People

György Pálfi

Hungary

Biography

György Pálfi was born in 1974 in Budapest. He started shooting experimental Super 8 movies in 1987. He drew international attention with his writerdirector feature debut Hukkle, honored with a EFA for Discovery of the Year, received a FIPRESCI Award Special Mention in Cottbus. His second feature, Taxidermia, quickly became known for its kinkiness and violence. Taxidermia screened at Cannes in Un Certain Regard and won the Sundance Institute/NHK Award for Best European Film Project. His latest film, Final Cut – Ladies And Gentleman’s Special Screening was at Cannes Classics.

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