“about the heaviness of human existence … How it’s difficult to live your daily life, and the monotony of life”
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Béla Tarr
Béla Tarr was a Hungarian film director, screenwriter and producer. His films are distinguished by their stark black-and-white visuals, extended long takes, languid pacing, and an absence of traditional plotting. They explore existential themes and often focus on marginalized, desperate characters in bleak landscapes. He became known as a founding figure of the slow cinema genre, most notably with…
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entertainment · Hungarian filmmaker (1955–2026) · screenwriter · film director · film producer · director · anarchist · film screenwriter · also Béla Tarr, Bela Tarr, Tarr Béla, Tarr
Born 21 July 1955 · Died 6 January 2026 · Q312944
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2026· 9 entries
Variety: Béla Tarr’s Legacy Celebrated at Sarajevo Film Festival
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Yahoo: Sarajevo Unveils Béla Tarr Tribute Program for Former Students of His Film School
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AV Club: R.I.P. Béla Tarr, the arthouse godfather of slow cinema
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Los Angeles Times: Iconoclastic Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr, known for ‘Sátántangó,’ dies at 70
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Yahoo: Béla Tarr, Hungarian Filmmaker, Dies at 70
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The Hindu: Béla Tarr dies at 70: a storied legacy of slowing cinema down
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IndieWire: Béla Tarr, Patient and Often Pitiless Director of Hungarian Epics Like ‘Sátántangó,’ Dead at 70
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Died 2026-01-06.
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2025· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizen of Budapest (2025).
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2023· 7 entries
Deadline.com: Béla Tarr Set For European Film Awards Honor; ‘Aftersun’ Leads BAFTA Scotland Awards; Mediawan To Distribute Berlusconi Doc; Tim Blake Nelson Leads Animated Short ...
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Awarded European Film Academy Honorary Award (2023).
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FirstShowing.net: New 4K Re-Release Trailer for Béla Tarr's 'Werckmeister Harmonies'
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“We have brought the planet to the brink of catastrophe with our greediness and our unlimited ignorance. With the horrible wars we waged with the goal of robbing the people there. [...] Now we are confronted with the victims of our acts. We must ask the question: who are we, and what morality do we represent when we build a fence to keep out these people?”
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“I still consider myself an anarchist”
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Tarr said "I still consider myself an anarchist"
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Was conferred an Honorary Doctorate by FAMU - Prague University of the Arts
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2022· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson (2022–2026).
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2021· 1 entry
Received the Homeland Award in Budapest
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2020· 1 entry
A 4K restoration of Sátántangó was released on Blu-ray by Curzon Artificial Eye and was made available for online streaming by the Criterion Channel
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2019· 1 entry
Authored Missing People, a site-specific project created at the intersection between performance, installation, and motion picture, involving 250 Viennese homeless people
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2017· 3 entries
Awarded lifetime achievement award in LET'S CEE Film Festival (2017).
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Was awarded the Honorary Medal and appointed Honorary Professor at Wuhan University
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At Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam, he developed an exhibition entitled Till the End of the World - a cross between a film, a theatre set, and an installation, which attracted over 40,000 visitors
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded lifetime achievement award in Sofia International Film Festival (2016).
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Was appointed Honorary Professor at the Beijing Film Academy
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Hungarian Film Critics Awards (2014).
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2011· 5 entries
IndieWire: Béla Tarr to Receive Full Retrospective at Film Society of Lincoln Center in February
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Awarded lifetime achievement award in Jerusalem Film Festival (2011).
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Awarded Konrad Wolf Prize (2011).
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Earned Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize for The Turin Horse in Berlin International Film Festival (2011).
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Awarded FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes for The Turin Horse in Palm Springs International Film Festival (2011).
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded Annual award ACFK presented by Association of Czech Film Clubs (2010).
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2005· 2 entries
Awarded Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic (2005).
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Received the France Culture Award (Foreign Filmmaker of the Year) for the film Damnation
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Kossuth Prize (2003).
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Gundel Art Award (2001).
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Received the Berliner Zeitung Jury Award for his film Werckmeister Harmonies at the Berlin International Film Festival
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1995· 1 entry
But fell into silence until 2000's Werckmeister Harmóniák (Werckmeister Harmonies)
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1994· 1 entry
Received several awards for the film Satantango, including the Caligari Film Award (Berlin International Film Festival), the National Society of Film Critics Award for Experimental Film, the Âge d'Or Prize (Brussels P
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1988· 1 entry
Received the Bronze Rosa Camuna Award for his film Damnation at the Bergamo Film Meeting
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1983· 1 entry
Awarded Béla Balázs Award (1983).
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1982· 1 entry
Received a Special Mention Award for the film The Prefab People at the Locarno International Film Festival
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1981· 1 entry
Studied at University of Theatre and Film Arts (1977–1981).
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1979· 2 entries
“We were coming with some fresh, new, true, real things. We just wanted to show the reality – anti-movies.”
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Received the Grand Prize for his film Family Nest at the Mannheim–Heidelberg International Film Festival
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1955· 1 entry
Born 1955-07-21.
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