Típus: Creative businesses

Pieces of a Woman

Pieces of a Woman is a film directed by Kornel Mundruczo, from a screenplay by Kata Weber. It stars Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, and Ellen Burstyn. Martin Scorsese serves as one of the executive producers. The film had its world premiere at the 77th Venice International Film Festival, where Kirby won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. The film was later released on Netflix. We have been working closely with Kornel, Kata and executive producer, Viktoria Petranyi (Proton Cinema) on the communication of the project in close collaboration with the international publicists.

Red carpet – Credits La Biennale di Venezia – Foto ASAC, ph Jacopo Salvi

Press conference – Credits La Biennale di Venezia – Foto ASAC, ph Giorgio Zucchiatti

Paris Court

The Paris Court was once one of the most ornamented buildings in Europe, but up until recently was more commonly used as locations in spy films such as 2011’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy due to its dark, dusty and forgotten interior. In much the same way that interior design studio KROKI and architecture firm ARCHIKON worked to bring light back into the once-glamourous arcade, it was our job to draw the world’s attention back onto Budapest’s newly renovated, iconic architectural gem.

Photo credit: Tamas Bujnovszky, Balint Jaksa

The Art of Cultural Diplomacy: Panorama of a Presidency

There aren’t many clients as prestigious as H.E. Katalin Bogyay, the Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations in New York and formerly the President of the 36th session of UNESCO General Conference between 2011–13. We’ve been a vital part of some of Madam Ambassador’s projects, providing communications on the launch of her book „The Art of Cultural Diplomacy: Panorama of a Presidency” that retraced her activities in her role within UNESCO. We also gave support to the book’s publisher, Honlap, in organising the book launch event hosted by the Museum of Fine Arts, which included the invitation of Madame Ambassador’s guests and the media.

Photo credit: Marianna Sarkozy, Barna Burger

Nanshan Cultural and Sport Centre in Shenzhen, China

The completion of a grand new cultural centre like the Nanshan Cultural and Sport Centre and Art Museum in Shenzhen deserves noteworthy recognition in the international media. The building is one of the most unique cultural venues in the country, and Zerocom helped its designers Gabor Zoboki and Nora Demeter bring the message of its completion to the media masses. The building houses a multi-functional concert hall holding 1400 seats, a children’s theatre of 350 seats and extensive public spaces, all embedded within a large complex of cultural and sports facilities in the heart of the Nanshan District.

Photo credit: Zhang Chao

ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

TThe ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture is a tribute to its former President, HRH Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, and is given to European cultural change-makers whose work shows the power of cultural engagement in making social and political change possible. In 2016, the ECF awarded socially-engaged theatre makers Krétakör for their exceptional artistic and cultural work in developing critical spaces of social participation and political experimentation. Zerocom was commissioned by ECF to represent the award in the public domain and to coordinate a press trip to the Award Ceremony in Amsterdam.

Photo credit: Xander Remkes

Studio of the architect

Zercom prides itself on its ability to breathe life into a topic, to give it a fresh meaning and through that a wider audience. In that sense, this is quite similar to Istvan Benyei’s design of the Benyei Architectural Studio, where he discovered an old, rustic, yet locally relevant building that was doomed to ruin and saw an opportunity for rebirth rather than removal. By being tactful in creating a new space for the team within the studio, this old building was given a new life – a message that Zerocom was responsible for communicating internationally, alongside many other outstanding projects designed by the Benyei Architectural Studio.

Photo credit: Zsolt Batar and Andras Zoltai

Kornel Mundruczo’s Jupiter’s Moon at Cannes Film Festival

Film director Kornel Mundruczo is not a new name at Cannes film festival. His film Jupiter’s Moon (2017) was selected for the official competition of the prestigious event, celebrating the film’s depiction of a Syrian refugee trying to make his way into Hungary from Serbia along with his father and many other lost souls. It is a tale of cynicism and corruption, and one that is worthy of its recognition. We planned and executed the communications campaign for the film, working locally in Cannes during the film festival as part of an international team. Zerocom saw to it that a press screening was held in Budapest, too, while also handling the film’s launch campaign that included a public display of levitation – crucial to the film’s concept – within the downtown city centre of Budapest.

Photo credit: Marcell Rev

The Photographer’s House

Having worked with the innovative and progressive architectural firm T2.a – led by Bence and Gabor Turanyi – on several projects since 2013, it’s hard to pinpoint only one special campaign. However, with The Photographer’s House, the studio invited us to work on the international public relations campaign for a residential forest home that was designed and built for architectural photographer, Zsolt Batar – also a client of Zerocom. Working in a creative symbiosis with his architect friends, Batar documented the evolving aesthetic of his home, creating a series of architectural photographs that was well received by architecture and design magazines.

Photo credit: Zsolt Batar

Cabin Fever

Seeing an idea grow, evolve and finally stand before you is core to the field of architecture; it is what inspires the great studios of the world. This is true of Zerocom’s work with Hello Wood, too, where we have been providing international public relations for the studio’s educational platform. Since then the summer programme has grown into a unique art camp and festival involving more than 20 universities and 30 countries, with participation from notable studios such as Kengo Kuma and Urban Think-Tank. For its 2018 International Summer School and Festival for Architecture, Hello Wood decided on the theme of “Cabins”, giving participants the chance to conceive, construct and celebrate the popular tiny house movement as part of a collaborative process.

Photo credit: Tamas Bujnovszky, Marcos Llerena

6th Global Chess Festival

Zerocom was commissioned by the best female chess player of all time, Judit Polgar to plan and execute the communications campaign of the Global Chess Festival for 4 consecutive years. Due to the pandemic in 2020, the festival had to be moved entirely to the online space with over 40 educational, scientific, and art-themed programs and sports competitions. One of the highlights of the event was a historic talk with long-term rivals Judit Polgar and Garry Kasparov. Besides advising multiple Olympic Champion and grandmaster, Judit Polgar on several aspects of planning the festival, we prepared and held an online press conference before the event.

portrait of Judit Polgar – photo credit Tímea Jaksa

video credit – Judit Polgar