György Pálfi born 11 April 1974 in Budapest, Hungary is a Hungarian filmmaker. His film Taxidermia was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Pálfi's films have received numerous awards and nominations. At the 2002 European Film Awards, he won the European Discovery/Fassbinder Award for his début film Hukkle. At Les Arcs European Film Festival in 2014, Pálfi won the first annual ARTE International Prize for the best project in development, The Voice, about a son searching for his father, a scientist who went missing 30 years ago.[3][4] Two of Pálfi's films have been Hungary's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: Hukkle and Taxidermia. He is a TorinoFilmLab Script&Pitch participant with his project The Voice.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 11, 1974 (52)
- Budapest, Hungary
- Director and writer, also producer
- 3 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are György Pálfi's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 0 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 3
Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
Steady 0 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 3
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch György Pálfi's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for György Pálfi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted.
Filmography
14 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Hen(2025)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Perpetuity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
His Master's Voice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Free Fall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Hungary 2011 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
I Am Not Your Friend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
I Won't Be Your Friend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Taxidermia(2006)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Shaman vs. Icarus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
A Bus Came… (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Hukkle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
The Fish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Labdába sem rúgnak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles from 1996 to 2026.
How do György Pálfi's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 82nd percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
Shape of the crowd
None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 2 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 78/100 and the pacing 55/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does György Pálfi work with?
People who share at least 2 of György Pálfi's MovieCove titles; Zsófia Ruttkay shares the most, 3.
- Zsófia RuttkayShared titles: Hen (2025), Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012), Taxidermia (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Zsófia Ruttkay
