In retaliation to the counterattacks that followed the suppression of the 1956 revolution and war of independence in Hungary, Peter Mansfeld, who had just turned 18, was executed on March 21st 1959 in a solemnly premeditated political manoeuvre...
Zoltán Szilágyi Varga was born in 1951 in Kíkes (Transylvania). He graduated as a graphic artist at the Ion Andreescu University of Fine Arts in Kolozsvár in 1976. From 1976 to 1985 he worked for Animafilm, the animation film studio of Bucharest (Romania). Between 1984-1986 he finished his studies at the Animation Direction Faculty of College Luca Caragiale for Theatre and Film Art (Bucharest). Since 1987 he has been working at Kecskemétfilm Ltd. as an animation director. He was awarded the Béla Balázs Prize, and was also acknowledged as a graphic artist. His films have won the Main Prize at several international film festivals (Oberhausen, Espinho).
Main films:
The Gordian Knot (1980), Arena (1982), Monologue (1983), Pure Image (1988), Cultural Historical Manoeuvre at Night (1992), Apropo (1994), A Monkey’s Tale (1999), Journey to the Centre of the Earth (2001), Koan/Don’t Speak! (2004), Death of Joyous Armenian (2005) – Award of the Best Script at the Annecy International Film Festival, The Widely Travelled Little Mouse / The Patronage by a Relative (2005) co-director Lajos Nagy – Category Award of Television Programme at Chineese Animation Film Festival (2005), Court Record / In Memoriam Peter Mansfeld (2006) – in competition programme at Berlin Film Festival (2007) and Annecy Film Festival (2007), Best Script (Special Award) of 8th Kecskemét Animation Film Festival (2007), Bronze Award at Damascus International Film Festival (2007), The Widely Travelled Little Mouse / Rocking on the Train (2007) – Best Animation (Special Award) of 8th Kecskemét Animation Film Festival (2007)
Category: MEDIAWAVE Festival / Gathering / MEDIAWAVE 2008
Genre: Animation
Nationalities: Hungary
Year: 2008
Director: SZILÁGYI VARGA Zoltán
7 min. 2006 BetacamSP, Colour, szöveges, Hungarian, English felírattal
Screenplay: Szilágyi Varga Zoltán
Operatőr: Cseh János
Animátor: Szilágyi Varga Zoltán
Zeneszerző: Melis László
Narrátor: Albert Péter, Baradlai Viktor