THE SPECTACLE
THE SPECTACLE
Performance
Text: Joshua Jádi
LONG NIGHT OF SHORT FILMS I
6 short films, 96 min
Fri 07.11. I 18:30 I WELTSPIEGEL GROSSER SAAL I original version with English and German subtitles
Sun 09.11. I 12:00 I WELTSPIEGEL SAAL 2 I original version with English and German subtitles
Bálint Kenyeres
Thimios Bakatakis
Jan Schermer
Sandra Sztevanovity
Vilmos Jónás, Jolika Józsefné Oláh, Tímea Udvari-Kardos, Soma Sándor, Gábor Váradi
Bálint Kenyeres - Bálint Kenyeres was born in 1976 in Budapest. After studying philosophy, film history, and film theory, he graduated as a film director at the Budapest Film and Theatre Academy in 2006. Since then, he has been a member of the European Film Academy.
His film ZÁRAS (CLOSING TIME) premiered at Venice Film Festival and got selected for more than 30 other film festivals, winning a dozen awards. His second short, BEFORE DAWN, was in Competition at Cannes Film Festival in 2005, won a Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival, and got the European Film Academy Prix UIP for the Best European Short in 2006. It was selected at 140 festivals and won 30 awards.
His third short, THE HISTORY OF AVIATION, premiered at Director’s Fortnight in Cannes in 2009 and has been selected for 50 film festivals.
His first feature HIER (TEGNAP), a European coproduction, premiered in Competition at Locarno Film Festival in 2018.
His recent short THE SPECTACLE is in Competition at Cannes Film Festival in 2025.
2018: HIER / feature
2009: THE HISTORY OF AVIATION / short
2005: BEFORE DAWN / short
1999: CLOSING TIME / short
