Beauty Horror: The Play of Genres for the Spectacle
Focuses on the visual possibilities of genre mixing. “Beauty horror” is a unique, aesthetically provocative cinematic world where beauty and horror go hand in hand.
17 October 2025, Friday 18:00 (Room A)
Accompanying film: The Ugly Stepsister – Norwegian-Danish-Romanian-Polish horror, 110 minutes, 2025. Director: Emilie Blichfeldt
17 October 2025, Friday, 16:00 (Room E)
Workshop: Character and Space – Tracing Memories
A sensitive journey around the relationship between personal experiences of space and character-driven cinematic world-building, where participants will be inspired to create unique spaces.
17 October 2025, Friday, 19:15-20:45 (Studio)
About the Organizer:
The Alexandre Trauner ART/FILM Festival is the world’s only film festival combining visual spectacle with fine arts and science.
We welcome production designers, art department professionals, fine artists, documentary filmmakers, film professionals, and university students specializing in film, media, communication, fine arts, or design. The festival offers a rich program: film screenings, masterclasses led by international filmmakers, art exhibitions, panel discussions, and evening concerts.
The festival aims to be a platform for visually compelling feature-length, short, and documentary films, fostering dialogue among students and faculty from Central European universities and enhancing professional knowledge exchange.
Tisza Cinema Ltd has been formed in January 1990. The director of the company is Istvan Ferenc Demeter. He has bought the well - positioned cinema in 1996, renovated it numerous times, modernized the building, and supplied it with the latest digital technology. There are 3 screening venues. Room "A" has 133 seats, Room "B" has 38, and room "E" is equipped with 30 seats. Tisza Cinema has been dedicated to film education, forming film clubs and small communities. It organizes clubs, trainings, programs to the young audience taking their age into consideration.
In the café of the cinema there are fine art exhibitions, book presentations regularly and those cultural and public events which supplement the cultural life of Szolnok. The terrace of the café - called Muse's Square next to the cinema - gives place to free outdoor screenings, literature and gastronomic events and other cultural programs. The biggest event of the cinema is the international Alexandre Trauner ART/Film Festival.
