Benedek Fliegauf

Benedek Fliegauf (born 15 August 1974), is a European film director. As founder of the 'Raptors collective', he is also involved in sound design and set design. Living in Budapest he is a leading figure of the new generation of Hungarian filmmakers. Fliegauf is a self made man who never attended film school.

Productions

His first feature, Forest, was a nearly no-budget film. Its international success opened the way to him for bigger productions. Dark, brooding and slow, Benedek Fliegauf’s second film, Dealer, was recently awarded the Best Director prize in Mar del Plata. "This is a test of endurance for misguided audiences seeking pure entertainment.Those accustomed to Hollywood and others’ over-stylised view on drugs culture, replete with flashing guns and/or flying punches, will find it like a trip to another planet that you will never want to visit again.Those with more down-to-earth first knowledge of drug sub-culture will not be shocked by its despondent mood nor its forbidding length and instead appreciate Flieghauf’s remarkable achievement." (Screendaily/Dan Fainaru in Berlin 22 June 2004.) [ [http://www.filmkultura.hu/2004/articles/films/dealer_bt.en.html Benedek Fliegauf: Dealer] ]

At spring of 2007 he finish his third feature film, Milky Way. It's kind of "ambient movie". The world premiere will be in Locarno Film Festival at 2007.

Filmography

* 1999 Border line – 30’ documentary
* 2000 Talking Heads – 27’ fictionAwarded the main prize for experimental short film at the 32nd Hungarian Film Festival
* 2001 Is there life before death – 130’ documentary
* 2001 Hypnos – 15’ fiction Cottbus: Awarded the Prize for Best Director
* 2002 Forest – 90' fictionBerlinale: Wolfgang Staudte Prize, The Gene Mosskowitz Prize presented by foreign critics
* 2003 The Line – 15’ shortExtreme Film Festival: Extremest film Prize
*2003 Dealer – 136’ fictionBerlinale: Berliner Zeitung Prize, Silver Astor and Fipresci prize in Mar del Plata and others
2007 Miky Way 80' fictionLocarno: Golden Leopard

References

http://european-films.net/content/view/669/107/