page_title: Péter Forgács
hierarchical_section_title: Péter Forgács
caption_attribution_description: English: Péter Forgács at his film "Free Fall" public screening at the Central European University on 25 June 2013. Interestingly, the white head on the left is that of Bill Nichols, the editor of the book "Cinema's Alchemist: The Films of Peter Forgacs"
context_page_description: Péter Forgács is a media artist and independent filmmaker based in Budapest, Hungary. He is best known for his "Private Hungary" series of award winning films based on home movies from the 1930s and 1960s, which document ordinary lives that were soon to be ruptured by an extraordinary historical trauma that occurs off screen.
context_section_description: Péter Forgács (born 1950) is a media artist and independent filmmaker based in Budapest, Hungary. He is best known for his "Private Hungary" series of award winning films based on home movies from the 1930s and 1960s, which document ordinary lives that were soon to be ruptured by an extraordinary historical trauma that occurs off screen.
caption: Péter Forgács at his film "Free Fall" public screening at the Central European University in Budapest on 25 June 2013
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