The ELTE–NFI University Film Club screening and discussion series continues. We welcome university members from all ELTE faculties.
Ten-year-old Palkó, who has moved back home from Berlin, watches the daily life at his elementary school in Budapest with amazement. Children fainting and endless speeches accompany the ceremonial start of the school year. The canteen is filled with the characteristic smell of vegetable stew and bleach-laced mop water. Only Miss Juci, a novice teacher, truly understands Palkó, who is also a victim of the institutional system mired in the “caretaker culture.” This film, which at times veers into the grotesque while dissecting the state of public education, was produced as an independent film in collaboration with several Hungarian producers and has won numerous prestigious awards at international film festivals.
Date: 11 November 2026, 6:00 p.m.
Location: ELTE University Square Campus, Emilia Weiss Hall (1053 Budapest, Egyetem tér 1–3, ground floor)
Director and Screenwriter: Bálint Szimler
Director of Photography: Marcell Rév
Editor: Zsófia Ördög
Music: Dorka Lajhó, Péter Sabák
Starring: Anna Mészöly, Mátis Paul, Ákos “Dadan” Kovács
Our guests for the post-screening discussion will be Dr. Angéla Bajzáth, education researcher and associate professor (Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Education and Psychology Institute of Educational Sciences), and Bálint Szimler, the film’s director.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNCUvjY-mNI
Due to limited seating, registration in advance is appreciated: https://www.ajk.elte.hu/fekete-pont-2024
The organisers welcome emails regarding the film club at eltenfi.filmklub@elte.hu.