Festival director Dieter Kosslick will present the award to Mészáros at a ceremony on February 13. The Berlinale Camera is awarded to a film personality to whom the film festival feels especially attached. The award is a way of expressing thanks and has been given every year since 1986
Mészáros's film Adoption will be screened after the ceremony. Mészáros won a Golden Bear for the film at the 1975 Berlinale, making her the first female director to receive award.
Mészáros was one of the first two Hungarians to attend the festival that year. The other was Judit Elek, who brought her film In Istenmezejé 1972-73 to the festival.
Five Hungarian films are on the programme for this year's Berlinale: Court Record - In Memoriam Péter Mansfeld, Iska's Journey, Happy New Life, Men in the Nude and Children of Glory. Additionally, the festival's Forum selection will include a Serbian-Hungarian-German co-production film by director Srdan Golubovic entitled The Trap.
The youngest generation of Hungarian filmmakers will be represented by screenplay writer András Gerevich, director István Madarász, actress Kata Pető and director Péter Vadócz at the Berlinale Talent Campus.
Source: Hungarian Film Union
