10th Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival
13 – 17 May 2026
Szeged, Belvárosi Cinema
PLANNED PROGRAM
12 MAY, TUESDAY
17:00 / Móra Ferenc Museum
Opening of the photo exhibition A Slice of Theatre – contemporary actors’ portraits by György Paraszkay
13 MAY, WEDNESDAY
10:00 / Zsigmond Vilmos screen
KIDsFEST
11:00 / 41 Dobó Street
Wreath-laying ceremony at the birthplace of Vilmos Zsigmond
12:30 / Dugonics Square
Parade of giant puppets with Kövér Béla Puppet Theatre
13:30 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Short films:
VOICES FROM THE ABYSS
(Mexico, 2025, 23 min)
director: Irving Serrano, Victor Rejón
director of photography: Eliott Reguera
CASA CHICA
(Mexico, 2025, 25 min)
director: Lau Charles
director of photography: Ángel Jara Taboada
BARLEBAS
(Belgium-The Netherlands, 2024, 20 min)
director: Malu Janssen
director of photography: Sam du Pon
PRIMO SANGUE
(Italy, 2026, 20 min)
director: Antonio La Camera
director of photography: Andrea Benjamin Manenti
The screening is followed by a Q&A with filmmakers.
16:00 / Zsigmond Vilmos screen
Official opening ceremony
In Competition / Feature films: OUT OF LOVE
(France, 2024, 97 min)
director: Brigitte Sy
director of photography: Frédéric Serve
16:30 / Csőke József screen
Hungarian Cinematographers’ Week: TESTAMENTUM - IN MEMORIAM BÉLA BARTÓK
(Hungary, 2025, 84 min)
director: András Surányi
director of photography: István Borbás
18:10 / Csőke József screen
Hungarian Cinematographers’ Week: LATER IN THE CLEARING
(Hungary-Spain, 2025, 72 min)
director: Márton Tarkövi
director of photography: Márton Tarkövi
The screening is followed by a Q&A with filmmakers.
19:15 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Feature films: THE PLANET
(Russia, 2025, 111 min)
director: Mikhail Arkhipov
director of photography: Alexander Laneev
The screening is followed by a Q&A with filmmakers.
20:00 / Csőke József screen
Hungarian Cinematographers’ Week: SILENT ZONE
(Hungary, 2025, 120 min)
director: Péter Deák
director of photography: Balázs Dobóczy
20:30 / Zsigmond Vilmos screen
Old favourites - Szeged University movie evening: KONTROLL
(Hungary, 2003, 107 min)
director: Nimród Antal
director of photography: Gyula Pados
21:45 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Short films and documentaries:
BEFORE THE SEA FORGETS
(Singapore, 2025, 17 min)
director: Ngoc Duy Le
director of photography: Looi Wan Ping
MAZE OF JOY
(Mexico, 2024, 15 min)
director: Liam LoPinto
director of photography: Liam LoPinto
WITH ALL DUE HUMANITY
(France, 2023, 23 min)
director: Kacper Checinski
director of photography: Pascale Marin
The screening is followed by a Q&A with filmmakers.
14 MAY, THURSDAY
10:00 / Zsigmond Vilmos screen
KIDsFEST
10:30 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Documentaries: TO THE WEST, IN ZAPATA
(Cuba-Spain, 2025, 85 min)
director: David Bim
director of photography: David Bim
13:00 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Feature films: FRAGMENTS FROM THE EAST
(Spain-Turkey, 2025, 131 min)
director: Erkan Yazici
director of photography: Vedat Oyan
The screening is followed by a Q&A with filmmakers.
16:00 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Short films and music videos:
ASTRONAUTA
(France-Guatemala-Italy-Mexico, 2025, 16 min)
director: Giorgio Giampà
director of photography: Melissa Nocetti
I USED TO CALL THAT MAN HOME
(Mexico, 2026, 12 min)
director: Melissa Nocetti
director of photography: Melissa Nocetti
FAMILY SUNDAY
(Mexico, 2025, 16 min)
director: Gerardo Del Razo
director of photography: Ángel Jara Taboada
POGÁNY INDULÓ: KETTŐ/KETTŐ
(Hungary, 2025, 4:14 min)
director: Balázs Büki
director of photography: Kristóf M. Deák
POGÁNY INDULÓ: LELKEM, NYUGODJ!
(Hungary, 2025, 4:14 min)
director: Balázs Büki
director of photography: Kristóf M. Deák
DISIZ: TON VENTRE
(France, 2025, 3:30 min)
director: Luàna Bajrami, Sándor Funtek
director of photography: Zágon Nagy
ÖNNU JÓNU SON: TAKE ME THERE
(Iceland, 2025, 4:20 min)
director: Anna Nemes
director of photography: Zágon Nagy
MEHRINGER: ÉDEN
(Hungary, 2025, 3:14 min)
director: Ádám Halmos
director of photography: Fabó Tóth
CO LEE: A DZSUNGEL KÖNYVE
(Hungary, 2025, 2:44 min)
director: Robert Székely
director of photography: Fabó Tóth
The screening is followed by a Q&A with filmmakers.
18:00 / Balázs Béla screen
Roundtable discussion on the renewal of Hungarian film
18:00 / Zsigmond Vilmos screen
Hungarian Cinematographers’ Week: EARTH AND IRON
(Hungary, 2026, 115 min)
director: Tamás Buvári
director of photography: Claudia Kovács, Zoltán Lovasi, Zsolt Tóth
The screening is followed by a Q&A with filmmakers.
18:45 / Csőke József screen
Best of Malter Film Festival 2025
72 min
20:00 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Feature films: BROKEN LAND
(USA, 2025, 120 min)
director: Joseph Todd Walker
director of photography: Sara Purgatorio
20:15 / Csőke József screen
Hungarian Cinematographers’ Week:
ALICE, THE LOVER OF THE TOREADOR
(Hungary, 2025, 20 min)
director: Kristóf Zsolt Tóth
director of photography: Kristóf Tóth
MY CHEMICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
(Hungary, 2025, 86 min)
director: Márton Vízkelety
director of photography: Márton Vízkelety
15 MAY, FRIDAY
10:00 / Zsigmond Vilmos screen
KIDsFEST
10:00 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Feature films: THE FATIGUED
(Ukraine, 2025, 96 min)
director: Yura Dunay
director of photography: Volodymyr Ivanov
The screening is followed by a Q&A with filmmakers.
13:00 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Documentaries:
FAKIR
(Czech Republic-Poland-Slovakia, 2024, 62 min)
director: Roman Ďuriš
director of photography: Michaela Hošková’
CASH COW
(Hungary, 2023, 8 min)
director: Dóra Szelei
director of photography: Mátyás Szuromi
14:30 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Short films and music videos:
WITHERED BLOSSOMS
(Australia, 2024, 14 min)
director: Lionel Seah
director of photography: T. Oxford
FOUR DAYS OF MATEUSZ WILCZEK
(Poland, 2025, 30 min)
director: Aleksandra Maciuszek
director of photography: Sebastian Weber
BLUES RÁDIÓ BUDAPEST: RÉGI RÁDIÓ
(Hungary, 2024, 4:51 min)
director: Péter Ákos
director of photography: Péter Ákos
BETON.HOFI: TARR BÉLA
(Hungary, 2025, 4:55 min)
director: Jákob Ladányi Jancsó
director of photography: Márton Kis
CS.KALOTAS | K6 FEAT. GENTLY DA SPITTAH’: NOTHING CAN SAVE ME
(Hungary, 2026, 4:11 min)
director: Péter Juhász
director of photography: Gabriel Garai
CSALOGÁNY: PEREMVIDÉK (F3160)
(Hungary, 2026, 4:48 min)
director: Péter Becz
director of photography: Marcell Csillag
ESTI KORNÉL: TAKARJ EL
(Hungary, 2025, 6:09 min)
director: Sébastien Praznoczy
director of photography: Levente Tóth
6363: NEM VAGYOK NORMÁLIS!!!
(Hungary, 2025, 2:18 min)
director: Ábel Regős
director of photography: Dániel Bálint
The screening is followed by a Q&A with filmmakers.
18:00 / Csőke József screen
Hungarian Cinematographers’ Week: STARS OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE
(Hungary, 2025, 84 min)
director: Renátó Olasz
director of photography: Csaba Bántó
After the screening, the filmmakers are introduced.
18:15 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Feature films: BLUE HERON
(Canada-Hungary, 2025, 90 min)
director: Sophy Romvari
director of photography: Maya Bankovic
20:00 / Csőke József screen
Hungarian Cinematographers’ Week: FEELS LIKE HOME
(Hungary, 2025, 124 min)
director: Gábor Holtai
director of photography: Dániel Szőke
20:30 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Feature films: DEAR SOBRIETY: YOU’RE KILLING ME
(Mexico, 2025, 110 min)
director: Raúl Campos
director of photography: Daniel Anguiano
20:30 / Móra Park
LOVE TILL FIRST BLOOD – open-air screening
(Hungary, 1986, 94 min)
director: György Dobray, Péter Horváth
director of photography: Tamás Andor (ZSIFF Lifetime Achievement Award 2023)
16 MAY, SATURDAY
11:00 / Balázs Béla screen
Masterclass with cinematographer Gábor Szabó (HCA)
13:00 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Feature films: SILENT FRIEND
(France-Germany-Hungary, 2025, 147 min)
director: Ildikó Enyedi
director of photography: Gergely Pálos
The screening is followed by discussion with the members of Stereo Film Circle.
14:00 / Zsigmond Vilmos screen
NORTH – pre-premiere screening
(animated family feature film, Norway-Hungary, 2025, 85 min)
15:00 / Csőke József screen
Hungarian Cinematographers’ Week: 1968 – RECONSTRUCTION OF A LOVE
(Hungary, 2024, 94 min)
director: Anikó Mária Nagy, György Lukácsy
director of photography: András Kőrösi, Szabolcs Antal-Demes, Levente Tóth
After the screening, the filmmakers are introduced.
16:00 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Documentaries: KURTÁG FRAGMENTS
(Hungary, 2025, 113 min)
director: Dénes Nagy
director of photography: Tamás Dobos
The screening is followed by a Q&A with filmmakers.
17:00 / Csőke József screen
Cooking Film – Legendary Hungarian films, flavourful stories
book presentation
18:00 / Zsigmond Vilmos screen
Old favourites: KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR
(USA, 2025, 275 min with intermission)
director: Quentin Tarantino
director of photography: Robert Richardson
18:15 / Csőke József screen
Hungarian Cinematographers’ Week: MAYFLIES
(Hungary, 2025, 88 min)
director: Emília Goldberg
director of photography: Gábor Szilágyi
18:45 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Short films and music videos:
ARTURIA
(Hungary, 2025, 22 min)
director: Dániel Kőváry
director of photography: Máté Barna
MIRELIT
(Hungary, 2025, 28 min)
director: Dániel Pálfi
director of photography: Tamás Füzesi
FLLOZZ: WHERE'S MY RELIEF
(Hungary, 2025, 3:06 min)
director: Giuliano Salvatore
director of photography: Giuliano Salvatore
HERE WE ARE X B. NAGY RÉKA: MENEDÉK
(Hungary, 2025, 3:33 min)
director: HWA, Réka B. Nagy, András Körtési
director of photography: András Körtési
The screening is followed by a Q&A with filmmakers.
20:15 / Balázs Béla screen
In Competition / Feature films: ORPHAN
(Hungary, 2025, 132 min)
director: László Nemes Jeles
director of photography: Mátyás Erdély
17 MAY, SUNDAY
14:00 / Balázs Béla screen
In memoriam Zsigmond Vilmos
(documentary, Hungary, 2026, 52 min)
director: Tamás Borbás
15:00 / Zsigmond Vilmos screen
Award ceremony
18:00 – 22:00 / Balázs Béla screen
Screening of award-winning films
THE PROGRAM MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE!