Csaba Szekeres is a multi-award-winning independent filmmaker. Born in a North-Hungarian small town (Mezőkövesd) in 1968. After graduating with a degree in Hungarian language and literature and film study from the College of Szombathely (Berzsenyi Dániel Főiskola) he moved to Paris to study the French theatre in 1993. He decided to pursue a career in filmmaking. Shot in the same year, his first documentary Provence Letters premiered at Spectrum (HBO distribution). Multitasking as a director, writer, editor and sometimes cameraman, he has over the past 15 years developed a Hungarian and international reputation with a range of unique and critically acclaimed short and feature documentaries with social reach. His more recent and perhaps best-known work includes Dream Tour (2005) that premiered at New York Festivals and won the Special Jury Prize. His latest film, Three Children, Three Fates – was nominated in 2009 for the Teaching Award Prizes in London. Awards: 2009 - NEXUS - Best director's prize - 40th Hungarian Film Week; 2007 - ZOZO – Camera Hungaria; 2007 - Dream Tour, New York Festivals, Special Prize; Golden Eye Prize, Camera Hungaria, Prizma Festival, Best director's prize; Hégető Honorka Prize. 2005 - Mom and Her Daughter - FILM.DOK Festival, Best Documentary; 2005 - Kinder Garden – The Best First Feature Film From Student Jury; 2004 - Anima Formosa – Ecumenical Film Festival; 2004 - The Train - FILM.DOK Festival; 2003 - Miami Blue – Hégető Honorka Prize; 2000 - Rom és virág – Best director's prize 31st Hungarian Film Week.
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