✨ SOMETHING REAL | Screening and Q&A with the filmmakers ✨
Following screenings in New York, Iowa and Montreal, Kristóf Lendvai’s multi-award-winning short film is coming to Budapest.
The film won the Best Student Film award in New York from a field of over 200 entries, whilst Krisztián Polónyi-Gyuricza was named Best Cinematographer. In April, it won the Grand Prize at VAS-FILM 22, and in May it received the Audience Award at the Szabad a Vászon! Film Festival, and received the Special Cinematography Award at the 33rd National Student Film Festival. It was also featured in the competition programmes of the 10th Cegléd Film Festival and the American Interrobang Film Festival, and at the end of September it will be one of five films competing for the Best Student Film award at the Aladerri International Film Festival.
This time, Something Real can be seen in Budapest at the Dürer Kert Fotelbár as part of an exclusive screening and audience Q&A.
A lonely Chinese man finds himself in the hustle and bustle of Budapest, a city foreign to him, amidst the silence of an unexpected, sincere connection.
📍 Dürer Kert (Sofa bar)
🗓️ 29 September 2026, 17:00–18:30
🎟️ Admission is free, but registration is required. You can collect a wristband at the entrance to the Fotelbár by giving your name; this will grant you entry.
❗️ This film is not recommended for under-16s
Film trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRPvKNwnTrw
“Something is a truly sensitive, endearing film about loneliness, the search for love and the experience of cultural alienation. Its strengths lie in the lead actor’s authentic performance, the consistent atmosphere it creates, and the effective emotional foundation.”
(Krisztina Goda, Béla Balázs Award-winning director and screenwriter)
“Every shot in Kristóf Lendvai’s film is a meticulously composed visual statement. The pictures, of picturesque beauty, do not merely accompany the story, but create meaning in their own right: they reveal more about the characters’ emotional states than their words ever could, whilst consistently depicting loneliness and the fragility of human relationships."
(Dr. habil. Anna Bátori, film theorist and film historian)