{"id":17032,"date":"2020-02-25T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.krakowfilmfestival.pl\/?p=17032"},"modified":"2020-05-10T14:46:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T12:46:31","slug":"the-dragon-of-dragons-for-the-cinemas-alchemist-peter-forgacs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.krakowfilmfestival.pl\/en\/the-dragon-of-dragons-for-the-cinemas-alchemist-peter-forgacs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dragon of Dragons for the cinema’s alchemist \u2013 P\u00e9ter Forg\u00e1cs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Every year, the Krakow Film Foundation Programme Council grants the Dragon of Dragons award for the exceptional contribution to the development of the international cinema. During the anniversary 60th<\/sup> Krakow Film Festival, the award will go to Péter Forgács – the outstanding Hungarian documentary filmmaker and a world-famous multimedia artist.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nextraordinary works of Forgács are based on the original technique of making\nfilms from ready-made materials, shot by other authors. The artist devoted many\nyears to collecting, archiving, reconstructing and editing old, damaged,\namateur film tapes, giving them new meanings. The images set in the realities\nof the dramatic fates of Hungary and Europe of the 20th<\/sup> century,\nseem to remind that the history of the world is a collection of ordinary\npeople’s personal stories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Just like alchemists dreamt about turning base metals into gold, for several dozen years Forgács has been meticulously using the found old tapes of home films, shot by amateurs, to make impressive cinematic montage film, giving his findings new life in image and sound. Starting from the establishment of the Private Photo & Film Archives Foundation in Budapest, 1983, to the subsequent findings in various European countries, he became the unquestionable master of his own original form: found footage,”<\/em> this is how the choice of this year’s winner is explained by the President of the Krakow Film Foundation Programme Council, critic and film theorist, Prof. Tadeusz Lubelski.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n