The festival organised by the Hungarian Hollywood Council, the Municipality of Mátészalka, and Origo Film Group Zrt, with support from the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI) had three competition categories: feature films, documentaries and short films.

Noémi Veronika Szakonyi’s debut feature Six Weeks / Hat hét received the award for Best Feature Film as well as Best Actress (Katalin Román) and the Mátészalka Audience Award.

The guest of honour and honourary chairwoman of the jury was Jill Curtis-Weber, widow of the legendary Hollywood actor.

The Tony Curtis International Film Festival was held 19 - 21 September 2024.

The 2025 edition of the festival will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Tony Curtis's birth.

WINNERS:

Best Feature Film:
Six Weeks / Hat hét (Hungary)
Directed by Noémi Veronika Szakonyi
Produced by Sparks
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)

Best Documentary:
I Will Not Die / Nem halok meg (Hungary)
Directed by Asia Dér

Best Short Documentary:
Deer Bell / Szarvasbőgés (Hungary)
Directed by Edit Jakab

National Association of Entrepreneurs’ Award for Best Short Film:
Will My Parents Come to Visit Me (Germany, Austria, Somalia)
Directed by Mo Harawe

Hungarian Hollywood Council Paramount Premium Award:

Kaláka – From the Carpathians to the Caribbean / Kaláka – a Kárpátoktól a Karib-tengerig (Hungary)
Directed by Réka Pigniczky

Mastergame / Mesterjátszma (Hungary)
Directed by Barnabás Tóth
Produced by Innoplay
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)

The Activated Man (USA)
Directed by Nicholas Gyeney

Somewhere in Between (France, Egypt, Lebanon)
Directed by Dahlia Nemlich

Voiceless (Afganistan)
Directed by Zahra Mojahed

The Other End of the Street / Az utca másik végén (Hungary)
Directed by Kálmán Nagy

Best Director:
Áron Gauder for Four Souls of Coyote / Kojot négy lelke (Hungary)
Produced by Cinemon Entertainment
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)

Best Cinematographer:
Steven Samy for Will My Parents Come to Visit Me / Meglátogatnak-e a szüleim (Hungary)

Best Actor:
Zoltán Bezerédi in All About the Levkoviches / Lefkovicsék gyászolnak (Hungary)
Directed by Ádám Breier
Produced by Ulab
Coproduced by Proton Cinema
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)

Best Actress:
Katalin Román in Six Weeks / Hat hét (Hungary)

Mátészalka Audience Award:
Six Weeks / Hat hét (Hungary)

CinProCas Special Award for Outstanding Cinematography in a Feature Film:
Zoltán Dévényi for All about the Levkoviches and Six Weeks

CinProCas Special Award for Outstanding Cinematography in a Short Film:
Karim El Ali for Somewhere in Between (Lebanon)

Click HERE to read a press release about The Activated Man.