Flóra Anna Buda | |
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 Buda in 2024 | |
| Born | Budapest, Hungary |
| Citizenship | Hungarian |
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| Known for | 27 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or du court métrage,Teddy Bear Award |
Flóra Anna Buda (born March 4, 1991) is aHungarian film director and animator based inParis, France. She is mostly known for writing and directing the multi-award-winning short film27, which premiered at theCannes Film Festival in 2023, where it won thePalme d'Or du court métrage.[1] Buda has also written and directed the award-winning short filmEntropia (2019), which was her university graduation project atMOME.[2][3]
Buda studied animation atMOME (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 theÉcole de l'image GOBELINS in Paris, France; theFilmakademie Baden Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany;The Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark; theMOME 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 atThe 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 atCannes Film Festival on the same year.[1]
Buda's Master's final projectEntropia received theTeddy Bear Award at the69th Berlinale in 2019.[7][3][8]
Her film27 won thePalme d'Or at the2023 Cannes Film Festival[9][10] and the Cristal Award at the 2023Annecy International Animation Film Festival.[11] In 2023, the film was nominated to theEuropean Film Awards for Best European Short Film,[12] and shortlisted to the 2024César Awards.[13] On December 21, 2023,27 was also shortlisted to the96th Academy Awards.[14]