Gábor Fabricius
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Born | October 25, 1975 Budapest, Hungary |
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Occupation | film director, writer, screenwriter, media designer |
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The native form of this personal name is Fabricius Gábor. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Gábor Fabricius (Budapest, October 25, 1975 -) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter, writer and media designer.
Early life and education[]
Gábor Fabricius was born in Budapest. He graduated from the Eötvös József Gimnázium, Budapest, in 1994.[1] Later he continued his studies and in 2003 was awarded his diploma in media design from Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest.[2]
Fabricius graduated in 2005 with an MA from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.[citation needed] After graduating, he began his film career as an intern at Scott Free Films, Ridley Scott's production company.[3]
Career[]
In 1997 Fabricius founded the creative agency Republic Group. He was the media designer for the new company and directed several commercials himself.[4] As a media designer and creative director, Fabricius and his company have won awards such as the Golden Media Lion at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in 2000,[4] as well as the Sabre Award and a Silver Clio Award in 2017.[5] In the early 2000s, Fabricius founded the non-profit foundation Ittvan.org, which focused on social awareness campaigns. In 2008, the British Council awarded him the Multiculturalism Prize for his work as an intercultural mediator.[6] In 2010 Fabricius founded the creative film company Otherside Stories.[7]
Since 2014 he has taught photography at his former alma mater the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest.[8] By 2018, Fabricius had founded BrandFestival, a communication forum in Hungary. He has published on political marketing in Magyar Hírlap and Figyelő.[6]
Films[]
Fabricius started making short films[9] in 2006. That year he made his first short film Live, in connection with the Sziget Fesztivál.[10]
In the same year, he wrote and directed his short film Grown Ups (Felnőttek), which was screened at the Naoussa International Film Festival in Greece.[11]
Fabricius’ short film Bianka was released in 2012, reflecting the tensions of the Roma issue in Hungary at the time.[12]
A short film about evictions, called Skinner (Sintér), which is set against the backdrop of the local underworld and the housing mafia followed in 2014.[13] Skinner had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.[14] The film also presented in 2015 at the Vilnius International Film Festival in Lithuania, the Cork International Film Festival in Ireland, the Vukovar Film Festival in Croatia and the Raindance Film Festival in London.[15] The film later won Magyar Média Alap's Huszárik Zoltán Award in 2015.[16]
Fabricius made his short film Dialogue (Dialógus) in 2017, which deals with the issue of migration. The film was screened in the Zurich International Film Festival in the "Neue Welt Sicht Ungarn" section. It was subsequently included in the CinEast Film Festival in Luxembourg and the Mumbai International Film Festival in India, as well as the FabioFest Film Festival in the Czech Republic. Dialogue made its US debut at the 2018 Sacramento Film Festival.[citation needed]
Erasing Frank[]
Fabricius' first feature film, (Eltörölni Frankot), completed in 2021, is a socio-political drama. Set behind the Iron Curtain of 1983 Budapest, Eastern Europe, the film follows Frank, a songwriter and singer of a banned punk band, who, as a representative of his generation, speaks out against the totalitarian regime and subsequently has to flee from retaliation.[17] The film was produced by Otherside Stories and supported by National Film Institute (NFI).[18]
Erasing Frank was selected by the Venice International Film Critics to have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on 5 September 2021.[19][20] At the film festival, Fabricius fetched the award for most innovative film by the International Critics' Academy of Venice Biennale.[18][21] In their tributes at the Venice awards ceremony, the foreign critics stressed that in making their decision they had judged the movie to be a film with a special atmosphere, a significant and moving work.[22] The Academy also awarded the International Starlight Cinema Award to Benjamin Fuchs, the protagonist in Fabricius' award-winning film, for the most powerful and memorable performance, making him the first Hungarian actor to receive this honour.[22][23]
While the film was screened in black and white at the Venice world debut as well as later in the art cinema networks, a color version of the film will be shown in traditional cinemas. The Hungarian release date is 7 October 2021.[24]
Screenplays[]
As a screenwriter Fabricius has also written the screenplays for the films Skinner, Dialogue and Erasing Frank.
He completed the script for Erasing Frank in 2018, two years before the film started shooting, and participated in several international film festival's screenwriting competitions, including Sarajevo,[25] Karlovy Vary,[26] and Vienna, where he was awarded a podium too.[27]
Books[]
In 2009, Fabricius published his first short stories in his book Puha Neon Fejlövés (Soft Neon Headshot), in which he looks at the causes of the loss of values of the Hungarian upper class.[28]
His second book, Másik bolygó (Another Planet)[29] debuted in 2016. It is about young Hungarians who hitchhike to the West after the fall of communism.[30][31]
References[]
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- ^ www.pro-idea.cz, Pro-idea s r o /. "Gabor Fabricius | MIDPOINT Institute". www.midpoint-institute.eu. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ a b "mmonline.hu | Az ötletgazda". mmonline.hu (in Hungarian). 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "Republic Group celebrates with a Silver Clio | Trademagazin". trademagazin.hu. 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ a b "Budapest Town Interjú Fabricius Gáborral, a reklámszakma nagyágyújával - VIDEÓ". Noizz.hu (in Hungarian). 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "Otherside Stories [HU] - Production Companies". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ Eszter, Mazányi (2014-09-02). "Fabricius Gábornak a rövidfilm az út magához". divany.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "Otherside". Vimeo. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ Zita, Kovács (2006-11-07). "Film készült a Szigetről". mfor.hu - Menedzsment Fórum (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ FELNŐTTEK - rövidfilm vetítés a KINO-ban https://archiv.magyar.film.hu/filmhu/naptar/kategoriak/mozi/felnottek-rovidfilm-vetites-a-kino-ban.html
- ^ "Festival Scope". pro.festivalscope.com. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ Cipriani, Casey (2014-08-12). "TIFF Adds 'Clouds of Sils Maria' and 'Two Days, One Night,' Reveals 5 More Lineups". IndieWire. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ Kay2014-08-12T15:00:00+01:00, Jeremy. "Toronto launches Short Cuts International". Screen. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "Festival Scope". pro.festivalscope.com. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "A berni követ nyert tévéfilm-kategóriában a Médiatanács elsőként megrendezett filmesdíj-gáláján, a Mecenatúra-díjátadón". nmhh.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ Népszava. "Bébel örök". nepszava.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ^ a b admin. "Index – Culture – Gábor Fabricius 'film in Venice also won the critics' prize". Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ^ Project Book Midpoint Feature Launch Generation 2018 FL-KVIFF Pitch Book https://www.kviff.com/docs/2018/FL-KVIFF-pitch-book.pdf
- ^ Rosser2020-05-14T12:26:00+01:00, Michael. "Hungary's NFI backs three films as production awaits relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions". Screen. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "Hungary's Erasing Frank Fetches Venice Biennale's Award for Most Innovative Film". Hungary Today. 2021-09-11. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ^ a b Alexandra, Kozár (2021-09-09). "Rangos díjat kapott Fabrícius Gábor filmjénak főszereplője a Velencei Filmfesztiválon". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ^ admin. "Index – Culture – Gábor Fabricius 'film in Venice also won the critics' prize". Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ^ Szonja, Kitzinger (2021-08-10). "Színesben és fekete-fehérben is jön Fabricius Gábor első nagyjátékfilmje". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "Cinelink Co-Production Market Selection 2018". sff.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ Lang, Jamie (2018-07-07). "Karlovy Vary, MIDPOINT Launch Program for Projects In Development". Variety. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "Magyar sikerek a Let's CEE filmfesztiválon". filmhu - a magyar moziportál. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "Puha Neon Fejlövés". Antropos.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ B3V3Z3T3M. "Más bolygó". bevezetem.eu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "Fabricius Gábor: Más bolygó – Regényrészlet". Irodalmi Jelen (in Hungarian). 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "A Könyvpercek magazin 2016. október 18-i adása". infostart.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- 1975 births
- Hungarian film directors
- Hungarian screenwriters
- Alumni of Central Saint Martins
- People associated with Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
- Clio Award winners
- Living people