Celluloid Nights by Cinema Niche

The mission of Celluloid Nights is to revive the unrepeatable experience of watching our favorite films on 35mm film, while a younger generation may have this exceptional opportunity for the first time. While cinemas now project digitally, the experience of screening a film on celluloid is quite different. For contemporary directors such as Christopher Nolan or Paul Thomas Anderson, filming is primarily a creative decision that affects how their works will appear on the big screen. Like them, Celluloid Nights celebrates the materiality of film, recognizing the uniqueness and eternal glory of film as a physical medium.

Next film:

April 23, 2026, Thursday 7:00 p.m.
Twilight (16)
Hungarian crime film, 100 min, 1990
Director: György Fehér
in Hungarain

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Previous screenings:

May 5. 2024, Sunday 6.30 pm
The Thin Red Line (16)
Canadian-American war drama, 171 min, 1998
Director: Terrence Malick
in English with Hungarian subtitles

May 16. 2024, Thursday 7.30 pm
Midnight Cowboy (18)
American drama, 109 min, 1969
Director: John Schlesinger
in English with Hungarian subtitles

June 6. 2024, Thursday 7.00 pm
Mean Girls (12)
American comedy, 97 min, 2004
Director: Mark Waters
in English with Hungarian subtitles

September 12. 2024, Thursday 7.00 pm
From Dusk Till Dawn (18)
American horror comedy, 108 min, 1996
Director: Robert Rodríguez
in English with Hungarian subtitles

October 6. 2024, Sunday 7.00 pm
Gladiator (2000) (16)
American-English historical drama, 149 min, 2000
Director: Ridley Scott
in English with Hungarian subtitles

November 21. 2024, Thursday 7.00 pm
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (16)
French-American drama, 130 min, 1992
Director: David Lynch
in English with Hungarian subtitles

December 19. 2024, Thursday 7.00 pm
It's a Wonderful Life
American drama, bw, 130 min, 1946
Director: Frank Capra
in English with Hungarian subtitles

February 13. 2025, Thursday 7.00 pm
Straight Story (KN)
English-French-American film drama, 107 min, 1999
Director: David Lynch
in English with Hungarian subtitles

March 13. 2025, Thursday 7.00 pm
Apocalypse Now - Redux (18) 
American war drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
in English with Hungarian subtitles

April 10. 2025, Thursday 7.00 pm
Come and See
Soviet war drama film, 142 min, 1985
in Belarusian, German and Russian with Hungarian subtitles

May 15. 2025 Thursday 7:00 pm
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Italian-French drama, 116 min, 1975
in Italian with Hungarian subtitles

September 11, 2025, Thursday, 7.00 pm.
Pickpocket
black and white French drama, 75 min, 1959
Director: Robert Bresson
in French with Hungarian subtitles

Oktober 2, 2025, Thursday, 7.00 pm.
Andrej Rubljov (12)
black and white Soviet biographical drama, 183 min, 1966
Director: Andrej Tarkovszkij
in the original language, with Hungarian subtitles

November 13, 2025,  Thursday, 7.30 pm.
Japón (16) 
Mexican-Spanish-German-Dutch drama film, 128 min, 2002
Director: Carlos Reygadas
in Spanish, with Hungarian subtitles

December 14, 2025. Sunday, 7.00 pm.
Eyes Wide Shut (18)
American-English drama, 159 min, 1999
Director: Stanley Kubrick
in English, with Hungarian subtitles

January 15, 2026, Thursday, 7.00 pm.
Psycho (18)
American thriller, 104 min, 1960
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
in English, with Hungarian subtitles

Januray 24, 2026, Saturday, 2.00 pm.
Satantango (12) – Különkiadás
Hungarian drama, with two intermission, 439 min, 1994
Director: Béla Tarr, the director's collaborator is Ágnes Hranitzky
in Hungarian

February 26, 2026, Thursday, 7.00 pm.
Touch of Evil
American drama, 111 min, 1958
Director: Orson Welles
in English, with Hungarian subtitles

March 15, 2026, Sunday, 7.00 pm.
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German thriller, drama, 110 min, 1931
Director: Fritz Lang
in German, with Hungarian subtitles

March 15, 2026, Sunday, 7.00 pm.
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German thriller, drama, 110 min, 1931
Director: Fritz Lang
in German, with Hungarian subtitles

Ticket prize: 3900 HUF

The 35 mm print was provided by the National Film Institute - Film Archive.