FEATURE Films
One Day
(Egy nap) - 2018, dir.: Zsófia Szilágyi
(Hungary, 2018, 99 mins) FIPRESCI Prize in Cannes 2018 (Critics Week). "The precise camera work and the powerful mise-en-scène convey the extraordinary intensity and tension of an utterly ordinary situation with feeling, humor and drama. A remarkably confident debut."
The Cannes FIPRESCI jury
Camerimage 2018 - Best Debut Cinematography - nominated
Cannes 2018 FIPRESCI Prize
Cleveland International Film Festival - Main price
EFA - European Film Awards - European Discovery - Prix Fipresci - nominated
Luxembourg CinEast - Grand Prix winner
24th Sarajevo Film Festival Awards - opening gala film - nominated
Sidney, Kosice, Kairo and many more festival participation
Blazing
(Begyulladva) - 2023 dir.: Balázs Dudás
A twisted bildungsroman, with dramatic and comic elements: the young protagonist is unwilling to accept what the rural industrial town’s society can offer or its expectations, therefore he isolates himself and revolts by taking his own path, leading to risky and illegal situations.
script and in-progress development workshops
NHFF Incubator Program 2019
Connecting Cottbus 2022, Studio Beep & D-Facto award
Budapest Debut Film Forum
17th Sofia Meetings 2020
Now is Now
(Most van most) - 2019 dir.: Peter Szajki
New York Film Awards 2021
Swindon SwIFF 2021, Best Picture
Commercials
Telenor
Christmas campaign - 2021 - dir: Zoltán Nagy
"Say I'm here - The story of the little match girl campaign"
won the Grand Prize and the Agency of the Year Award, organised by the Association of Hungarian Communication Agencies in 2021.
orange
"Film Studio Tour" commercial for Orange TV/VOD (CZ)
mastercard
2023 - dir / dop: Balazs Domokos
"Airport lounge at Budapest" commercial for mastercard
varilux
dir: Balázs Dudás
"Gianni" commercial for Varilux
Hungarian
Post Ltd.
2022 - dir: Zoltán Nagy
"Christmas campaign" commercial for Magyar Posta Zrt.
datingLINE
dir: Balázs Dudás
"Dora & Adam" commercial for Randivonal dating site
Documentaries
I won't die
(Nem halok meg) - 2024 dir.: Asia Dérova
Gabor is a successful, confident gallery owner, part of the artist high society of Budapest. He is always busy, for him, there is no invincible obstacle, he has reached where he is, on his own. A hurtful breakup and the diagnosis of a fatal illness gives him a chance to revise his values and choices. He does not look at his illness as a tragedy, but as an opportunity for a complete new beginning. He miraculously survives pancreatic cancer, but the question remains: what is the cost of success and strength after all? While portraying Gábor’ struggles through a sensitive lens the film explores the existential challenges of the modern world.
If not a fatal illness, what can make us slow down so we will be able to realise our true needs?
Cannes Docs - Marche du Film 2022
39th Warsaw Int. Film Festival 2023
20th Verzio Int. Film Festival 2024
The Lost Notebook
(Den tabte notesbog) - 2024 dir.: Ida Marie Gedbjerg Sørensen
An anonymous worker in communist Hungary meticulously records in his diary the 2158 films he saw at the cinema from 1942 to 1994. In the present day, Danish filmmaker Ida Sørensen finds the diary in an attic in Budapest and embarks on a journey into the paths of deep passion for cinema. Her path meets that of a family divided by secrets and hidden traumas and united by a passion for cinema - in particular, action cinema. With the use of clips from the titles recorded in the diary, the film illustrates the secret dreams and desires of the Hungarian family and composes a tribute to the thaumaturgic power of cinema: a tool for traveling, finding justice and holding a family together.
CPH:DOX Copenhagen - 2024
Biografilm Bologna - 2024
Hi there.
my name is
Balázs Domokos
my profession is
Cinematographer
I am member of
HCA - Hungarian Cinematographer Association
HDA / MADOKE -Hungarian Documentary Association
skilled Director of Photography for fictions, documentaries and commercials
based in Tenerife and Budapest
with a background in architecture completed Cinematography Master's studies with renowned professor Tibor Máthé HCA in 2015 from the University of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest (SZFE)
After gaining recognition for his short films at various successful festivals, Balázs made his mark with his debut feature fiction "One Day" (Egy nap), which premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2018.
The film was honored with FIPRESCI Critics Prize. Balázs is currently working on his third feature film, set to premiere in 2023.
Recent achievements include a new feature-length documentary entitled 'I Won't Die', which was selected to compete at the A-listed 39th Warsaw International Film Festival in October 2023. He also has two upcoming documentary premieres with the Hungarian film 'Don't worry Sári' and the Hungarian-Danish co-production '2158 Stories'.
