Over six days, visitors to the festival featuring recently restored, popular classics and rarities can enjoy around 100 of the finest films from global movie history.

This marathon of movies boasts a wealth of programmes this year too, with the main theme of the festival is the Central European roots of Hollywood. 

The core of the programme comprises works by artists who, setting out from Budapest and frequently with stop-offs in Vienna and Berlin, made it to Hollywood where they became globally famous.

September 15, Thursday

20:00 The Iron Flower – Csortos Hall
Hungarian romantic drama, black and white, dir: János Herskó, 90 min, 1958
In Hungarian with English subtitles

20:30 The Vulture – Main Hall
Hungarian crime film, colour, dir: Ferenc András, 116 min, 1982
in English with Hungarian subtitles

September 16, Friday

15:30 Watch on the Rhinev – Main Hall
American drama, black and white, dir: Herman Shumlin, 114 min, 1943
in English and German with Hungarian subtitles

18:00 The Lady from Constantinaple – Main Hall
Hungarian drama, black and white, dir: Judit Elek, 74 min, 1969
In Hungarian with English subtitles
Guests at the screening will be director Judit Elek and cinematographer Elemér Ragályi.

18:30 One, Two, Three – Csortos Hall
American comedy, black and white, dir: Billy Wilder, 104 min, 1961
in English, German and Russian, with Hungarian subtitles

20:00 The Hero – Main Hall
Indian drama, black and white, dir: Satyajit Ray, 106 min, 1966
in Bengali, with Hungarian and English subtitles

20:30 Keep Smiling! – Csortos Hall
Hungarian comedy, black and white, dir: Kardos László, 70 min, 1935
in English with Hungarian subtitles

September 17, Saturday

10:30 Macskássy fairy tale films – Main Hall
short film selection, dir: Gyula Macskássy,102 min, 1951
in Hungarian

15:15 The Angel with the Trumpet – Main Hall
Austrian black and white drama, dir: Karl Hartl, 138 min, 1948
in German with Hungarian and Engish subtitles

16:30 Ship of Fools – Csortos Hall
American drama, balack and white, dir: Stanley Kramer, 149 min, 1965
in English, German and Spanish with Hungarian subtitles

18:00 Romy, free woman – Main Hall
French documentary, colour, dir: Lucie Cariès, 91 min, 2022
in French with Hungarian and Englis subtitles

19:30 Christmas in Connecticut – Csortos Hall
American comedy, black and white, dir: Peter Godfrey , 101 min, 1945
in English and German with Hungarian subtitles

20:00 Some Like It Hot – Main Hall
American romantic comedy, Black and white, dir: Billy Wilder, 121 min, 1959
in English with Hungarian subtitles

September 18, Sunday

11:00 The Sea Hawk – Main Hall
American adventure, black and white, dir: Michael Curtiz, 127 min, 1940
in English with Hungarian subtitles

14:00 Love and the Devil – Main Hall
American drama, black and white, silent, dir: Alexander Korda, 70 min, 1929
silent movie with English Intertitles and Hunagarian Subtitules

15:30 Age of Illusions – Main Hall
Hungarian drama, black and white, dir: István Szabó, 94 min, 1964
In Hungarian with English subtitles

17:45 The Swimming Pool– Main Hall
Italian drama, colour, dir: Jacques Deray, 122 min, 1969
in French, with Hungarian subtitles

19:00 Sunset Boulevard – Csortos Hall
American film noir, black and white, dir: Billy Wilder, 110 min, 1950
in English with Hungarian subtitles

20:00 The Last Movie – Main Hall
American drama, colour, dir: Dennis Hopper, 108 min, 1971
in English with Hungarian subtitles

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