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CineClassics

Founded in 2010, CineClassics is one of Hungary’s longest-running film history programs.

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Turkish Days

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Turkish-Hungarian diplomatic relations, this year’s festival is prepared with a special program called “Turkish Days”. The Turkish program will take place between September 7 and 9. In the documentary competition program of the festival, the film Eclipse will be screened, and outside…

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Kinodomino

Miskolc’s Kinodomino is presenting five screenings at this year’s CineFest. They will screen a wide range of documentaries and offer a variety of accompanying events at special alternative venues.

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Fiftieth Anniversary of the Utánam, srácok! [After Me, Guys!] film series

This year, CineFest is not the only one to celebrate a jubilee: the youth series “After Me, Guys!”, based on the novel by the same title by Péter Berkes, was filmed 50 years ago in Miskolc and Budapest. To mark this occasion, CineFest is preparing an exciting program on Saturday,…

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Bobby from the series Dallas is visiting CineFest: Guests and Q&As of CineFest

From 6 to 14 September, CineFest is not only the place to see the greatest films, but also to meet the filmmakers. Among others, Patrick Duffy, best known as Bobby Ewing in the Dallas series, will be visiting the festival, this time as an actor in the film Rebound!

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the CineFest Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Sándor Kardos

Sándor Kardos will receive the CineFest Lifetime Achievement Award at the closing gala on Saturday 14 September.

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From Emeric Pressburger to Leni Riefenstahl and Béla Bartók

From 6 to 14 September, the 20th CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival offers an exciting documentary program in addition to the feature films. This year’s CineDocs selection includes films about Imre Pressburger, born in Miskolc, and another film legend who revolutionized filmmaking technology, Leni Riefenstahl, Béla Bartók’s unknown journey to…

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From Paul Simon to Haitian kidnappers to Turkish sci-fi

Week by week, more exciting details are revealed about the CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival program as we get closer and closer to the event taking place from 6 to 14 September. This year’s selection of the Open Eye program, which has become a tradition, will feature films from outside…

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The new competition section invites you to the East

The CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a new feature film competition category. From 6 to 14 September, in addition to the now traditional Competition Program, Open Eye and CineDocs, audiences will have the chance to choose from eight feature films in the East of…

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The 20th CineFest is a festival of big returns

This year, for the 20th time, CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival will present the biggest and most acclaimed international films. The competition program of the jubilee festival includes the latest works of well-known filmmakers from previous years, such as Sean Baker, Szabolcs Hajdu and Yorgos Lanthimos.

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Huge Hungarian success at the Academy Awards, 5 films showed at CineFest win Oscar!

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…

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CineFest films got 19 Oscar nominations!

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…

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The 20th CineFest entry period has started

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).

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