Barna Kabay

film director

Budapest, 15 August 1948

Corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2023–2025)

Full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2025–)

In the course of Hungarian film history, a number of enduring creative partnerships have emerged (for example Miklós Jancsó – Gyula Hernádi, Béla Tarr – László Krasznahorkai). Yet the “triumvirate” formed by Barna Kabay, Imre Gyöngyössy, and Katalin Petényi may be regarded as unique, since their bond was not merely a professional collaboration and friendship, but a mission in the fullest sense of the word.

Meritorious Artist of Hungary

State award for artists who have created outstanding artistic values over a prolonged period in Hungarian national culture and artistic fields (theatre, music, dance, circus, film, visual, photography, applied arts), and who already hold an artistic award granted by the minister responsible for culture. The recipient is entitled to the title “Meritorious Artist of Hungary” (short: “Meritorious Artist”).

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2015

governmental award

Balázs Béla Award

The highest state professional award that can be granted by the Minister responsible for culture to filmmakers and television creators.

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