Ágnes Kocsis
Ágnes KOCSIS (1971, Hungary) studied at the University of Budapest Faculty of Arts, majoring in Polish Language and Literature, Aesthetics and Film Theory. With Fresh Air (2006), her first feature film, she won several prizes, including Best Film in Brussels, Best First Feature at the Hungarian film week, and the FIPRESCI Award in Warsaw. Adrienn Pál (2010) won the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section and was nominated for the Grand Prize in Warsaw. Eden (2020) is her third feature film.
Filmography
Szortírozott levelek/Assorted Letters (2000, short), Ugyanúgy volna, mint Sandokan…/It Would Be Like Sandokan… (2001, short doc), 18 kép egy konzervgyári lány életábol/18 Pictures from the Life of a Conserve Factory Girl (2003, short), A vírus/The Virus (2005, short), Friss levego/Fresh Air (2006), Pál Adrienn/Adrienn Pál (2010), Magyarország 2011 (2012, segment), Éden/Eden (2020)
Ágnes Kocsis at IFFR
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Fresh Air
Very visual and minimalist debut about a lonely Hungarian mother and her daughter. Her work cleaning toilets has given the mother an obsession for
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Eden
Can love save Éva from a world that is making her sick, or will she have to stay in her sterile apartment forever?
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Adrienn Pál
An alienated, overweight nurse whose life is surrounded by death sets off to find her long-lost childhood friend, Adrienn Pál. In the process, she