Screenings 

7:00 pm Orphan movie by László Nemes Jeles, Hungary, 2025. 2 h 12 min, 9:30 pm Q&A after the screening. A young boy after the Hungarian uprising of 1956, raised by his mother with the tale of an idealized dead father, is confronted with a brutish man who claims to be his real father.

6:00 pm Operation Kabul movie by Zsombor Dyga, Hungary, 2025. 1 h 39 min, Dragons Over Kabul is a 2025 Hungarian war action drama based on a true story, depicting the dramatic escape of Hungarian soldiers and civilians from Kabul Airport. The film is set during the 2021 collapse of Afghanistan, with a brave female doctor’s rescue at the center of the story.

6:00 pm Award Ceremony, featuring live performances by outstanding Hungarian folk dancers across Ontario. 7:00 pm Hungarian Wedding movie by Csaba Káel, Hungary, 2025, 1 h 33 min. 8:30 pm Q&A after the screening. Two students travel to a Transylvanian wedding in the 1980's, where a risky scheme turns into true love, set against the vibrant music and dance of Hungary's living folk traditions.

6 pm Award Ceremony, Star performer Lilla Polyák 7 pm Barney's Version movie by Robert Lantos Canada, 2010, 2h 14min Barney's Version is a 2010 Canadian comedy drama film directed by Richard J. Lewis, written by Michael Konyves, and based on the 1997 novel by Mordecai Richler.

Hungary, 2024, 73 min Romance, in Hungarian with English subtitles Director: Zoltán Rátóti

Short film and documentary screening Csaba Káel: My Loves, documentary about Károly Makk 55 min, Hungarian with English subtitle Barbara Somossy: Unscripted, short film, 30 min, Hungarian with English Subtitle

Hungary, 1921, 1h 23m Animation, Family, Fantasy, in Hungarian with English subtitle Director: Filip Posivac

Hungary, 1971, 1h 28m Drama, in Hungarian Director: Károly Makk Hungarian with English subtitles

Hungary, 2024, 1h 40m Drama, in Hungarian with English Subtitles Director: Attila Till

Our Canadian Hungarian Filmmakers Screening aims to showcase the talents of filmmakers who have a connection to Hungarian culture. Young Rebels Director: Susan M. Papp Next Stars and Producers: Mihaly Szabados and Aniko Kaszas Touched by Water Director: Tamas Wormser

Hungary, 2024, Adventure/Biography/Drama/History/Romance, Hungarian with English Subtitles Director: Balázs Lóth

Screening with the Greek International Film Festival Tour of Canada 2024, documentary, 1h 17m, English Director: Cam Fink, Rob Heath, Tony Wilson Q&A after the screening

Hungary, 2024, animation, 84m, Hungarian with English Subtitles Director: saba Máli, Zsolt Pálfi

Hungary, comedy/romance, 90 min, Hungarian with English subtitle Director: Dénes Orosz Q&A after the screening with Réka Tenki and Sándor Csányi

Hungary, musical/comedy/romance, 90m, Hungarian with English subtitle Director: Dénes Orosz Q&A after the screening with Franciska Töröcsik