SOUTHERN TRANSDANUBIA FILM FUND
The Southern Transdanubia Film Fund Project is one of those initiatives that have started to build up the Hungarian system of regional film funds. During the last years the film industry has been developing fast in Hungary, however the centre of the activities remained in Budapest for a long time. The city of Pécs is the first, and up to now the only, city in Hungary that has established a film commission, that also contributes to the organization of annual film events.
The main goal of The Southern Transdanubia Film Fund Project is to enhance the film initiatives and to strengthen the film industry's basis in the Pécs region. The film fund plans to support film productions, young artists as well as film education. The film fund project cooperates with the MMK (Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary) the Visual Art Faculty of the University of Pécs, the Pollack Mihály Faculty of Engineering (University of Pécs) the Greenhill Studios Company (studio facilities) and the Studio Beastarts Company (3D Digital Animation Studio).
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Cine-Regio representative - Mr. Tamás Joó
Tamás Joó studied film at the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest between 1996 and 2001. After the completion of his graduation film he studied with a scholarship at the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film in Munich and worked in various co-productions. In 2003 and 2004 Tamás Joó participated at the Masterclass for young European producers at La Fémis (Paris) and at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Ludwigsburg). Since 2005, Tamás Joó works for Eurimages, the cinema fund of the Council of Europe. Currently, he works as a deputy representative at the fund’s Hungarian Representation in Budapest and coordinates the establishment of the regional funding system in Hungary from the side of the central Hungarian film fund.
Mr. Janos Keresnyei
Janos Keresnyei is the project leader of the Southern Transdanubia Filmfund Project. He has been the general director of the Pecs TV Communications Ltd. in the city of Pecs-Hungary. Janos Keresnyei studied journalism, public relation, and producer knowledge at the Sandor Korda Producer Akademy. Mr. Keresnyei is in charge of the development of the film fund, which would be the most important part of the cultural industry in the Transdanubian region.
From 1 July 2008, Mr. Keresneyi is the chairperson of the Cultural Innovation Competence Center Association, KIKK.
CONTACT
Southern Transdanubia Film Fund
Lyceum u. 7.
7621 Pécs
Hungary
Tel: +36-72-513-100
Fax: +36-72-513-099
tamas.joo@filmunio.hu
keresnyei.janos@kikk.hu
www.filmlocationpecs.com