Flóra Anna Buda (born March 4, 1991) is a Hungarian film director and animator based in Paris, France. She is mostly known for writing and directing the multi-award-winning short film 27, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023, where it won the Palme d'Or du court métrage. ^[1] Buda has also written and directed the award-winning short film Entropia (2019), which was her university graduation project at MOME. ^{[2] [3]}

Career

Buda studied animation at MOME (Budapest, Hungary) and graduated in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in animation and in 2018 with a master's degree in animation. ^[2]

After completing her studies, she began an internship at MIYU Productions, where she later became a film director.

Between 2018 and 2019, Buda participated in the European-Union-funded programme 'Animation Sans Frontières', ^[4] an international animation workshop at the École de l'image GOBELINS in Paris, France; the Filmakademie Baden Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany; The Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark; the MOME in Budapest, Hungary.

Buda also took part in two artist residencies between 2020 and 2022: she attended the Open Workshop, and international residency for animation directors at The Animation Workshop, and the International residency for animation directors CICLIC, in Vendôme, France. ^[5]

Her first professional film, 27, was completed in 2023 and premiered at Cannes Film Festival on the same year. ^[1]

Filmography

• The day when mother nature hit me (2015) - director, art director, animator ^[6]
• Superbia (2016) - color, clean up
• Entropia (2019) - director, art director, script writer ^[7]
• Symbiosis (2019) - background designer
• Born in Auschwitz (2021) - animator
• 27 (2023) - director, screenwriter, art director, background designer, layout artist, animator ^[1]

Recognition

Buda's Master's final project Entropia received the Teddy Bear Award at the 69th Berlinale in 2019. ^{[8] [3] [9]}

Her film 27 won the Palme d'Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival ^{[10] [11]} and the Cristal Award at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival. ^[12] In 2023, the film was nominated to the European Film Awards for Best European Short Film, ^[13] and shortlisted to the 2024 César Awards. ^[14] On December 21, 2023, 27 was also shortlisted to the 96th Academy Awards. ^[15]

References

External links

• Flóra Anna Buda at IMDb
• Flóra Anna Buda at Unifrance.
• Flóra Anna Buda on Vimeo.