For me the 2020 festival was a very fantastic experience, filled with great talks, meetings, and professional programmes. I think that ATAFF is the most important, most professionally valuable, but at the same time the most welcoming of all the domestic festivals.
Géza M. Tóth
animation film director
It was a wonderful experience, being able to be in Szolnok for the days of the festival. I will cherish the memory of my first masterclass and will never forget it. I now feel like a part of the family of the festival, thanks to Éva Demeter, festival director and her whole family.
Claudia Kovács
DOP, Jury member of the European Feature Film Competition
I have to tell you, that you deserve an enormous recognition for this amazing work that you’ve done for this meaningful and now very, very important festival, which was also a lot of fun.
Gábor Ulrich
animation film director
I have participated in the exhibition called "The squares of light" and its partner programs in the year of 2000. There were a lot of professionals helping actively, young people and older - since then I do not remember such high volumen festival with great collaboration and big parties.
Éva M. Tóth
film director
In 2018 the organizers decided to renew the festival's profile and name it after the great, Oscar winner, Hungarian production designer, Alexandre Trauner. Since then ATAFF has taken a more specific approach and as pioneers among all film festivals it has become the event to celebrate the underrated art of production design and its professionals.
György Báron
film critic, university teacher (SZFE)
One of the biggest achievements of the festival is creating and maintaining the dialog between film professionals, artists and scientists. The organizers are also proud of engaging the younger generations to participate. By having a good relationship with universities and co-operating closely with other festivals ATAFF helps the new generation of filmmakers to grow and shape their attitude towards filmmaking.
Edit Klucsik
university teacher (SZTE)
Szolnok has always been an important forum for film genres which does not have opportunity for appearance at any other place, especially since the termination of the Short Film Festival in Miskolc. For the animation film makers, whom could not participate in the Feature Film Festivals, the festival in Szolnok is the other big event for them besides the Animation Film Festival at Kecskemét.
Marcell Jankovics
film director
The film festivals of Szolnok are very familiar, guest - and people centered events at a human scale. One of its most important task is to be open towards the youth.
Péter Muszatics
film historian
Amazing place, good environment for filmmakers. I have not expected such good atmosphere. I'am so grateful for hospitality.
Jarek Mignon
film director
A wonderful festival, thank you for awarding Long Yearning. Excellent communication.
Elliot Spencer
film director
The film, Valan was a great adventure. Everything was determined by the winter and the mountain, the sets we were looking for and the ones built. When I was in the beginning of my career, Tamás Banovich - the legendary production designer - told me this is an ingrateful profession. "If you do something wrong everyone will see it; if you do your job well they will ask : What was the set design in this film?" He was right. Of course I was very happy to receive the Trauner award and even more grateful that this festival focuses on the work of production designers.
Csaba Damokos
production designer