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| János Can Togay |
Cinema Total?s contribution to the Berlinale has now become a tradition offering an important platform for Central Eastern European cinema as well as a reflection of cooperation in the region, said CHB director János Can Togay.
He said this year?s Cinema Total was being organised in cooperation with the Polish Institute in Berlin and the Polish Film Institute under the title Central European Space.
A number of roundtable talks on film policy are planned for the programme on February 11-15. The producer and government commissioner Andrew G. Vajna will represent the Hungarian National Film Fund.
The chief patron of this year?s Cinema Total is Doris Pack, chairperson of the European Parliament?s Committee on Culture and Education.
The guests of honour will be Mari Törőcsik and Márta Mészáros, ?living legends? of Hungarian film.
Mészáros was the first woman director to win the Golden Bear at the Berlinale in 1975. She was presented the Berlinale Kamera lifetime achievement award in 2007.
In addition to her work in film, Mészáros is an emblematic figure in Polish-Hungarian relations, Can Togay said.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
