Béla Tarr Movies

Diplomafilm is a short film that Béla Tarr made to graduate from Art School, in 1981. It is the predecessor of The Prefab People, with the...

A portrait film in which the actors often employed by Fehér (Ferenc Kállai, Péter Haumann and Ildikó...

A troubled young woman confronts her past at a rehabilitation centre. She finds solace in horse therapy but her growing intimacy with her therapist...

Johanna, a young drug addict, falls into a deep coma after an accident. Doctors miraculously manage to save her from death's doorstep. Touched by...

Documentary about a hostel for workers. An old worker suspected of stealing a motor gets fired from the factory and must leave the hostel.

Anthology film made as an act of protest against Hungarian government of Viktor Orban.

A talented but irresponsible violinist ruins his marriage with his drinking and antisocial behaviour.

A film within a film within a film within a fish.

"My goal is not education, but liberation." In February 2024, a filmmaking workshop takes place in Fukushima under the guidance of the Hungarian...

Two starving kids find a dead body in the ruins during the apocalypse.

A documentary about the making of The Turin Horse, the last film directed by Hungarian master Béla Tarr.

A world in lock-down. As a global pandemic unfolds, 13 international filmmakers pen cinematic letters from their places of isolation, whether home or...

In this hypnotic odyssey, the ancient monasteries of Armenia’s highlands bear traces of epochs past. Landscapes give way to soundscapes, and...

An enterprising young man who practices medicine, striving to win the affection of his beloved, vows to cure her mother of a serious illness. To...

In this dense setting, the inhabitants of a large, claustrophobic apartment reveal their darkest secrets, fears, obsessions and hostilities.

The story of a mother who now needs the full-time care of her son who struggles to keep giving it.

A student film by Béla Tarr, from 1979. Presumed lost until very recently.

On her regular day at work, Paola starts to feel that she is missing out something exciting.