| 9th Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles November 5 - 15 2009 "Hungarians in Hollywood" |
| Laemmle's MONICA 4-Plex 1332 2nd Street Santa Monica, 90401 |
| RALEIGH STUDIOS 650 N Bronson Ave Los Angeles, CA 90004-149 |
*Catherine Portuges* is Professor of Comparative Literature, Director
of the Interdepartmental Program in Film Studies and Curator of the
Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival, University of Massachusetts
Amherst. She publishes, consults and lectures widely on Hungarian,
European and international cinema. She is the author of /Screen
Memories: the Hungarian Cinema of Márta Més/zá/ros/ (Indiana Press
1993), co-editor of /Cinemas in Transitio: Post-communism in East-
Central Europe/ (Temple Press, 2010), and editor of “New
Perspectives on Hungarian Cinema" (www.kinokultura.com <http:
//www.kinokultura.com/> 2008).
She was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities
Fellowship for 2006-07 for her project, “The Subjective Lens: Post-
Holocaust Identities in Hungarian Film.” Portuges has served as guest
curator/programmer/presenter for film series at the Hungarian Cultural
Center, London, the U.S. Holocaust Museum (Washington, D.C), Open
Society Archives/Central European University (Budapest), Sorbonne
Nouvelle (Paris), Film Society of Lincoln Center (New York) and British
Academy of Film and Television (London), and is a delegate to the
annual Hungarian Film Week (Budapest) where she has served as an
invited member of the jury.
She received the Pro Cultura Hungaria Medal
of the Interdepartmental Program in Film Studies and Curator of the
Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival, University of Massachusetts
Amherst. She publishes, consults and lectures widely on Hungarian,
European and international cinema. She is the author of /Screen
Memories: the Hungarian Cinema of Márta Més/zá/ros/ (Indiana Press
1993), co-editor of /Cinemas in Transitio: Post-communism in East-
Central Europe/ (Temple Press, 2010), and editor of “New
Perspectives on Hungarian Cinema" (www.kinokultura.com <http:
//www.kinokultura.com/> 2008).
She was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities
Fellowship for 2006-07 for her project, “The Subjective Lens: Post-
Holocaust Identities in Hungarian Film.” Portuges has served as guest
curator/programmer/presenter for film series at the Hungarian Cultural
Center, London, the U.S. Holocaust Museum (Washington, D.C), Open
Society Archives/Central European University (Budapest), Sorbonne
Nouvelle (Paris), Film Society of Lincoln Center (New York) and British
Academy of Film and Television (London), and is a delegate to the
annual Hungarian Film Week (Budapest) where she has served as an
invited member of the jury.
She received the Pro Cultura Hungaria Medal
| Hungarians in Hollywood Best Film Award |
