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SAVING IT
by Andras Novak
Submitted for the
FESTIVAL DU FILM DE STRASBOURG 2010
9e FESTIVAL DU CINEMA DE PARIS
Director: Andras Novak
Producer: Andras Novak
Writer: Andras Novak
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 06:04 minutes
Original Format: HD
Leading Actress: Nikolett Muller
Leading Actor: Istvan Spigut
Photography: Balazs Marton
Art Direction: Andras Novak
Editing: Tamas Vasarhelyi
Synopsis of the Film: Times are changing and there's nothing you can do. Pyjama parties are a thing of the past!
Bio-filmography of the Director: BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY OF ANDRAS NOVAK
BIOGRAPHY
Andras Novak was born in 1948 in Hungary. After school he began a career as a rock & roll singer and later as an amateur filmmaker. From 1969 until 1972 he produced 4 short films, which won 5 national awards.
From 1973 until 1983, Mr. Novák worked in the fashion business as a designer and manufacturer of ladies-wear and apparel for men.
From 1984 he travelled around Europe before studying vedic philosophy in India for three years.
In 1988 Novak returned to Budapest and established Sweetwater Publishing, the first esoteric book publishing company of its kind in Hungary. He still is the Managing Director and CEO of the company, the most successful publisher and distributor of mind-body-spirit books in Hungary.
In 2004 Andras also established an independent film production company, Neemtree Productions to develop and produce his own films.
Besides working on several short films, Mr. Novák currently has two feature-length films in the script development phase, to commence production after 2010.
FILMOGRAPHY
SAVING IT - 2010 / Drama / 6 minutes / HD / Color / Stereo
MODEL (Modell) - 2009 / Drama / 14 minutes / Super 16mm + DV / Color + BW / Stereo
Special Mention - New York Short Film Festival
SEPARATION - NO CRIME HERE - 2009 / Drama / 4 minutes / HD / Color / Stereo
PRINCESS OF KATHMANDU - 2007 / Documentary / 29 minutes / DV Cam / Color / Stereo
SIREN (Sziréna) - 2006 / Drama / 11 minutes / 35mm / Color / DTS
Best Cinematography - Festival du Cinéma de Paris
Best Screenplay, Golden Palm Award - Mexico International Film Festial
Best Cinematography - WILDsound Film Festival
TRANSYLVANIA (Transzilvánia) - 1996 / Documentary / 35 minutes / video / Color
Third Price - Open Film Festival (Budapest)
CULT(O)URISM ’72 (Kulturisztika 72) - 1972 / Documentary / 36 minutes / 16mm / BW
Third Price of Short Films - Amateur Film Festival (Hungary)
HOLE IN MY SHOE (Lyuk a cipomön) - 1970 / Drama / 32 minutes / 16mm / BW
Third Price of Short Films - XVIII. National Film Festival
FAR FROM HOME (videoclip) (Olyan távol) - 1969 / Drama / 4:30 minutes / Format: 8mm / BW)
Best Short Film - XVIII. National Film Festival
Second Price of Short Films - Amateur Film Festival (Hungary). | 
Annual Program Without Frontiers - Saving It
