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AWARDS Hungary

On Body and Soul emerges victorious at the Hungarian Film Awards

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- Ildikó Enyedi’s film has taken home five trophies, including the Awards for Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress

On Body and Soul emerges victorious at the Hungarian Film Awards
The winners of the Hungarian Film Awards ceremony

After it won the Golden Bear at Berlin last year and was nominated for the most recent Oscar for Best Foreign-language Film, On Body and Soul [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ildiko Enyedi
interview: Ildiko Enyedi
interview: Réka Tenki
film profile
]
 by Ildikó Enyedi has now confirmed its status as a firm favourite by dominating the 2018 Hungarian Film Awards ceremony on Sunday 11 March. It snagged five main prizes: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Alexandra Borbély) and Best Supporting Actress (Réka Tenki).

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Three films garnered two accolades each: 1945 [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
 by Ferenc Török (Best Actor for Péter Rudolf and Best Music), Jupiter’s Moon [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Kornél Mundruczó
film profile
]
 by Kornél Mundruczó (Best Cinematography and Production Design) and The Whiskey Bandit [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
by Nimród Antal (Best Editing and Best Sound Editing), while Gábor Herendi’s Kincsem – Bet on Revenge [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
 also went home with two awards in the technical categories (Best Costumes, Best Hair and Make-up), in addition to the Audience Award. Budapest Noir [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Réka Tenki
film profile
]
 by Eva Gardos (Best Make-up Special Effects) and The Citizen [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
 by Roland Vranik (Best Supporting Actor for István Znamenák) round off the list of fiction features on the winners’ list. Lastly, in the documentary category, we should highlight the victory of A Woman Captured [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
by Bernadett Tuza-Ritter, which was revealed at the IFDA and screened at Sundance.

Here is the full list of winners:

Best Film
On Body and Soul [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ildiko Enyedi
interview: Ildiko Enyedi
interview: Réka Tenki
film profile
]
 - Ildikó Enyedi

Best Director
Ildikó Enyedi – On Body and Soul

Best Screenplay 
Ildikó Enyedi – On Body and Soul

Best Actress 
Alexandra Borbély – On Body and Soul

Best Actor
Péter Rudolf – 1945 [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]

Best Supporting Actress 
Réka Tenki – On Body and Soul

Best Supporting Actor 
István Znamenák - The Citizen [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]

Best Editing 
Zoltán Kovács - The Whiskey Bandit [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]

Best Sound Editing 
Gábor Balázs - The Whiskey Bandit

Best Cinematography 
Marcell Rév – Jupiter’s Moon [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Kornél Mundruczó
film profile
]
 (Hungary/Germany)

Best Music 
Tibor Szemző – 1945

Best Costumes
Ibolya Bárdosi - Kincsem – Bet on Revenge [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]

Best Production Design 
Márton Ágh – Jupiter’s Moon

Best Make-up Special Effects 
Anna Tesner, Judit Halász, Réka Görgényi - Budapest Noir [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Réka Tenki
film profile
]

Best Hair and Make-up
Rita Fekete, Ildi Makk, Kata Jónás - Kincsem – Bet on Revenge

Audience Award 
Kincsem – Bet on Revenge - Gábor Herendi

Best Documentary 
A Woman Captured [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
 - Bernadett Tuza-Ritter (Hungary/Germany)

Best Short Film 
Earthly People - Ádám Freund

Best Animated Short 
WireLess - Szandra Pataki

Best TV Film 
Traitors - Péter Fazekas

Best TV Film Screenplay
Norbert Köbli – Traitors

Best TV Film Director 
Péter Fazakas – Traitors

Best TV Film Actor 
Géza D Hegedűs – Traitors

Best TV Film Actress 
Dóra Sztarenki – Traitors

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(Translated from French)

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