• Home
• Channel: Entertainment
• Seven Hills International Film Festival, Pécs, On Until Sunday

Seven Hills International Film Festival, Pécs, On Until Sunday

• 5 Sep 2018 8:40 AM
• Hungary Matters

The Seven Hills International Film Festival (SHIFF) got underway with the opening gala in Pécs, in southern Hungary. More than 40 films have been selected for the festival’s competition lineup, including 25 short films, 11 feature films and 5 documentaries.

The SHIFF will award prizes in the categories of best feature film, best short film, best documentary, best director, best actress or actor and a special jury award will also be handed out.

The festival’s guest of honour is the Kingdom of Bahrain. Sheikh Khalid bin Al-Khalifa, director of Bahrain’s Isa Cultural Centre, said at the opening gala that his country has a tradition of supporting the arts.

He invited the festival’s visitors to attend some of the event’s programmes featuring Bahraini talent, such as Bahraini composer Waheed Alkhan’s concert with the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra on Wednesday.

Ádám Bősze, the gala’s host, quoted state secretary for culture Péter Fekete as saying that the event’s organisers had “left no stone unturned” to bring a high profile film festival to Pécs. The festival runs until Sunday.

Click here to learn more about the Festival

• How does this content make you feel?
• I love it
• I like it
• I dislike it

• Seven Hills International Film Festival Pécs

XpatLoop Media Partner

Hungary Matters

Launched in January 2014, this newsletter published on week days covers 'everything you need to know about what’s going on in Hungary and beyond', according to its publisher the state media agency MTI.

Explore More Reports

Silver Bear Director Brings Kurtág’s Life to the Big Screen in Hungary

• 18 Feb 2026 6:43 AM

Kurtag Fragments, a film portrait of Gyorgy Kurtag, the last surviving member of Hungary's great post-second world war generation of composers, will premiere in Hungarian cinemas on Thursday to mark his 100th birthday on Feb 19.



Photos: Top 5 Street Artists in Budapest

• 28 Jan 2026 8:18 AM

Budapest’s streets tell stories long before you step into a museum. Crumbling façades sit next to grand imperial buildings, and between them you’ll often spot flashes of colour, humour and commentary in the form of stickers, paste-ups and murals. Street art has become one of the ways the city reflects on itself — its past, its politics and its pop culture.



Budapest Art Weekend: A City-Wide Contemporary Art Showcase

• 25 Nov 2025 6:14 AM

Get ready to explore Budapest’s contemporary art scene as the Art Weekend Budapest (AWB) festival returns, running from November 28 to 30. This year marks a significant expansion, featuring a record 42 participating venues for art enthusiasts to discover.



Free Events: Art Weekend Budapest, 28 - 30 November

• 29 Oct 2025 2:20 PM

So far, almost 40 art venues have announced their participation in the Art Weekend Budapest (AWB) event series, which will be held between November 28th and 30th.