Filmtettfeszt (Filmtettfeszt – Erdélyi Magyar Filmszemle)

Filmtettfeszt

Filmtettfeszt – Erdélyi Magyar Filmszemle

Also known as: Zilele Filmului Maghiar, Filmtettfest
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Filmtettfeszt is a festival of Hungarian-language cinema in Transylvania, organised by the Cluj-Napoca-based Filmtett Association, publisher of the Filmtett film magazine and portal. It began in 2001 as Filmtett’s birthday event and screens recent Hungarian films that have no cinema release in Romania alongside work by Transylvanian Hungarian filmmakers: shorts, documentaries, animation, student films, silent and amateur films and features made in Transylvania. Films are shown with Romanian subtitles, and the programme adds audience meetings, round tables, book launches and workshops. Since 2011 the festival has spread from Cluj-Napoca to more than 15 towns and several villages across Transylvania.

The Filmgalopp competition, held since 2015, presents young Transylvanian Hungarian filmmakers and alternates between fiction shorts and documentaries. The Sárga Csikó Award, named after the first Transylvanian Hungarian feature film, honours a figure of Transylvanian film culture, and the Fám Erika Award recognises a film critic. The 26th edition runs 7–11 October 2026, with screenings in Timișoara on 15–18 October 2026.

Country

Romania

Categories

Animation, Documentary, Feature, Short, Student

Awards and prizes

Sárga Csikó Award (Sárga Csikó Díj): honorary award established by the Filmtett Association in 2012 and named after Sárga csikó (dir. Jenő Janovics, 1914), the first Transylvanian Hungarian feature film. It is given each year to a person whose work as a filmmaker, role model or teacher enriches Transylvanian Hungarian film culture or supports the careers of Transylvanian filmmakers. It consists of a statuette and, since 2015, a cash prize of HUF 1 million, and is presented at the closing gala. Filmgalopp main prize: awarded by a professional jury in the Filmgalopp competition for young Transylvanian Hungarian filmmakers (since 2015); since 2017 it also comes with a trophy. Filmgalopp audience award: decided by an online audience vote during the festival. Recent editions have also included a special prize of the Hungarian National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH). Fám Erika Award (Fám Erika-díj): critics' award founded in 2019 and named after the late film critic Erika Fám since 2021; it is given to a long-standing contributor to the Filmtett film portal at the closing gala.

Festival rules

Filmgalopp, the festival's competition, is open to young Transylvanian Hungarian filmmakers. The call alternates by year between fiction short films and documentaries (2026: fiction shorts). Entries are submitted through the registration form on the festival website. Competition films are screened at the festival, are available online on the festival website during the festival for the audience vote, and are judged by a professional jury.

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