Flóra Anna Buda

Flóra Anna Buda
Buda in 2024
Born (1991-03-04) March 4, 1991 (age 33)
Budapest, Hungary
CitizenshipHungarian
Occupations
  • Film director
  • art director
  • script writer
  • visual artist
Known for27
AwardsPalme d'Or du court métrage, Teddy Bear Award

Flóra Anna Buda (born March 4, 1991) is a Hungarian film director and animator based in Paris, France. She is mostly known for writing and directing the multi-award-winning short film 27, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023, where it won the Palme d'Or du court métrage.[1] Buda has also written and directed the award-winning short film Entropia (2019), which was her university graduation project at MOME.[2][3]

Career

Buda studied animation at MOME (Budapest, Hungary) and graduated in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in animation and in 2018 with a master's degree in animation.[2]

After completing her studies, she began an internship at MIYU Productions, where she later became a film director.

Between 2018 and 2019, Buda participated in the European-Union-funded programme 'Animation Sans Frontières',[4] an international animation workshop at the École de l'image GOBELINS in Paris, France; the Filmakademie Baden Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany; The Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark; the MOME in Budapest, Hungary.

Buda also took part in two artist residencies between 2020 and 2022: she attended the Open Workshop, and international residency for animation directors at The Animation Workshop, and the International residency for animation directors CICLIC, in Vendôme, France.[5]

Her first professional film, 27, was completed in 2023 and premiered at Cannes Film Festival on the same year.[1]

Filmography

  • The day when mother nature hit me (2015) - director, art director, animator[6]
  • Superbia (2016) - color, clean up
  • Entropia (2019) - director, art director, script writer[7]
  • Symbiosis (2019) - background designer
  • Born in Auschwitz (2021) - animator
  • 27 (2023) - director, screenwriter, art director, background designer, layout artist, animator[1]

Recognition

Buda's Master's final project Entropia received the Teddy Bear Award at the 69th Berlinale in 2019.[8][3][9]

Her film 27 won the Palme d'Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival[10][11] and the Cristal Award at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.[12] In 2023, the film was nominated to the European Film Awards for Best European Short Film,[13] and shortlisted to the 2024 César Awards.[14] On December 21, 2023, 27 was also shortlisted to the 96th Academy Awards.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c "'27' by Hungarian director Flóra Anna Buda wins Short Film Palme d'Or in Cannes │ Szegedify". Szegedify. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  2. ^ a b Robinson, Chris (2022-05-10). "Moholy-Nagy University Of Art And Design Through The Eyes Of Its Alumni". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  3. ^ a b Amidi, Amid (2021-04-15). "Short Pick Of The Day: 'Entropia' By Flóra Anna Buda". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  4. ^ Shorts, Berlinale (2019-02-01). "AN INTERVIEW WITH FLÓRA ANNA BUDA ABOUT ‚ENTROPIA'". Berlinale Shorts (in German). Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  5. ^ "You are being redirected..." www.animationmagazine.net. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  6. ^ "Flóra Anna Buda". NFI. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  7. ^ Shorts, Berlinale (2019-02-01). "AN INTERVIEW WITH FLÓRA ANNA BUDA ABOUT ‚ENTROPIA'". Berlinale Shorts (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  8. ^ "Berlinale: Entropia won the Teddy Award". NFI. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  9. ^ Team, Z. F. (2021-02-11). "Flóra Anna Buda: Curation of Short Animation Film Really Matters Online (Indie Online 2020 Project)". Zippy Frames. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  10. ^ "You are being redirected..." www.animationmagazine.net. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  11. ^ Team, Z. F. (2023-05-27). "'27' by Flóra Anna Buda Wins the Palme d'Or for A Short Film at Cannes 2023". Zippy Frames. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  12. ^ "Palmarès du festival d'Annecy 2023 : le Cristal attribué au réjouissant "Linda veut du poulet !"". www.telerama.fr (in French). 2023-06-18. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  13. ^ "Nominations". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  14. ^ "César 2024 : les nominations et la cérémonie - L'Officiel des spectacles". www.offi.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  15. ^ "96TH OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN 10 AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED". press.oscars.org. Retrieved 2023-12-28.