Bálint Kenyeres

Filmmaker born in 1976 in Budapest After studying philosophy film history and film theory he graduated as a film director from the Budapest Film and Theatre Academy in 2006 Since then he has been a member of the European Film Academy His film Closing Time premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was selected for more than 30 other festivals His short Before Dawn was in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005 won a Jury Prize at Sundance and received the European Film Academy Prix UIP for Best European Short in 2006 His third short The History of Aviation premiered at Directors Fortnight in Cannes in 2009 and was selected for 50 film festivals Bálints first feature Hier a European coproduction premiered in Competition at the Locarno Film Festival in 2018