Richard Hajdú
Film Director
© Michel Vasset
February 12, 2020
Easy Digger Finishes Shooting
The docudrama Easy Digger has now finished shooting and enters post-production:) Watch this space for updates!
January 07, 2020
Final Draft Big Break Quarter Finalist Script
The script of Sweet Heart was named Quarter Finalist at the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest.
January 07, 2020
Directing Actors on Film Workshop
I have recently held a workshop on Directing Actors on Film.
Acting and Film Workshop 2019
January 07, 2020
Collaboration with London-based Hungarian Theatre Company
2020 will see a new year of collaboration between Richard Hajdú Studios and HubArt, a young Hungarian Theatre Company based in London. We will work together on theatre and film projects. For updates, follow HubArt's facebook page.
HubArt-Hungarian Theatre Company
January 01, 2020
EU MEDIA Funding for Crossing
The script of Crossing has received EU MEDIA funding. Watch this space:)
July 17, 2018
BAFTA Crew
I have been selected as a participant of BAFTA's Crew Programme. A fun-filled, wonderful year ahead! Thank you! Watch the space :)
April 06, 2017
Crossing in Clermont-Ferrand
My short film script Crossing was selected to participate at the Authors-Producers Meetings at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival by Maison des scénaristes. Crossing is an intimate drama set amidst the recent migration crisis in which a 9-year-old Middle Eastern refugee boy and a 90-year-old farmer have a dramatic encounter in the faraway Southeastern European farmlands cut away from civilization.
April 06, 2017
Black as Mud goes to Cannes
My oil mafia thriller feature script Black as Mud was invited to participate at the Authors-Producers Meetings organised by Maison des scénaristes at the 69th Cannes International Film Festival.
April 06, 2017
Where has S been screened?
Awards:
Prix du Public (Competition Labo) et Mention Spéciale du Jury Labo Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2015 (Clermont-Ferrand, France)
In Competition:
Regard sur le court International Short Film Festival 2015 (Québec, Canada)
Art Film Festival 2015 (Trenčianske, Teplice and Trenčín, Slovakia)
Valletta Film Festival 2015 (Valletta, Malta)
Filmcaravan Imperia International Travelling Shorts Festival 2015 (in the cities of Vasia, Cervo, Diano Castello, Cipressa, Imperia and Dolcedo in Liguria, Italy)
São Paulo International Short Film Festival 2015
Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival 2015 (Bristol, UK)
Off Courts Trouville International Short Film Festival 2015 (Trouville-sur-Mer, France)
26th Ljubljana International Film Festival 2015
25th Message to Man International Film Festival, Saint-Petersburg 2015 (International Competition)
18th Mecal, Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival
Screened:
TABAKALERA-International Contemporary Culture Centre 2015 (San Sebastian, Spain)
Le Forum des Images 2015 (Paris, France)
KASK-School of Arts 2015 (Ghent, Belgium)
BUSHO (Budapest Short Film Festival) 2015
Thank you all the wonderful festival programmers and enthusiastic audiences! And, as always, Sonja Zobel, Cameron Robertson, Rina Yang, Cristen Reading & Warren Spencer :)
April 06, 2017
S in the British Council Film Directory
British Council Film Directory
April 01, 2017
S wins Audience Award in Clermont-Ferrand
S has won the Audience Award and the Special Mention by the Jury (Lab Competition) at the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France. Merci beaucoup á tous! And especially Sonja Zobel, Cameron Robertson, Rina Yang, Cristen Reading and Warren Spencer! You guys rock! I couldn't be happier!
April 01, 2017
S selected in competition at world's largest short film festival
S, my short film about the intimate relationship between a young Eastern European prostitute sex-trafficked to the UK and her pimp, has been selected in competition at the 37th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France.
April 01, 2017
Eva and Noah turns into a drama for the stage
The Kindle edition of Eva & Noah (The Play) has been published by Amazon. It is the stage play version of my film Eva and Noah.
December 04, 2020
Diggerdrájver Streaming
Diggerdrájver, a Hungarian play (surtitled in English) is streaming from the Örkény István Theatre, Budapest on 6th December 8pm and 27th December 8pm:
https://orkenyszinhaz.hu/hu/orkeny-stream/stream-jegyek
My next film, Easy Digger is about the blogger whose blog is the basis for this play:)
April 26, 2020
Yet Another Success for S
S has been selected to be part of a research study on “Film Circulation on the International Film Festival Circuit” at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf. It is a great honour😊 A huge thank you to everyone who made it possible!
April 03, 2020
Development on Period Detective Thriller Series Starts
We are very excited to announce that development on the period detective thriller mini television series The Thirteen Days of Detective Marcell Fábián has started! It is based on the extraordinary novel by Hungarian novelist Róbert Hász.
March 15, 2020
No Fairy Tale Finishes Shooting
It is a wrap on hard-hitting documentary No Fairy Tale! Watch this space for updates as we enter post-production:)
February 12, 2020
Easy Digger Finishes Shooting
The docudrama Easy Digger has now finished shooting and enters post-production:) Watch this space for updates!
January 07, 2020
Final Draft Big Break Quarter Finalist Script
The script of Sweet Heart was named Quarter Finalist at the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest.
January 07, 2020
Directing Actors on Film Workshop
January 07, 2020
Collaboration with London-based Hungarian Theatre Company
2020 will see a new year of collaboration between Richard Hajdú Studios and HubArt, a young Hungarian Theatre Company based in London. We will work together on theatre and film projects. For updates, follow HubArt's facebook page.
January 01, 2020
EU MEDIA Funding for Crossing
The script of Crossing has received EU MEDIA funding. Watch this space:)
July 17, 2018
BAFTA Crew
I have been selected as a participant of BAFTA's Crew Programme. A fun-filled, wonderful year ahead! Thank you! Watch the space :)
April 06, 2017
Crossing in Clermont-Ferrand
My short film script Crossing was selected to participate at the Authors-Producers Meetings at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival by Maison des scénaristes. Crossing is an intimate drama set amidst the recent migration crisis in which a 9-year-old Middle Eastern refugee boy and a 90-year-old farmer have a dramatic encounter in the faraway Southeastern European farmlands cut away from civilization.
April 06, 2017
Black as Mud goes to Cannes
My oil mafia thriller feature script Black as Mud was invited to participate at the Authors-Producers Meetings organised by Maison des scénaristes at the 69th Cannes International Film Festival.
April 06, 2017
Where has S been screened?
Awards:
Prix du Public (Competition Labo) et Mention Spéciale du Jury Labo Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2015 (Clermont-Ferrand, France)
Nominations:
Grand Prix (Competition Labo) Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2015 (Clermont-Ferrand, France)
In Competition:
Regard sur le court International Short Film Festival 2015 (Québec, Canada)
Art Film Festival 2015 (Trenčianske, Teplice and Trenčín, Slovakia)
Valletta Film Festival 2015 (Valletta, Malta)
Filmcaravan Imperia International Travelling Shorts Festival 2015 (in the cities of Vasia, Cervo, Diano Castello, Cipressa, Imperia and Dolcedo in Liguria, Italy)
São Paulo International Short Film Festival 2015
Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival 2015 (Bristol, UK)
Off Courts Trouville International Short Film Festival 2015 (Trouville-sur-Mer, France)
26th Ljubljana International Film Festival 2015
25th Message to Man International Film Festival, Saint-Petersburg 2015 (International Competition)
18th Mecal, Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival
Screened:
TABAKALERA-International Contemporary Culture Centre 2015 (San Sebastian, Spain)
Le Forum des Images 2015 (Paris, France)
KASK-School of Arts 2015 (Ghent, Belgium)
BUSHO (Budapest Short Film Festival) 2015
Thank you all the wonderful festival programmers and enthusiastic audiences! And, as always, Sonja Zobel, Cameron Robertson, Rina Yang, Cristen Reading & Warren Spencer :)
April 01, 2017
S wins Audience Award in Clermont-Ferrand
S has won the Audience Award and the Special Mention by the Jury (Lab Competition) at the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France. Merci beaucoup á tous! And especially Sonja Zobel, Cameron Robertson, Rina Yang, Cristen Reading and Warren Spencer! You guys rock! I couldn't be happier!
April 01, 2017
S selected in competition at world's largest short film festival
S, my short film about the intimate relationship between a young Eastern European prostitute sex-trafficked to the UK and her pimp, has been selected in competition at the 37th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France.
April 01, 2017
Eva and Noah turns into a drama for the stage
The Kindle edition of Eva & Noah (The Play) has been published by Amazon. It is the stage play version of my film Eva and Noah.