US EditionBeloved Film Legend Dies After 'Long Illness' as Heartbroken Tributes Flood In
- Béla Tarr, a renowned Hungarian filmmaker, passed away on January 6, 2026, due to a long illness, confirmed by the European Film Academy and the Hungarian Filmmakers’ Association.
- Tarr's films, including Sátántangó and Werckmeister Harmonies, showcased dreamlike narratives and themes of human suffering and dignity, contributing to his influential minimalist arthouse style.
- Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony honored Tarr as the 'freest man in the world,' praising his commitment to human dignity and social sensitivity in filmmaking.
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Reputed austere but adorned by the cinematic avant-garde, he shot only a dozen films. He died on 6 January at the age of 70.
The lovers of author cinema have received with sadness the recent death at the age of 70 of Béla Tarr. The Hungarian filmmaker was key in the development and growth of the most personal European celluloid and today, we have known the tragic news from the hand of director Bence Fliegauf, who communicated the death through the agency MTI. Radical and authoral like few, his work always stood out for a suggestive black and white and for a staging lo…
A world of mourning cinema. Béla Tarr, the 70-year-old Hungarian filmmaker and screenwriter, died in Budapest. The news of the disappearance was confirmed by director Bence Fleegauf at the Hungarian press agency Mti, representing the filmmaker's family. Tarr has collaborated throughout his life with a small circle of trusted collaborators: his wife and co-director Ágnes Hranitzky, composer Mihály Víg, writer and screenwriter László Krasznahorkai…
Film director Béla Tarr, known for his epic and existential masterpieces in black and white, has died at the age of 70, Hungarian media reports. With works such as “Sátántangó” and “The Turin Horse,” he leaves behind a legacy that has shaped modern cinema.
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