
“Transparency International Hungary organised a series of educational and cultural events called ‘Átláccó’ Festival on the 9th of December, on the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day. The aim was to promote the organisation’s anti-corruption activities to the members of the younger generation and to encourage them to support TI as volunteers”, claimed Noémi Alexa, the executive director of TI Hungary.
The opening event of the programme was a workshop on Wednesday in the Student Information and Resource Centre (called Hallgatói Információs Központ in Hungarian, abbreviated HIK). The topic of the discussion, entitled ’Interaction of Watchdogs’ was the co-operation of NGOs, the press and the public for a transparent public life. Among the participants were the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway, Siri Ellen Sletner and Norwegian journalist Siri Gedde-Dahl.
Short movie competition, award ceremony and reception
The Winner of TI’s short movie competition was announced on the occasion of the ‘Átláccó’ Festival. At the reception following the announcement TI welcomed Gordon Bajnai, Prime Minister of Hungary, Robert Milders, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Holland, Árpád Kovács, President of the State Audit Office of Hungary, and actress Karina Kecskés.
The jury has come to a decision:
1st prize: Júlia Széphelyi: ’Átláccó’, short movie – HUF 500.000
2nd prize: Eszter Kemény and Dániel Molnár: ’Station’, short movie – HUF 150.000
2nd prize: Balázs Ruszty: ’Walzer’, short movie – HUF 150.000
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Members of the jury were director Ferenc Török, actress Karina Kecskés, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Holland Mr. Robert Milders, businessman Gábor Bojár, and arts & business expert András Török.
“Júlia Széphelyi’s short movie titled ’Átláccó’ addresses the young generation using their own language. It is speaking to those who hopefully still have a fresh and different approach to the problem of corruption”, claimed director Ferenc Török. “The movie doesn’t use the well-known language of commercials – its humorous and playful style is more original and is centred on thought.”
The second prize witnessed a tie. “I enjoyed the movie ’Station’ because it depicts how good it feels to reject corruption”, said Gábor Bojár, President of Graphisoft.
Robert Milders, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Holland, argued that this movie targets the younger generation above all. “They are the target audience for whom it is essential to acquire a corruption-free way of thinking”, he said. András Török, executive director of Summa Artium, claimed that “the movie directed by Balázs Ruszty is memorable because it depicts corruption as a surprisingly long chain of events. The movie is an extremely effective piece using simple means.”
All members of the jury agreed that most of the movies applied present corruption in an uncomplicated manner using the regular examples, whereas the winner pieces all go beyond this line. Creativity, playfulness and authenticity are all major characteristics of these works, which all aim to address the younger generation in the first place. A change of attitude can be achieved successfully through targeting this generation, and that is exactly what these movies have accomplished.
“We have received a lot of great movies, therefore I am sure that the jury had a tough job. I am very glad that the movies the jury selected all have positive endings, because the main message of this event is that we all can do something about corruption”, said Ms. Alexa.
Jazz in Gödör
As the closing event of Anti-Corruption Day, the winning pieces were presented again in Gödör from 20:30, followed by a great concert by Szakcsi Trio.