For the eighth time, the Budapest Cultural Center announces its Our Culture (AMiK) Short Film Festival for young filmmakers. The theme of this year's festival is the Hungarian capital BUDAPEST: all submitted films must be connected to Budapest in some way -- in script, story, background, theme, as a location, etc.

There is no registration fee.!

Valuable prizes will be awarded in three categories, according to age groups.

Best animated film
Best feature film
Best documentary film
Budapest prize

Application criteria:
♦ you are past 18
♦ you are less 40
♦ you are still an amateur, i.e. you do not work in the film industry
♦ you live in Hungary
♦ your film has not yet participated in any previous Our Culture (AMiK) Festival
♦ your film was made after 2021
♦ your film's play time is 1-20 minutes
♦ English subtitles are required for non-Hungarian films
♦ your film can only contain royalty-free music
♦ There are no genre and technical restrictions.

Rules and regulations:
♦ Maximum 3 films in each category.
♦ Films received after the deadline will not be considered.
♦ Entries will be judged by a professional jury, according to objective and subjective criteria.
♦ The decision of the jury is final from the moment the results are announced and cannot be changed.
♦ By submitting their entry, the creators of each nominated film declare that the personal rights of the characters in the film will not be violated and that only persons who have agreed to be actors or creators and have actively consented to this will appear in the film.
♦ The applicant agrees and accepts - if his/her short film deviates from 24 or 25 frames per second (fps), then - on the cinema screen - full match with the original material he/she submitted cannot be guaranteed (this is due to conversion to a format accepted by the cinema).
♦ All legal issues related to this are the responsibility of the entrant. By entering, the entrant accepts that his/her work will be screened at the VIII Our Culture Short Film Festival and agrees that the organisers may promote the event by means of a maximum of 10 seconds of footage from the work, either on its own or with extracts from other entrants' works.
♦ We reserve the right to make changes.

The Organiser will process the personal data obtained during the registration only within the framework of the registration and for the purpose of communication with the Organiser for a period of 1 year or until the withdrawal of the consent.

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  • Levente Török

    Az eddigi filmfesztiválok közül amin jártam, messze itt volt a legközvetlenebb és legkedvesebb gárda. Nagyon jó élmény volt a fesztivál. Erős filmek. Szuper zsűri és tényleg odaadó nagyszerű szervezés.

    March 2026
  • Aron Tanos

    Lovely festival! Warm and friendly ambience, great people to learn from, movies from a broad selection on various levels, but there is something to take away from every single one of them. Had a great time, thanks!

    March 2026
  • Very great program and communication! It was a very happy time to be selected here. Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend in person, but I am sure it's been a fantastic event. All the best!

    March 2025
  • Szemetes Háker

    Nagyon jó volt. Jövőre is jelentkezem.

    March 2025
  • Good festival! Thank you for selecting my film.

    April 2024