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At the beginning of the XXth century Cluj-Napoca was an important centre for filmmaking in the region, some world famous filmmakers started their careers in the film studios existing here: Sándor Korda (Sir Alexander Korda) or Mihály Kertész (Michael Curtiz) made their first films in Cluj-Napoca. At the beginning of the XXIth century we hope that the Department of Film, Photography and Media at the Sapientia - Hungarian University of Transylvania has again the opportunity to offer possibilities of discovering and developing new talents among those young students who see new, exciting challenges in the world of film or television and find them worthy of undertaking.

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Lakatos Miska’s Documentary at the 23rd Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
14/11/2026 12:02 AM

The documentary Better Find It Out from Me – Six Roma Portraits from the Cristuru Region will be screened as part of the festival’s Romakép section in Budapest on November 19 and in Veszprém on November 20.

Professor Ágnes Pethő Invited to Speak at an International Symposium at the Sorbonne in Paris
10/11/2026 11:14 PM

The international symposium Haptic Encounters: Touch, Art and Gestures of Care, dedicated to the artistic and social significance of touch, took place on 16 October 2026 at Sorbonne University in Paris.

The Death of Dracula at the L'Étrange Festival in Paris
31/08/2026 01:27 AM

The silent film remake will be screened on September 4 and 7 at the Forum des Images as part of the festival's 32nd edition.

AniMates Animation Competition – 2026
31/07/2026 05:57 PM

This year marks the third edition of the AniMates Festival & Forum! If animation is your passion, submit your work to the AniMates Animation Competition.

Our first-year students at the Zsigmond Vilmos Film Festival
21/05/2026 01:50 PM

Three of our first-year students – Péter Nagy, Kata Toldi, and Zoárd Vadas – took part in this year’s Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival in Szeged.

A new volume of essays has been published by the Palgrave Macmillan
19/04/2026 12:45 PM

edited by Ágnes Pethő with the title: Affective Intermediality. Moving Images Between Media, Sensation and Reality.

With live music accompaniment
10/10/2025 10:22 PM

our Death of Dracula silent film was screened in Sfantu Gheorghe.

Prof. Ágnes Pethő was invited to Gdansk as a keynote spaker
23/09/2025 01:49 PM

The title of her presentation: Re-sensitizing Film Studies. The Affective Performativity of Intermediality.

We are excited to announce the call for animation films for the second edition of Animates!
16/06/2025 09:46 PM

We are organizing our animation festival for the second time between September 26–28, 2025, and it will feature a competition section as well.

The contemporary film festival
06/06/2025 12:00 PM

Masterclass and workshop with Jürgen Brüning - member of the Advisory Selection Committee of the Panorama section at Berlinale.

The Hungarian Academy of Sciences awarded Dr. Ágnes Pethő with the János Arany Prize.
09/05/2025 01:00 PM

The professor in our department received this award in recognition of her outstanding achievements in the field of film and media studies, his pioneering work in researching intermediality in film art, and her foundational work in this film school.

LOST ANALOGUE: An Innovative Film Education & Collaboration Project
20/01/2025 03:30 PM

The LOST ANALOGUE project concluded in January, bringing innovation to film education through analog techniques and artistic collaborations. The studies presenting the project's results are now available.

Volume 26 of our scientific journal has been published
11/12/2024 05:20 AM

Intermedial Practices, Affective Immersions

Affective intermediality: a new research paradigm
19/11/2024 12:42 PM

On 22 November 2024 we organize a hybrid (in person/online) international workshop in conclusion of the research project in order to debate the results and discuss future plans.