Hungarian actress wins at the International Emmys
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Marina Gera won the international Emmy for Best Performance by an Actress. She had never been previously nominated.
Marina Gera was nominated for an International Emmy also known as a tv Oscar for her role in Eternal Winter, while Trezor, a TV film by Péter Bergendy was nominated in the category of TV movie/miniseries category, reports Origo.
Hungarian contenders were nominated for the first time in the 47 year history of the International Emmy and two categories right away.
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And although Trezor did not win in its category, Hungarian film production was recognised all the same by Marina Gera becoming the best actress of this year’s gala for her outstanding performance in Eternal Winter.
The International Emmy for Best Performance by an Actress goes to Marina Gera for her role in “Örök Tél (Eternal Winter)” produced by Szupermodern Studio Ltd! #Hungary #iemmyWIN #iemmys pic.twitter.com/Gk3n53r2pV
— Intl Emmy Awards (@iemmys) November 26, 2019
Eternal Winter is an unsettling yet uplifting story about Hungarian victims dragged away by Soviets for forced labour in Gulag camps at the end of the second world war. It has been awarded a dozen times already; the best European TV film, Prix Europa Award but Attila Szász the director was also awarded at an A-category film festival in Montreal as well as at Tiburon International Film Festival were Szász and Norbert Köbli won for best screenwriter, Marina Gera for best actress and András Nagy for best cinematographer.
