Hungarian Film Week screens contemporary films, restored classics in Bucharest

Romania Insider · 03.11.2026, 12:18:38

The 20th edition of the Hungarian Film Week is set to open on October 8 with a program featuring a selection of contemporary films presented at international festivals, documentaries, works by emerging filmmakers, and restored Hungarian classics. The festival opens with Ground Floor (Földszint) , a drama directed by Gábor Reisz that premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and subsequently received the Adolf Zukor Grand Prize at the CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival. Ádám Tompa, who plays the lead role, will be in Bucharest for the screening. Another Bucharest premiere is Mommy Blue , the feature-film debut of director Bernadette Mayer, inspired by autobiographical experiences and produced with support from the National Film Institute of Hungary's Inkubator program. The director will travel to Bucharest to present her film in person. Another title in the selection is Blue Heron – A Summer's Memory (Blue Heron – Egy nyár emléke) , directed by Sophy Romvari, which won the Best First Feature Award at the 2025 Locarno International Film Festival. The story of a first-generation immigrant family stands out for its intimate perspective and distinctive narrative structure, exploring memory and the passage of time. Iringó Réti, one of the film's lead actors, will attend its Bucharest premiere. The contemporary cinema selection also includes the drama Earth and Iron (Föld és vas) , directed by Tamás Buvári, which explores the experience of leaving one's homeland in Central Europe through three separate episodes, and the thriller The Inheritance (Az örökség) by István Tasnádi. The latter is the result of an eight-year creative process in which the screenwriter and lead actors developed the story based on improvised situations. Romanian audiences will also get to see the premiere of Testament (Testamentum) , directed by András Surányi, which depicts the final, difficult years of composer Béla Bartók's life in American exile. Following the screening, Richá