The prize was established by the Hungarian Society of Cinematographers (HSC) to honour György Illés, a Kossuth Prize-winning cinematographer who died last year.
The Golden Eye Prize for best feature film this year went to Opium, and the prize for best short was for Sunday. Both films were shot by Máthé. In the foreign film category, the HSC recognised Evening, shot by Gyula Pados.
The cinematographer Csaba Talán won the top prize in the documentary category for Predestined, and László Reich's 56 Flashes was acknowledged as the best dramatisation. The prize for best experimental film went to the cinematographer Tibor Varja for Light Towers.
Prizes went to Gábor Balog in the educational category, Zsolt László in the entertainment category and Tibor Nemes in the music film category.
Csaba Cs. Csendes was recognised for his work in the news reporting category, Frigyes B. Marton in the television series category and Gábor Szepesi in the television film category. Zoltán Mayer was recognised in the music video category.
Legend Prizes went to János Badal, Ferenc Széchenyi and István Hildebrand.
Prizes were awarded for the first time this year for the work of lighting technicians. They went to József Marton, Béla Romwalter and Miklós Hajdú.
The winners of the prizes were selected by the six-member jury of Miklós Gurbán, Iván Kapitány, Iván Márk, András Nagy, András Szalai, and Elemér Ragályi.
