Orsi Nagypál [ É”rʃi nÉ’ÉŸpa:l ]
Hungarian writer&director for film and TV
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS
Orsi Nagypal is a Hungarian filmmaker who graduated at the prestigious London Film School in 2010.
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She is currently working on the post prod of her second feature, the US indie dystopian drama "The Deal", produced by Dean Devlin.
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In 2017 she shot her first feature film in Hungary "NYITVA/OPEN", a sexual dramedy on monogamy and its alternatives. The movie premiered in Montreal IFF in 2018, and arrived to Hungarian cinemas in October 2018 to critical acclaim.
Since 2011 Orsi is busy directing award winning short films and TV shows, commissioned by HBO Europe and the Hungarian National TV, and since 2019 the US CW. She worked on drama, romcom, fantasy and satire tv series, directed more than 70 episodes - taking the lead director's seat for 52 episodes.
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She is most interested in everyday heroes, human sexuality, and how we find our true selves whilst struggling with the constrains of our societies.
MIDPOINT Script Consultant Training, 2019
EKRAN Development Lab, 2014
BINGER Writer’s Lab 2011
Sources2 Development workshop 2011
Save Our Scripts workshop, London 2011
Pitching&Development Training of Bosch Co-Production Prize, 2011
Sarajevo Talent Campus, 2012
Low Budget Film Forum, Les Arcs 2010
Berlinale Talent Campus 2010
Low Budget Film Forum, Budapest 2009
Low Budget Film Forum, London 2008
FILMFESTIVALS, AWARDS
"Nyitva/Open"
WRITER & DIRECTOR, 96min, 2018
premiere: Montreal IFF 2019
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“East of Paris”
WRITER & DIRECTOR, 14min, 2013
special mention at the Bosch Co-Production Prize 2011
Friss Hús Budapest 2013, audience award
in competition at ALTER-NATIVE FF, Tirgu Mures, Romania 2013
in competition at 25th Trieste Film Festival 2014
in competition at Vilnius Int Film Festival 2014, Lithuania
in competition at Mediawave 2014, Hungary
in competition at Manlleu Film Festival 2014, Barcelona
in competition at Cinefest International FF, Miskolc, 2014
in competition at Short Shorts Tokyop Filmfest, 2015
“Roundabout”
WRITER & DIRECTOR, 17min, 2012
Short for sarajevo city of film workshop, 2012 , Sarajevo
Sarajevo Film Festival 2012, 8th july - BEST SHORT AWARD
in competition at Vilnius Film Festival, 2013
in competition Festival of Mediterranean Short Film Tangier, 2013
in competition at BUSHO, Hungary, 2013
in competition at Int Bogazici Film Festival, Istanbul 2013
in competition at Mediawave 2014
in competition at Sedicorto, Forli, 2014
screened at BIHFF, New York, 2013, Sofia Film Festival, 2013, GoEast Film Festival, Wiesbaden, 2013
“Cold Shower”
WRITER & DIRECTOR
HD RED, 13min, 2009
Popfilm, Duna Műhely, Gabriel Film Budapest, Hungary
in competition at the Hungarian Filmweek, 2010
in International Competition at Clermont Ferrand 2011!
in competition at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, US,2010
in competition at CortoSonici Varese Festival, Italy, 2011
in comp. at the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival, Australia, 2011
in competition at the TABOR Film Festival, Croatia, 2011
in competition at the KALIBER35 Film Festival, Munich, Germany 2011
Belo Horizonte Short Film Fest, Brazil, 2011,
Best Short Award at SOUTH EAST EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL, LA, 2012,
9th Zinegoak, International GLT Film Festival, Bilbao 2012, UNinvited Filmfestival 2012, France
“Naked Pact”
WRITER & DIRECTOR
HD RED, 17min, 2009
LFS, Gabriel Film Budapest, Hungary
in competition at the Hungarian Filmweek, 2010
in competition: Ivy Film Festival, USA, 2010
in competition: Whistling Woods Student Film Festival, Pune, 2010
in competition: Huesca International Short Film Festival, 2010
in competition: Manlleu Short Film Festival, 2010, Spain
in competition: CINEFIESTA 2010, Puerto Rico