Hungary)
Directed by József Pacskovszky
Produced by Megafilm Service
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
Memento mori - A váci legenda (Hungary)
Directed by Kiss Stefán Mónika
Produced by Real Pictures Production
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
Best Long Documentary:
Golden Legends / A nemzet aranyai (Hungary)
Directed by Zákonyi S. Tamás
Produced by Flashback Media
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
Bagossy Brothers Company - 10 éveúton (Hungary)
Directed by Dina Könyves
Hallasz Engem? (Hungary)
Directed by Péter Hegedüs
Invisible Bonds / Láthatatlan kötelek (Hungary)
Directed by Ágota Varga
Produced by Filmira
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
Szolgának születtek (Hungary)
Directed by Attila Moharos
Produced by DokufilmKft.
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
Best Short Documentary:
A látogató (Hungary)
Directed by Gábor Balog
Baska magyarulbeszél (Hungary)
Directed by Barbaba Baska
Kaleidoszkóp (Hungary)
Directed by Emil Novák
Kisvárosi borbély (Hungary)
Directed by Arthur Bálint
Borés Kenyér a Szent György – hegyen (Hungary)
Directed by Ákos Mester
Best Short Fiction Film:
Apajegy (Hungary)
Directed by Tamás Benkó
Against the Wind / Széllel szemben (Hungary)
Directed by Flóra Chilton
Cukormáz (Hungary)
Directed by Hunor Demeter
Az énvirágom (Hungary)
Directed by Anna Boglárka Varga
Szégyenfolt (Hungary)
Directed by Gergely Riba
Best Long Animated Film:
Pelikan Blue / Kék Pelikan (Hungary)
Directed by László Csáki
Produced by Umbrella Collective
Coproduced by Cinemon Entertainment
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
Four Souls of Coyote / Kojot négy lelke (Hungary)
Directed by Áron Gauder
Produced by Cinemon Entertainment
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
Tony, Shelly And The Magic Light / Tomi, Polli és a Varázsfény (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary)
Directed by Filip Posivac
Produced by Nutprodukce
Coproduced by Nutprodukcia, Filmfabriq
Supported by Creative Europe MEDIA, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech Film Fund, the Czech Television, the Radio and Television Slovakia, Eurimages, the Zlin region, the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
Best Short Animated Film:
Botanica Exotica (Hungary)
Directed by Sofia Laszlovszky
27 / 27 (France, Hungary)
Directed by Anna Flóra Buda
Puskás Öcsibarátai - Keserű csoki (Hungary)
Directed by Csaba Gellár
Egy jenki Arthur király udvarában X. ep. Londoni barangolások (Hungary)
Directed by Líviusz Gyulai
Rozi és Zafir: a rózsaszín fű (Hungary)
Directed by Anna Katalin Lovrity
Best TV Series:
Locked Up Secrets / Cella - Letöltendőélet (Hungary)
Directed by Mano Csillag
Produced by Megafilm Service
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
Legyetek szeretettel (Hungary)
Directed by Andor Szilágyi
Produced by BBJFilm Production Kft.
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
Fairyland – Age of Temptations / Tündérkert – Kísértések kora (Hungary)
Directed by István Madarász
Produced by Megafilm Service
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
Best First Feature Film:
Cat Call / Cicaverzum (Hungary)
Directed by Rozália Szeleczki
Produced by Lupa Pictures
Coproduced by RTL Hungary
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
Without Air / Elfogy a levegő (Hungary)
Directed by Katalin Moldovai
Produced by Magma Cinema
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
All About the Levkoviches / Lefkovicsék gyászolnak (Hungary)
Directed by Ádám Breier
Produced by Ulab
Coproduced by Proton Cinema
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
Raw Material / Nyersanyag (Hungary)
Directed by Martin Boross
Produced by Filmfabriq
Coproduced by Stereo Akt
Some Birds / Valami madarak (Hungary)
Directed by Dániel Hevér Dániel
Produced by 235 Film
Coproduced by Filmfabriq, Sparks
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
Best Producer:
János Szurmay, Máté Szabó, Judit Romwalter, Barnabás Tóth for Mastergame / Mesterjátszma
Tamás Lajos for Semmelweis
Dorottya Helmeczy, Gábor Kálomista for Fairyland – Age of Temptations / Tündérkert - Kísértések kora
Tamás S. Zákonyi for Golden Legends / A nemzetaranyai
András Kisfaludy, Attila Moharos for Szolgának születtek
Best Cinematographer:
András Nagy for Semmelweis
Gábor Garai for Fairyland – Age of Temptations / Tündérkert - Kísértések kora
Gábor Balog, Ervin Jakab, Lehel Dobondi for Szolgának születtek
János Vecsernyés for Memento mori - A váci legenda
Márk Győri for Hadik
Best Director:
Lajos Koltai for Semmelweis
BarnabásTóth for Mastergame / Mesterjátszma
Dániel Hevér for Some Birds / Valami madarak
József Pacskovszky for Majdnem menyasszony
Isti Madarász Isti for Fairyland – Age of Temptations / Tündérkert - Kísértések kora
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
Miklós Vecsei H. in Semmelweis
László Szacsvay in Some Birds / Valami madarak
Zoltán Bezerédi in All About the Levkoviches / Lefkovicsék gyászolnak
Zsolt Trill in Hadik
Péter Dániel Katona in Fairyland – Age of Temptations / Tündérkert - Kísértések kora
Best Actress in a Leading Role:
Katica Nagy in Semmelweis
Lilla Kizlinger in Some Birds / Valami madarak
Franciska Törőcsik in Cat Call / Cicaverzum
Hanna Kelemen in Majdnem menyasszony
Lila Horváth in Hadik
Best Supporting Actress:
Zsófia Szamosi in Fairyland – Age of Temptations / Tündérkert - Kísértések kora
Klára Spilák in Majdnem menyasszony
Blanka Mészáros in Semmelweis
Lila Bordán in Hadik
Adél Csoboth in Cat Call / Cicaverzum
Best Supporting Actor:
László Gálffi in Semmelweis
David Yengibarian in Mastergame / Mesterjátszma
Tamás Kovács in Semmelweis
Tibor Gáspár in Majdnem menyasszony
Zsolt László in Hadik
Best Scriptwriter:
Balázs Maruszki for Semmelweis
András Dezső Horváth András, István Tasnádi, Géza Bereményi, Viktória Jeli for Fairyland-Age of Temptations / Tündérkert – Kísértések kora
Fanni Szántó, Martin Boross for Raw Material / Nyersanyag
Tibor Fonyódi, Barnabás Tóth for Mastergame / Mesterjátszma
Ádám Breier, Bálint Csaba for All About the Levkoviches / Lefkovicsék gyászolnak
Best Sound Engineer:
Rudolf Várhegyi for Semmelweis
Botond Csizmadia for Cat Call / Cicaverzum
Ferenc Lukács for Hadik
Imre Madácsi for Some Birds / Valami madarak
Bálint Zándoki, Péter Benjámin Lukács for Mastergame / Mesterjátszma
Best Composer:
Attila Pacsay for Semmelweis
Albert Márkos for All About the Levkoviches / Lefkovicsék gyászolnak
Róbert Gulya for Hadik
Csaba Kalotás for Some Birds / Valami madarak
Gábor Keresztes for Mastergame / Mesterjátszma
Best Editor:
Zoltán Kovács for Semmelweis
Réka Lemhényi for Libertate (Romania, Hungary)
Directed by Tudor Giurgiu
Produced by Libra Films
Coproduced by Mythberg Films
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre (CNC, cnc.gov.ro) the National Film Institute - Hungary (NFI)
Balázs Gotthárdi for All About the Levkoviches / Lefkovicsék gyászolnak
Gabriella Koncz for Szolgának születtek
Károly Szalai for Mastergame / Mesterjátszma
Best Production Designer:
Alex Nemetz for Hadik
Sparrow Pater for Semmelweis
Réka Pintér for Tündérkert - Kísértések kora
Ágnes Bobor for All About the Levkoviches / Lefkovicsék gyászolnak
Mara Bozóki for Majdnem menyasszony
Best Costume Designer:
Györgyi Szakács for Semmelweis
Nóra Zelenka for Fairyland – Age of Temptations / Tündérkert – Kísértések kora
Nóra Zelenka for Majdnem menyasszony
Júlia Szlávik for Cat Call / Cicaverzum
Ildikó Tihanyi for All About the Levkoviches / Lefkovicsék gyászolnak
Best Makeup Artist:
Szilvia Ipacs for Majdnem menyasszony
AncsaKriskó for Hadik
Anikó Tóth for Fairyland – Age of Temptations / Tündérkert – Kísértések kora
Réka Görgényi, Nóra Koltai N for Semmelweis
Orsolya Petrilla for Three Thousand Numbered Pieces / Háromeze rszámozott darab (Hungary)
Directed by Ádám Császi
Produced by Unió Film
Supported by the National Film Institute - Hungary (NFI)