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Film historian
Country of origin
Hungary

Dr. Peter Muszatics (*1976), DLA, studied in Budapest at the University of Theatre and Film (SZFE) and at the Film Academy in Prague FAMU. He published dozens of articles and essays and is the author of three books, including “Vienna, Budapest, Hollywood - Austria-Hungary's impact on the American cinema”. As a film historian he is expert of the early Hollywood film and the Central European cinema. Peter is the program director of the Hungarian Motion Picture Festival, curator of the annual Budapest Classics and one of the main organizers of CineFest Miskolc, Hungary's leading international film festival.

Festivals

Current issues

Peter Paul Huth comments favourably on the 2026 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony, highlighting in particular the Golden Lion winner, “Kvinde Ukendt” (Unknown Woman) by May el-Toukhy, and “Un bon petit soldat” by Stéphane Brizé, which won the award for Best Screenplay and the INTERFILM Jury Prize.
Alex Gibney’s documentary *Musk* portrays a ‘hero of capitalism’, whilst Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s *DAU* evokes the victims of Stalinism.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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