Born in 1980, Árpád Bogdán lived in a children’s home from the age of four. He started working as an actor and stage director in theaters and he organized creative forums for disadvantaged children using various aspects of theater, film, and literature. His directorial debut, HAPPY NEW LIFE (2007), premiered in the Panorama section at Berlinale 2007 and was awarded with the Manfred Salzgeber Award - Special Mention. The film was internationally acclaimed at several festivals includng Karlovy Vary International Film Festival – East of the West (competition, 2007), Ghent Flanders International Film Festival (competition, 2007), Lecce Festival of European Films (competition, 2007). His latest feature length fiction, Genesis premiered at Berlinale in 2018 and won a number of awards already.
Hungary