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Zsuzsa Mihalek, set decorator for Poor Things, won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. The award was shared by James Price, Shona Heath and Zsuzsa Mihalek, who worked together. The Poor Things, screened at CineFest, won 4 awards, with the film’s main character Emma Stone winning her second Oscar. Directed by Jorgos Lánthimos, the film shot in Hungary and competed at CineFest in Miskolc after Venice, received 11 Oscar nominations. The Anatomy of a Fall, also showed at CineFest, won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. The screenplay was written by Justin Triet and Arthur Harari. Congratulations! We are working

Yorgos Lanthimos’ film Poor Things received 11 Academy Award nominations, Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall got 5 nominations and Celine Song’s Past Lives 2 nominations. Wim Wenders’ film Perfect Days, which premiered at CineFest, also received an Academy Award nomination. The film will compete in the Best International Feature Film category. In total, 4 films from CineFest were nominated for 19 Academy Awards. A great pride for us and huge congratulations to the filmmakers!!!

place from 6 to 14 September 2024, as previously announced. The biggest international film festival in Hungary is now calling for entries in the categories: feature films and documentaries (deadline: 31 May), and CineNewWave for emerging filmmakers (deadline: 30 June).

Entry information will be available in January 2024, and we look forward to seeing you at the 20th edition of the festival between 6 and 14 September 2024!

Today, the winners of the festival will be revealed, and the closing film of CineFest, the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or winner, Anatomy of a Fall is screened. The day will also be a chance to catch up on several masterpieces that may have been missed in the past, making for a truly intense day.

It’s just over forty years since Miloš Forman’s classic Amadeus was filmed. Now the film can be seen again on the big screen in perfect picture and sound quality.

A star parade filmed in Hungary at almost the same time as the Venice premiere (Poor Things), a shocking Hungarian story (I won’t die), Aki Kaurismäki’s comeback (Fallen Leaves) and an Oscar-nominated and Venice award-winning documentary (All the Beauty and the Bloodshed) are among the films to be screened on Friday.

Tampere is the oldest sister city of Miskolc. Miskolc has been a sister-city of Tampere since 1963, and CineFest is celebrating the occasion with a Finnish program.

Sundance and Berlinale’s biggest hits, the already predicted Oscar contender Previous Lives, and the big return of CineFest favorite Gábor Reisz, Explanation for Everything, as well as two Hong Kong films with audience meetings are the highlights of Thursday. Here is the film guide:

The CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival was launched 18 years ago, one year after Facebook and YouTube, and the social media and Web 2.0 revolution. In our presentations we will explore challenges, solutions and good practices in internet awareness and smart digital skills.

No rest for the mid-week: several excellent films from Cannes (Animal Kingdom, The Passion of Dodin Bouffant, Room 999) with European stars such as Romain Duris, Benoit Magimel and Juliette Binoche, and a Hong Kong crime (Over My Dead Body) with an audience meeting are among Wednesday’s highlights.

An unusual romantic story from Cannes (The Nature of Love), a stunning documentary for film lovers (And the King said: What a Fantastic Machine!) and a multiple award winner from Karlovy Vary (‘Blaga’s Lessons’) are just some of the highlights of Tuesday.

Since its beginning, the festival has paid special attention to finding new voices, reaching out to young film-loving audiences. That is why the CineNewWave section, which has become a tradition in the last few years, focuses on young filmmaking talent from Hungary and beyond. It is primarily an opportunity for students and graduates in film studies to showcase and test their films.

A new film by the legendary Wim Wenders (Perfect Days), a biography of the former Captain Kirk and T.J. Hooker (“You Can Call Me Bill”), and an excellent American independent film (Sweet East) are just some of the highlights of Monday. Tickets are available on Monday for the following screenings:

The aim of the “Our Home, Miskolc” program is to bring the work of local or Miskolc-connected artists into focus. Every year the Organizers of the program look for new or already established talents to uncover stories from Miskolc and Borsod county. This year the program offers real gems.

This time Barnabás Tóth presents a thrilling crime story with many local stars (Maste Game), Tudor Giurgiu recalls the 1989 revolution (Libertate), Zsolt Anger stars in an Italian film that went straight to Cannes (A Brighter Tomorrow). On Sunday, there will be four films that will be screened to the public – just make sure you pick one!

Two films from Cannes (The Goldman Case; Blackbird, Blackbird, Blackberry), Venice (Victim), Karlovy Vary (Red Rooms), among others, will be screened on Saturday – as well as two screenings with audience meetings, as the creators and cast of the documentary about local tattoo artists (Ink) and the director of Sound of Nomad: Korjo Arirang will be present.

An exciting weekend program for young and old alike will include a selection of the most successful short films from the 100-year-old film studio, as well as a screening of the 10th anniversary film Frozen.

The nine-day CineFest will once again offer film lovers a stronger program than ever before. On the opening day, the official program will include the opening film of the Cannes Film Festival (Jeanne du Barry), the Golden Bear winner of the Berlinale (On the Adamant) and the Grand Prize winner of the Sarajevo Film Festival (“Blackbird, Blackbird, Blackberry”).

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Academy of Cinematography, the Korean Cultural Centre in Budapest presents the works of three of the most influential directors in Korean film history.