György Pálfi (born 11 April 1974 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian filmmaker. His film Taxidermia was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Pálfi's films have received numerous awards and nominations. At the 2002 European Film Awards, he won the European Discovery/Fassbinder Award for his début film Hukkle. At Les Arcs Film Festival in 2014, Pálfi won the first annual ARTE International Prize for the best project in development, The Voice, about a son searching for his father, a scientist who went missing 30 years ago.
Two of Pálfi's films have been Hungary's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: Hukkle and Taxidermia.
He was a TorinoFilmLab Script&Pitch participant with his project The Voice.
Perpetuity, his latest movie was in the official selection of PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in 2021.
The world premiere of Pálfi's film Hen was held at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in 2025 as part of the Platform Prize program.
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Filmography
Feature films
Hukkle - 2002
Taxidermia - 2006
I Am Not Your Friend (Nem vagyok a barátod) - 2009
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim) - 2012
Free Fall (Szabadesés) - 2014
His Master's Voice (Az Úr hangja) - 2018
Perpetuity (Mindörökké) - 2021
Hen (Kota) - 2025
Short films
A hal (1997)
Jött egy busz... (2003) segment "Táltosember"
Nem leszek a barátod (documentary short, 2009)
Magyarország 2011 / Hungary 2011 (2011) segment
Television series
Valaki kopog (television series, 2000) 1 episode
Született lúzer (television series, 2008) 2 episodes
Awards
European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year (2002)
Personal life
Pálfi's wife is the screenwriter Zsófia Ruttkay, with whom he regularly collaborates on his films.
