Biography

Ádám Császi was born in Hungary in 1978. He graduated from Budapest's University of Theatre and Film Arts in 2010 where he was taught by István Szabó and Béla Tarr. His first feature 'Land of Storms' premiered in Panorama at Berlinale 2014 and was nominated for the Best First Feature Award and Teddy Award. It was in competition in Sarajevo 2014, and won the Special Jury Prize at the Taipei Film Festival 2014 as well as the Audience Award at Tel Aviv 2014. 'Land of Storms' also went to about 40 international festivals and sold to 7 regions, including US, UK, France, Germany and Spain. His second script 'High Dive' was part of the official selection of Berlinale Co-production Market 2015 and was selected for the Nipkow program. His short 'Seven days' received the Special Prize at the Hungarian Film Week in 2003, and 'Weak days' won the Best Short Film there in 2008. His 2009 short film 'Celebration' was invited to screen at the Warsaw Film Festival and at Brest European Short Film Festival in 2010. Császi also has past experience directing commercials, TV documentaries and music videos but since 2012 he has been working solely on his feature film projects.
- IMDb mini biography by: Proton Cinema