Hungarian nominee at the Oscars! – VIDEOS

The list of 2022 Oscar nominees has been published, and Hungarians may be particularly interested in some nominees: Dune, which came out last autumn, got nominated in the category of production design, and the production design team is represented by Zsuzsanna Sipos from Hungary, among others. You can also read about previous Oscars memorable for Hungarians.

Zsuzsanna Sipos

Besides set designer Patrice Vermette, Sipos was nominated as a set decorator. The sci-fi was made in a Hungarian filming location, with local creative staff, writes Forbes.hu.

The name of Sipos can also be found among the cast of another film by Denis Villeneuve, Blade Runner 2049, which was also shot mostly in Hungary. The British film academy, BAFTA, also found Dune’s production design work worth noting this year, noting Sipos as well.

Among Sipos’s previous works, we can find the series called The Alienist, which is also a domestic production, and for which the entire production design team was awarded by the Art Directors’ Guild in 2019.

You can read more about Sipos’s work here.

The gala will be held on the 27th of March, late at night according to Central European Time.

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Here is the trailer of Dune:

Hungarian Oscars

Previously, 4 Hungarian films won Oscars. The Budapester has made a list of them:

Mindenki / Sing (2016): Kristóf Deák, Anna Udvardy
Our most recent Oscar is from 2016. Kristóf Deák and Anna Udvardy were awarded the Golden Sculpture in the Best Actor short film category.

The full short film can be viewed on YouTube:

Saul fia / Son of Saul (2015): László Nemes Jeles 
The latest Hungarian feature film to win an Oscar is Saul’s son, directed by László Nemes Jeles. They won the award in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

Mephisto (1982): Szabó István
In 1982, István Szabó’s Mephisto was the first Hungarian feature film to win an Oscar for Best International Feature Film.

A légy / The Fly (1981): Ferenc Rófusz 
The first Hungarian film to receive an Oscar was the 1981 film, The Fly, made by Ferenc Rófusz.

The full short film can be viewed on YouTube:

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Source: forbes.hu, thebudapester.hu