Hungarian Success at the Italian International Defence Film Festival

This year it was the 23rd time that the International Defence Film Festival (IDFF), the meeting of filmmakers in uniform was arranged, in Mid-November, in Italy, in the historical town of Bracciano, near Rome.

In response to the question of the honvedelem.hu, General Giorgio Zuchetti, the President of the Festival said that the original idea of the Festival was developed in 1989 by the Italian cultural association “Eserciti e Popoli" (Armies and People), which aimed at analysing and spreading styles, techniques and methods in filming. Following the first year’s success, they continued with this activity, consequently, the military filmmakers could meet – and the productions could compete with each other – for the twenty-third time this year, now at the Historical Archives of the Bracciano City Hall.

According to the information of Leonardo Tiberi, the chairman of the international jury, filmmakers of sixteen countries’ armed forces from four continents entered the film competition with about 50 productions. Accordingly, the productions of the Hungarian Military Film Studio entering in five categories, respectively, were competing with the works of their colleagues from Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Finland, Italy, The Netherlands, Pakistan, Rumania, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA.

The Military Film Studio made the documentary titled “History of Hungarian Military Aviation" on the 75th Anniversary of the birth of the Hungarian Air Force, utilising archive materials. This film won first prize at the Festival in the “tradition" category. In the awards ceremony Eng. Col. Dezső Juhász, the Defence, Military, Air Attaché of the Embassy of Hungary in Rome also participated.