Contemporary Hungarian Film: Achievements and Challenges
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Hotel Post
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PhD DLA Andras SZEKFU
Professor and Head, Department of Film Studies, King Sigismund College, Budapest
| Dr. Szekfu earned his MA and his doctor's degree at Eotvos Lorand University Budapest. He has a Ph.D. from Pecs University, a habilitation at the University of West Hungary, Sopron, and a DLA in Film Studies from the University of Theater and Film, Budapest. Also, he is Titular Professor at Pecs University. Currently Dr. Szekfu is Head of the Department of Film Studies at King Sigismund College, Budapest. His present fields of research are (Hungarian) documentary cinema and film theories of the silent era (Ivan Hevesy, Bela Balazs). Dr. Szekfu has been frequent lecturer at Hungarian, Czech and Romanian universities. Twice he was guest professor at Salzburg University, and for 9 Semesters he was guest lecturer at Vienna University. He is Vice President of the Hungarian Communication Studies Association and member of the Presidium of the Hungarian Film Club Association. |
Laszlo VITEZY
Film Director, Budapest
| 1973 | Graduation at the Hungarian Academy of Theatre & Film Arts as cameraman and director |
| 1973-1979 | Member of the board of directors of Balázs Béla Studio, short film director of the News and a Documentary Film Studio |
| 1981 | One of the founders, executives and Director of the Társulás Studio, at the same time he is an external editor-director of the Hungarian Television |
| 1988 | One of the founders of the Mozgókép Democratic Trade Union |
| 1989 | Participant of the debate series of the Oppositional Round Table and national Round Table |
| 1987-1995 | Main director then executive of the cable channel of Zugló where he opens a documentary film and reporter workshop |
| 1992-2002 | Continuously working at the Hungarian Television, main director of the News, founder and editor-director of the political debate programme called Aktualis, producer and director of several documentary film series |
| 1998-2002 | Presidential advisor of Hungarian Television |
| 2002-2004 | Presidential advisor of Hir television |
Dr. Rüdiger STIX
Senior Legal Secretary, Department of Science, Research and Development, Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports of the Republic of Austria, Vienna
| Graduations: Theresian Military Academy | |
| University Vienna (Mag.iur. et.Dr.iur.) | |
| ZMNE University Budapest (PhD) | |
| 1975 | Austrian Army |
| 1979 | Professional Officer of the Austrian Army |
| 1980 | Company Commander (HVK1) |
| 1981 | MoD (juridical service, PersA) |
| 1983 | Cabinet of the MoD |
| 1986 | Deputy Head of the office of the MOD, afterwards head of the scientific support department of the MoD |
| 1991 | Vienna state legislative and City Council, with functions esp. in Urban Planning and Infrastructure, Traffic, Science, Europe, etc. |
| 2001 | After promotion (Ministerialrat), working in the Cabinet of the MoD |
| 2006 | Science, Research and Development Departement at Generalstaff/MoD |
| Academic Work esp. at MoD/Vienna and Corvinus University, VGT department |
