Pal Adrienn had already won many international prizes over the past 12 months including the FNE Visegrad prize for best international coproduction. The 42 edition of HFW was held from 5-8 May 2011 and screened new Hungarian features, docs, animation, TV films and shorts. Traditionally held in February as a showcase for all new Hungarian production the event was delayed due to funding problems and its future is still in doubt as the Hungarian film industry is in the process of a major restructuring.

List of competition winners HFW 2011:

Best Feature Film and Best Producer

Pal Adrienn
Directed by Agnes Kocsis
Produced by Ferenc Pusztai
(www.kmhfilm.hu) KMH Film

Best Director

Kornel Mundruczo for
Tender Son - The Frankenstein Project
Produced by produced by Proton Cinema (www.protoncinema.hu)
Coproduced by Filmpartners (http://filmpartners.hu) and Laokoon Film (Hungary) (www.laokoonfilm.com)
Essential Filmproduktion (Germany)
KGP Produktion (Austrai)

Best DoP

Matyas Erdely for
Tender Son - The Frankenstein Project

Best Actor

Zsolt Laszlo for
The Maiden Danced To Death Directed by Endre Hules
Produced by Cinema-film KFT (www.cinemafilm.hu)

Best Actress

Tunde Bacsko for East Side Stories
Directed by Mark Bodzsar, Csaba Bollok, Szabolcs Hajdu, Ferenc Torok
Produced by Uniofilm (www.uniofilm.hu)

Best Sound

Robert Juhasz for Pal Adrienn

Best Editing

Judit Czako for Run to Ground
Produced by Europa Film (www.europafilm.hu)

Best Short Film

Beast directed by Attila Till

Best Documentary

Invisible Strings: The Talented Pusker Sisters directed by Agnes Sos

Best Animated Film

I Am Simon directed by Tunde Molnar