
MOME graduation film wins major award at the Fresh Meat
Katalin Sárdi's Greenhouse was awarded the prize for Best Hungarian Animation Film, which includes a HUF 300,000 cash prize. Comprised of animation film director Anna Flóra Buda, co-director of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival & Market Laurent Crouzeix, and director of Filmfest Dresden and a member of the Locarno Film Festival's Pardi di Domani selection committee Anne Gaschütz, the jury explained their choice, saying “We chose this film for its bold approach to storytelling and universe building. It features an immersive, surprising, bizarre, and trippy narrative with a captivating animation style.”
Anna Tőkés’s film, The Last Drop, received an Honourable Mention for its “immersive soundscape, fascinating insight into the competitive world of gymnastics, and creative storytelling”, as did Péter Vácz's Dog Ear, with the jury commenting: “This film moved us with its mature direction and honest approach. We couldn't overlook it without special mention.”
The Baltic Pitching Forum Award for Most Promising Film Project went to MOME Animation MA student Adél Szegedi for her project, Sun in Retrograde. The jury noted that it “portrays the romantic frustrations of a generation with a confident aesthetic sense suitable for the international stage, experimenting boldly with cinematic language”. The project automatically receives an invitation to the Baltic Pitching Forum and Networking Event in Vilnius.
The Fresh Pitch Animation Special Award was presented by Nóra Trokán to MOME alumna and external lecturer Réka Anna Szakály for her project, Witches' Sabbath.
Finally, Péter Vácz's animation, Dog Ear, won the Student Jury Award in the Hungarian competition programme. “We chose this film because, alongside its unique, heartwarming, childlike animation style, its message is incredibly important and relatable for all ages”, the student jury explained. "The film brought a few tears to our eyes with its subtle nuances and held its own among the other live-action films”, they added.