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Oscar-, BAFTA, Golden Globe winning Laszlo Nemes’ latest feature, the Hungary-UK-Germany-France co- production Orphan, has been selected as the Official Hungarian Entry for the Academy Awards®. Orphan is Nemes’ third film after Sunset, and his Oscar-winning breakthrough Son of Saul, which debuted in Cannes in 2015, winning the Jury Grand Prix before receiving Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards. At the meeting of the Hungarian Oscar Selection Committee, it was announced that Hungary will enter Orphan to be considered for nomination in the “Academy Awards – Best International Film” category. The Hungarian Oscar Committee included Attila Csáky producer, Csaba Káel Government Commissioner for the Development of the Hungarian Motion Picture Industry and Chairman of the National Film Institute, director-producer, Lajos Koltai cinematographer- director, György Lukácsy dramaturge-director, Emil Novák cinematographer-director, Chairman of the Hungarian Film Academy, Ákos Pesti producer, and Csilla Szabó dramaturge. Orphan’s story follows a young Jewish boy whose mother has raised him in the hope that his father will return from the camps. These hopes are shattered when a brutish stranger appears on the doorstep to take his family back. Nemes co-wrote the screenplay with Clara Royer, who was his writing partner on Son of Saul and Sunset. The production also reunited Nemes with Son of Saul and Sunset cinematographer Matyas Erdely, who was feted by the Society of American Cinematographers and Camerimage for his work on the former picture. The Hungarian-language film was produced by Ildiko Kemeny and Ferenc Szale of Pioneer Pictures and Mike Goodridge of Good Chaos alongside Nemes.