9th Vilmos Zsigmond International Film Festival
27 – 31 May 2025
Szeged, Belvárosi Cinema
PLANNED PROGRAM
27 MAY, TUESDAY
10:00 / Zsigmond Vilmos screen
KIDsFEST
11:00 / 41 Dobó Street
Wreath-laying ceremony at the birthplace of Vilmos Zsigmond
15:30 / Belvárosi Cinema foyer
Thread Portraits of Women’s History - opening of Ida Csapó’s exhibition
16:00 / Zsigmond Vilmos screen
Official opening ceremony
In Competition / Feature films: SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE
(Ireland, 2024, 99 min)
director: Tim Mielants
director of photography: Frank van den Eeden
18:00 / Csőke József screen
Hungarian Cinematographers’ Week - out of competition: LESSON LEARNED
(Hungary, 2024, 120 min)
director: Bálint Szimler
director of photography: Marcell Rév
19:00 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Documentaries: BEYOND ROCK BOTTOM
(Hungary, 2024, 85 min)
director: Ádám Miklós
director of photography: Ádám Miklós
20:15 / Csőke József screen
Best of the 35th Mediawave International Film Festival
90 min
20:50 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Feature films: OBRAZ - THE TOWER OF STRENGTH
(Montenegro, 2024, 98 min)
director: Nikola Vukčević
director of photography: Djordje Stojiljković
28 MAY, WEDNESDAY
10:00 / Zsigmond Vilmos screen
KIDsFEST
10:00 / Balázs Béla screen
With Female Eyes 2.0
Discussion with the participation of Erzsébet Barát, Hajni Kis, Agnesh Pakozdi and Kata Gyürke, moderated by Gellért Kovács
Before the discussion, the short film 27. I HAVE NEVER EVEN BEEN THAT OLD (Hungary, 2023, 10 min, director: Réka Szűcs, director of photography: Gábor Szabó HCA) will be screened.
90 min
13:00 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Documentaries: BREATHE
(Spain, 2025, 66 min)
director: Eduardo Muñoz
director of photography: José del Corral
14:30 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Music videos:
ARU Y EL FUTURO: LÁGRIMAS EN LOS HUESOS
(Argentina, 2023, 5 min)
director: Ernesto Rowe
director of photography: Ernesto Rowe
JANE WILLOW: LETTING YOU GO
(Ireland, 2024, 3 min)
director: Adam Rael
director of photography: Daniel Meade
ÖNNU JÓNU SON: TRUE LOVE WILL FIND YOU IN THE END
(Iceland, 2024, 3 min)
director: Anna Nemes
director of photography: Zágon Nagy
PARNO GRASZT: SUTTOG A SZÉL ((THE WIND WHISPERS)
(Hungary, 2024, 6 min)
director: Ádám Halmos
director of photography: Fabó Tóth
PLATON KARATAEV: NEM FELELHET (UNANSWERED)
(Hungary, 2024, 6 min)
director: Tamás Yvan Topolánszky
director of photography: Zoltán Dévényi
POGÁNY INDULÓ: EGY / KETTŐ (ONE / TWO)
(Hungary, 2024, 6 min)
director: Balázs Büki
director of photography: Kristóf M. Deák
QJÚB: FÖLDALATTI HARC (UNDERGROUND FIGHT)
(Hungary, 2023, 5 min)
director: Ábel Visky
director of photography: István Kürti
RICHARD ZALAI: HOPE
(Hungary, 2024, 5 min)
director: Gergő Simon
director of photography: Kristóf M. Deák
15:30 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Short films:
EARWORMS EARMUFFS
(USA, 2024, 8 min)
director: Gavin Wynn
director of photography: Gavin Wynn
GROBBENDONK
(Belgium, 2023, 17 min)
director: Benjamin Sprengers
director of photography: Grimm Vandekerckhove
HAWK BOY SLEEPS AMIDST VISIONS OF A FIRE
(Mexico, 2023, 19 min)
director: Mauricio Sáenz-Cánovas
director of photography: Josué Alonzo
NOTHING ABOUT YOU SCARES ME
(Poland, 2023, 30 min)
director: Justyna Nowak
director of photography: Szymon Kluz
17:30 Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Feature films: BLACKBIRD, BLACKBIRD, BLACKBERRY
(Switzerland, 2023, 112 min)
director: Elene Naveriani
director of photography: Agnesh Pakozdi
18:00 / Csőke József screen
Hungarian Cinematographers’ Week: SILENT NIGHT
(Hungary, 2024, 125 min)
director: Gábor Dettre
director of photography: Tamás Füzesi
20:00 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Feature films: GROWING DOWN
(Hungary, 2025, 84 min)
director: Bálint Dániel Sós
director of photography: Kristóf M. Deák
20:15 / Csőke József screen
Hungarian Cinematographers’ Week: VULTURE'S WAKE
(Hungary, 2024, 82 min)
director: Szabolcs Hajdu
director of photography: Csaba Bántó
20.15 / Zsigmond Vilmos screen
Old favourites: Szeged University movie evening: INCEPTION
(USA–UK, 2010, 148 min)
director: Christopher Nolan
director of photography: Wally Pfister
29 MAY, THURSDAY
10:00 / Zsigmond Vilmos screen
KIDsFEST
10.30 / Balázs Béla terem
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH VILMOS ZSIGMOND
(France, 2016, 80 min)
director: Pierre Filmon
13:00 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Documentaries: ECHOES FROM BORDERLAND
(Germany, 2024, 70 min)
director: Lara Miléna Brose
director of photography: Natalia Mamaj, Lili-Rose Pongratz
14.00 / Minimozi
Films by the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Szeged University
90 min
14:30 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Short films:
OLLI
(The Netherlands, 2024, 17 min)
director: Jeroen Mourmans
director of photography: Ivo Nelis
WASHHH
(Malaysia, 2024, 23 min)
director: Mickey Lai
director of photography: Lee Kah Giap
MARI
(Romania, 2023, 28 min)
director: Anna Kassay
director of photography: Gniewosz Marcinkowski
15:45 / Balázs Béla screen
Coming of Age on Contemporary Film
Discussion with the participation of Hajni Kis and Agnesh Pakozdi, moderated by Sándor Csomán
40 min
17:00 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Short films:
HOSPICE
(Hungary, 2024, 15 min)
director: Sébastien Varga
director of photography: Balázs Zsoldos
IRMA HALF-ASLEEP
(Hungary, 2024, 12 min)
director: Gergő Boós, Péter Bethlenfalvy
director of photography: Gergő Boós
HEART OF A DOG
(Hungary, 2023, 17 min)
director: Luca Hidegkuti
director of photography: Márton Kis
BLAST
(Hungary, 2023, 20 min)
director: Bese Komáromy
director of photography: Dániel Kóródi
18:00 / Csőke József screen
Hungarian Cinematographers’ Week: BUT WHAT ABOUT TOMI?
(Hungary, 2024, 97 min)
director: Attila Till
director of photography: Márk Győri
19:00 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Feature films: ROSINANTE
(Turkey, 2023, 104 min)
director: Baran Gündüzalp
director of photography: Arda Yildiran
20:00 / Csőke József screen
Hungarian Cinematographers’ Week: GONE RUNNING
(Hungary, 2024, 105 min)
director: Gábor Herendi
director of photography: Péter Szatmári
20:30 / Dugonics Square
Open-air cinema: LOVE TILL FIRST BLOOD
(Hungary, 1986, 94 min)
director: György Dobray, Péter Horváth
director of photography: Tamás Andor
21:10 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Feature films: GOOD CHILDREN
(Croatia, 2024, 78 min)
director: Filip Peruzović
director of photography: Tomislav Sutlar
30 MAY, FRIDAY
9:30 / Balázs Béla screen
Film premiere: RANDOM
(Hungary, 2025, 98 perc)
director: András Salamon
director of photography: Gábor Szabó HCA
10:00 / Zsigmond Vilmos screen
KIDsFEST
11:10 / Balázs Béla screen
Random: an unconventional film
Discussion with the participation of Gábor Szabó, Pál Sándor and Tamás Andor, moderated by Miklós Sághy
90 min
13:00 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Documentaries:
SONGS FROM PEOPLE'S ISLAND
(Hungary, 2024,25 min)
director: Danijar Áron Bíró
director of photography: Mihály Ábel Teleki
PENOSAR
(Iran, 2024, 30 min)
director: Hossein Fatahi
director of photography: Hossein Fatahi
TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
(Hungary, 2024, 26 min)
director: Bálint Erkel
director of photography: Bálint Erkel
13:00 / Csőke József screen
Art-Cinema Association board meeting
14:40 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Short films:
PVRGATORIVM
(Hungary, 2024, 25 min)
director: Máté Gergely Kiss
director of photography: Evelin Judit Tóth
WINTER SLEEP
(Hungary, 2025, 11 perc)
director: Maya Nógrádi
director of photography: Márton Kis
I SAW MY SOUL OUTSIDE MY BODY
(Hungary, 2025, 11 min)
director: Katalin Anna Rácz
director of photography: Márton Kis
16:00 Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Feature films: THE MULETEER
(Mexico, 2024, 103 min)
director: Isabel Cristina Fregoso
director of photography: Sarasvati Herrera
16.00 / Csőke József screen
Hungarian Cinematographers’ Week: I ACCIDENTALLY WROTE A BOOK
(Hungary-The Netherlands, 2025, 102 min)
director: Nóra Lakos
director of photography: Dániel Reich
18:00 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Feature films: HOLY ROSITA
(Belgium, 2024, 91 min)
director: Wannes Destoop
director of photography: Dries Delputte
18:00 / Csőke József screen
Hungarian Cinematographers’ Week: JANUARY 2
(Hungary, 2024, 87 min)
director: Zsófia Szilágyi
director of photography: Kristóf Becsey
19:45 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Feature films: EMILIA PÉREZ
(France-Mexico, 2024, 133 min)
director: Jacques Audiard
director of photography: Paul Guilhaume
31 MAY, SATURDAY
15:00 / Zsigmond Vilmos screen
Award ceremony
18:00 – 22:00 / Balázs Béla screen
Screening of award-winning films
Plus:
May 25 - June 1
Screening of Serbian and Hungarian documentaries and feature films, QandA’s with filmmakers, film workshop for students, VR film presentation, as well as a partner meeting for Hungarian and Serbian festival organisers within the frame of the international cooperation FAFA - Film Art For All.
The festival program was updated on 23 May.
THE PROGRAM MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE!