The award, named after Hungarian director Judit Ember, was presented to Csicsery by consul general Balázs Bokor.
The festival, organised by the Consulate General of Hungary in cooperation with the William Fox Hungarian Film Club, the United Hungarian House and Bunyik Entetainment, featured 28 films by Hungarian directors living in Hungary, the USA and Canada between March 25 and 31. The organisers plan more film festivals in the future based on the success of the first.
Other films that drew attention at the festival were "Born Dead - Children on the Edge of Survival" by director Hesna Al Ghaoui, "Tell Your Children" by András Salamon, "Journey Home" by Réka Pigniczky, "Parents with Limits and Gypsy Dreams" by Eszter Nordin, "Nomad Market - Three Wanderers" by Péter Szalay and "Spy in a One Horse Town - The Story of Gábor Rimner and Hunky Blues" by Péter Forgács.
