Solar Walk

Hungarian filmmaker Réka Bucsi has won the Audi Short Film Award for 2018 with her film Solar Walk at the Berline International Film Festival. 

This year, the central theme running through the ‘Berlinale Shorts’ program curated by Maike Mia Höhne was that of empowered and experimental artistic approaches. A total of 22 entries from 18 countries were assessed by the international short film jury for the coveted award which carries a 20,000 Euro prize.

The 29-year-old captivated the International Short Film Jury with her virtuoso animation film. It follows the journey of individuals and their creations in space. In its series of sequences and situations, Solar Walk recalls the liberating effect of automatic writing which was employed by the surrealists in the 1920s as the basis for a new kind of creativity.
“It is inspiring to see how both young and experienced filmmakers tackle the issues of the moment and how differently they portray them,” says Jason Lusty, Head of Marketing Germany at AUDI AG. “What impressed me was the emotional impact of the entries. The short film is without question one of the greatest art forms.”

The Berlinale confers the Audi Short Film Award in the Berlinale Shorts section alongside the Golden and Silver Bears. The 20,000 Euro prize money makes the award one of the world’s most generously endowed prizes for short films.