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FAREWELLS - September 11, 2019

The last essay in Magyar Narancs:
The Dream of Completion

▼Haraszti Miklós: Fény minden sötétben / HVG
▼ Rév István: Örökre szabad /  Index-Fortepan
▼ Szenthe Antónia: Minden korban él 36 (lamed-vav) igaz ember / Szombat
▼ Hodosán Róza: Nagyon fontos a barátság / 168 óra
▼ Építészfórum
▼ Hungarian Architect, Dissident Laszlo Rajk Dies at 70 / The New York Times
▼ Laszlo Rajk, Hungarian architect, film designer and political dissident, dies at 70 / The Los Angeles Times
▼Florence La Bruyere: En Hongrie, László Rajk libre pour toujours /Libération
▼ Pető Andrea: Rajk László emlékezete / mandiner
▼ Földényi László: A hangja, igen a hangja... / Színház- és Filmművészeti Egyetem
▼ A tér tágassága / litera.hu - Magvető
▼A szabadság, mint munka / Mazsihisz
▼ Vladimir Tismăneanu: Adevăr, curaj, încredere: In Memoriam László Rajk, Jr. (1949–2019) /  Radio Europa Liberă - București
▼ Murányi Gábor: A név védelme / hvg360
▼Hamvay Péter: Hiábavalóság / hvg360
▼ Erika A. Kiss: In Memoriam Laszlo Rajk (1949-2019) / hungarianspectrum.org
▼ In Memoriam Laszlo Rajk / Production Designers Collective
▼ György Dalos: Wir trauern um László Rajk / Forschungsstelle Osteuropa an der Universitat Bremen

▼Ara-Kovács Attila: Rajk Laci / varosikurir.hu

▼ Herbert Wright: Remembering Laszlo Rajk / www.designcurial.com

▼Victoria Harms: Er war eben ein ganz großer Ungar. László Rajk (1949-2019)

▼Csendes emlékezés - 2019. október 6., Fiumei úti Sírkert / Csillag Ádám videója

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▼Post-Holocaust Drama ‘Those Who Remained’ Is Hungary’s Oscar Entry - Variety, September 3, 2019

 ▼Hungary has chosen Barnabás Tóth’s “Those Who Remained / Akik maradtak,” which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, as its official entry in the Oscars’ International Feature Film category. (September 3, 2019)

▼Masterclass at the TAU FILM FESTIVAL, in cooperation with the the Film Department of Beit Berl College, Cinematheque TLV, Tel Aviv, Israel (June 18, 2019)

▼Workshop at the Vilmos Zsigmond Film Festival (Szeged, Belvárosi Mozi, May 30, 2019)

▼ Structural Transformations of the Public Sphere / Colloquium and workshop, (Center for Human Values, Priceton University, USA, April 26-27,) 

▼Articles about RAJK’s exhibition at FUGA (February 2019)
Népszava
Magyar Narancs
Építészfórum
Élet és Irodalom
A documentary by Ádám Csillag 

▼ RAJK’s exhibition at Trapez Gallery, Budapest, Vernissage: February 14, 2019 at 6 PM

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▼ RAJK’s EXHIBITION at FUGA
Vernissage: February 7, 2019 at 6 PM

▼László Rajk won the Hungarian Critics’ Award for the set of  “Sunset” (February 1, 2019)

▼ Istvan Kovács’s short movie Ostrom /Siege is the winner of the Student Academy Awards (September 12, 2018)

▼ Two movies (production designer: Laszlo Rajk) are in competition at the 75th Venice International Film Festival for the Golden Lion:

Napszállta/ Sunset (director: László Nemes) in Venezia 75 Competition - won the FIPRESCI Prize

Anons / The  Announcement (director: Mahmut Fazil Coskun) in Orizzonti Competition  - won the Special Prize of the Jury

▼ Ivan Topolanszky’ movie Curtiz won the Grand Prix at the Montreal Film Festival (September 3, 2018)

▼ István Kovács’s short movie  Siege (Ostrom) will have its international premiére on 13th August at the Sarajevo Film Festival in Competition Program Student Films 2018 (July, 2018)

▼ István Kovács’s short movie “ Siege” won the Best Direction at the Friss Hús Short Film Festival in Budapest (April 8, 2018)

▼ How to camouflage your political message? Lecture at the Central European University, CEU (January 29, 2018)

▼ Art Department Masterclass, Vilnius (November 28, 2017.) 

▼ Member of the international jury at the 5th  Bosphorus Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey (November 17-26, 2017)

▼ A szabad művészetet választottam… (I chose the free art…) - interview with Laszlo Rajk by Andrea Soós on tranzitblog.hu (in Hungarian, September 15, 2017)

▼ Shooting of  Sunset (directed by László Nemes) started in Budapest (June 12, 2017)

▼Disobedient structures - exhibition in the Trapéz Gallery opens May 30, 2017 at 6.00 PM 

▼ Shooting of  The Announcement (directed by Mahmut Coskun) starts early April in Istanbul (April 3, 2017)

▼ Son of Saul (directed by László Nemes) wins the 70th British Film Academy Awards (BAFTA) - February 12, 2017

▼1945 (directed by Ferenc Török) European premiére at the Berlinale in February 2017

▼ “1945” (directed by Ferenc Török ) premiére at the Miami Jewish Film Festival - January 19, 2017  in  Miami Beach, USA

▼ Masterclasses at Sarajevo Film Academy, Film Factory, Sarajevo, Bosnia, December 1-10, 2016

▼ Lecture at Middlesex University, School of Media and Performing Arts, London, UK, November 29, 2016

▼Interview with Laszlo Rajk by Bill Brownstein: Can there be Art after Immense Human Tragedy? - (Montreal Gazette, November 4, 2016)

▼ Lectures and Masterclasses in Canada, November 4-8, 2016:  Art and the Holocaust: The Making of  Son of Saul
November 4 - Concordia University, Montreal
November 7 - Holocaust Education Week - Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Toronto
november 8 - Ryerson University, School of Image Arts, Faculty of Communications and Design, Toronto

▼ Laszlo Rajk was elected as a member of the  Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts (October 24, 2016)

▼A Memorial for the Victims of the 1956 Revolution designed by László Rajk was innagurated in Budapest in the garden of the Imre Nagy Memorial House (October 23, 2016)

▼La caja vacía (The Empty Box - directed by Claudia Sainte-Luce) premiére at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2016

▼ László Rajk (Art Director HU) received the Art Directors Guild honors - excellence in production design for a contemporary feature film: The Martian. (January 31, 2016)

▼ Son of Saul wins Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film - February 28, 2016

▼ International Masterclasses on Film Architecture, February - April 2016

▼ “ Oscars 2016: How architect László Rajk's designs gave 'Son of Saul' its suffocating authenticity… “ - interview with László Rajk by Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, February 14, 2016 - www.latimes.com 

▼ Son of Saul  is nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards - Oscars (January 14, 2016)

▼ Son of Saul won Golden Globe in the Best Motion Picture-Foreign Language Film Category. Production Designer: Laszlo Rajk (January 10, 2016)

▼ The Martian won Golden Globe in the Best Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy Category. Art Director HU: Laszlo Rajk (January 10, 2016)

▼A Memorial for Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Hans von Dohnanyi designed by László Rajk was innagurated in Budapest (December 10, 2015)

▼ Son of Saul nominated for 2016 Golden Globe (December 10, 2015)

▼ Read the VARIETY - TOP BILLING article (December 2nd, 2015) on the Son of Saul.

▼ Read the ANATOMY OF A CONTENDER story of the Hollywood Reporter on the Son of Saul… (November 11th, 2015)

▼ Betonzaj (Concrete Noise) is in competition at the Montreal World Film Festival in September 2015

▼ Son of Saul won the Special Prize of the Jury at the Sarajevo Film Festival (September 2015)

▼ Son of Saul won the Grand Prix at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival

▼ Son of Saul was named best film by FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival 

▼Princeton University Center for Human Values
Film, Democracy and Liberal Education, workshop, May 1-2, 2015

▼ Master Class: Centro de Capacitación Cinematigráfica, A.C., Mexico City, April 10, 2015

▼ Shooting of La Caja Vacía starts early April in Mexico City

▼ Mirage’s Premiére in Slovakia at the Febiofest International Film Festival, March 20, 2015

▼ Mirage’s Premiére in Hungary - November 13, 2014

▼ Sarajevo Film Academy - 
Film Factory - Master Class
November 2-8, 2014

▼ Mirage ’s world premiére: Szabolcs Hajdu’s new movie at the Toronto International Film Festival, in September 2014 

▼ Princeton University Center for Human Values

February 17, 2014- Rocky Theater
Master Class: City Space as a Vicious Circle - visual design of Bela Tarr's Man from London
Film Forum 

February 19, 2014- Rocky Dining Room
The Converging Arts of Video Games and Cinema - public conversation
Film Forum 

February 21-22, 2014 - 301 Marx Hall
Architecture, Urban Space, and Democracy
A Workshop under the Auspices of the History of Political Thought Project

February 24, 2014- Rocky Theater
Discussion on Final Cut (2012) by György Pálfi
Film Forum

▼ Library of Congress, Washington D.C.,

February 27, 2014 - Pickford Theater
Lecture: City Space as a Vicious Circle - visual design of Bela Tarr's Man from London
see the webcast: link