Katalin Varga
( Released, Features film, 2009 )Details:
Length: 82 min
A Libra Film Production in co-production with Hai-Hui Entertainment and Peter Strickland
A project developed with the help of: The National Centre of Cinematography – Romania
Synopsis:
Banished by her husband and her village, Katalin Varga is left with no other choice than to set out on a quest to find the real father of her son, Orbán.
Taking Orbán with her under pretence, Katalin Varga travels through the Carpathians where she decides to reopen a sinister chapter from her past and take revenge. The hunt leads her to a place, she prayed eleven years prior, she would never set foot again.
Crew:
Director: Peter Strickland
Scriptwriter: Peter Strickland
Producer: Peter Strickland, Tudor Giurgiu, Oana Giurgiu
Composer: Steven Stapleton, Geoff Cox
DOP: Márk GyÅ‘ri
Editing: Mátyás Fekete
Sound design: György Kovács, Zoltán Karaszek
Cast:
Hilda Péter, Tibor Pálfy, Norbert Tankó, Melinda Kántor, Sebastian Marina, Roberto Giacomello, László Mátray
Awards & Festivals:
Festivalul de Film de la Berlin, Germania, 2009 - Ursul de Argint pentru contributie artistica deosebita
Festivalul de Film de la Copenhaga CPH:PIX, Danemarca, 2009 - Marele Premiu
Festivalul de Film din Muntenegru, 2009 - Premiul de regie
Festivalul de Film din Piestany, Slovacia, 2009 - Marele Premiu
Festivalul de Film de la Bruxelles, Belgia, 2009 - Premiul pentru cea mai buna interpretare (Hilda Peter)
Festivalului International de Film de la Calgary, Canada, 2009 - Premiul pentru cel mai bun film strain
Festivalul International de Film Golden Orange din Antalya, Turcia, 2009 - Premiul pentru cea mai buna actrita (Hilda Peter)
Festivalul International de Film Mumbai, India, 2009 - Premiul Special al Juriului
Festivalul International de Film de la Arad, Romania, 2009 - Premiul pentru cea mai buna actrita (Hilda Peter)
British Independent Film Awards, Marea Britanie, 2009: 3 nominalizari - Cea mai buna realizare a anului in productia de film, cel mai bun regizor debutant, cel mai promitator debut (Hilda Peter)
Premiile Academiei Europene de Film, 2009 - Premiul "Descoperirea Anului / European Discovery of the Year"
