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Director Biography - Zsolt Pozsgai
Zsolt Pozsgai
Writer, film and theatre director
Producer: Horatio Film Llc. /film production/
Filmography
Zsolt Pozsgai /1960/ writer, director. He began his career in the theatre and has written nearly a hundred dramas, most of them directed by himself. His works have been performed in theatres in Europe, Asia and America. He is the best-known Hungarian author in foreign theatres. In addition to his theatre activities, he has been writing screenplays and directing films for twenty years. His filmography includes scripts for TV series – meaning nearly two hundred completed scripts – as well as award-winning feature films. His feature film on Vilmos Zsolnay, THE LOVER OF THE SOIL debuted at the category “A” Goa International Film Festival /India/ – Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film – and has since been screened at festivals around the world. He is currently working on the preparation of two Hungarian films, which he will shoot as writer and director in 2023.
The general director of the Pápa International Historical Film Festival www.pihff.com
His latest film work:
STAY WITH ME – screenplay, 2023 – for November 2023 – 48 Best Script Awards from over the world festivals.
LANDSLIDE /2024
RED FAUST /2022/
The Bishop and the Actor. In the same prison cell in 1944. The Actor's task: to guide the Bishop through his tragic life until his death. Time travel. Will you take the role of Bishop Faust? Wouldn't it be better to give up now? A real life, an extraordinary fate. The passionate, constant struggle between Priest and Actor, which is in all of us.
DARKING WAY /2021/
A historical film, from April 2021 to 30 April, 2021, it won awards at 258 major international film festivals around the world, mainly in the United States. Its participation at festivals is ongoing.
THE DEVOTED /2020/
A feature film about the meeting between Calvin and Ignatius of Loyola. It is distributed in several countries. The film has won 86 awards at international film festivals around the world, including the top prize at two of the world’s Christian film festivals – Argentina, Florida, USA. /89 international Awards/
TO BE, OR…? / a short short documentary film, 2020/
An award-winning film of numerous short film festivals.
TV series:
Other film work: scriptwriting for television series, writing and directing television films, writing and directing feature films. Writing scripts for German series.
Hungary, 1924. Due to the world economic crisis, poverty in parts of the country is immense. So in one part of the country, a law is passed that each woman can have only one child, so that there is no dispute about inheritance and no need to care for more children. But one young couple rebels against this barbaric law. Which is stronger? The film is based on a novel by one of Hungary's greatest writers, János Kodolányi.
- Year2024
- Runtime77 minutes
- LanguageHungarian
- CountryHungary
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorZsolt Pozsgai
- ScreenwriterZsolt Pozsgai
- ProducerCsaba Belénessy
- Executive ProducerÁron Őze, Andrea Koncz, Gábor Koncz
Director Biography - Zsolt Pozsgai
Zsolt Pozsgai
Writer, film and theatre director
Producer: Horatio Film Llc. /film production/
Filmography
Zsolt Pozsgai /1960/ writer, director. He began his career in the theatre and has written nearly a hundred dramas, most of them directed by himself. His works have been performed in theatres in Europe, Asia and America. He is the best-known Hungarian author in foreign theatres. In addition to his theatre activities, he has been writing screenplays and directing films for twenty years. His filmography includes scripts for TV series – meaning nearly two hundred completed scripts – as well as award-winning feature films. His feature film on Vilmos Zsolnay, THE LOVER OF THE SOIL debuted at the category “A” Goa International Film Festival /India/ – Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film – and has since been screened at festivals around the world. He is currently working on the preparation of two Hungarian films, which he will shoot as writer and director in 2023.
The general director of the Pápa International Historical Film Festival www.pihff.com
His latest film work:
STAY WITH ME – screenplay, 2023 – for November 2023 – 48 Best Script Awards from over the world festivals.
LANDSLIDE /2024
RED FAUST /2022/
The Bishop and the Actor. In the same prison cell in 1944. The Actor's task: to guide the Bishop through his tragic life until his death. Time travel. Will you take the role of Bishop Faust? Wouldn't it be better to give up now? A real life, an extraordinary fate. The passionate, constant struggle between Priest and Actor, which is in all of us.
DARKING WAY /2021/
A historical film, from April 2021 to 30 April, 2021, it won awards at 258 major international film festivals around the world, mainly in the United States. Its participation at festivals is ongoing.
THE DEVOTED /2020/
A feature film about the meeting between Calvin and Ignatius of Loyola. It is distributed in several countries. The film has won 86 awards at international film festivals around the world, including the top prize at two of the world’s Christian film festivals – Argentina, Florida, USA. /89 international Awards/
TO BE, OR…? / a short short documentary film, 2020/
An award-winning film of numerous short film festivals.
TV series:
Other film work: scriptwriting for television series, writing and directing television films, writing and directing feature films. Writing scripts for German series.
Hungary, 1924. Due to the world economic crisis, poverty in parts of the country is immense. So in one part of the country, a law is passed that each woman can have only one child, so that there is no dispute about inheritance and no need to care for more children. But one young couple rebels against this barbaric law. Which is stronger? The film is based on a novel by one of Hungary's greatest writers, János Kodolányi.
- Year2024
- Runtime77 minutes
- LanguageHungarian
- CountryHungary
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorZsolt Pozsgai
- ScreenwriterZsolt Pozsgai
- ProducerCsaba Belénessy
- Executive ProducerÁron Őze, Andrea Koncz, Gábor Koncz
