Special event - In memoriam Béla Tarr
On March 5, 2026, in Kinemax in Gorizia, we will pay tribute to Béla Tarr, who left us this year, one of the most singular voices in contemporary world cinema. Last year, Kinoatelje had intended to present him with the Darko Bratina Award, but illness prevented him from joining us. PARTICIPARION FORM.
The evening is part of the GO! STUDIO program and celebrates Tarr’s cinematic vision while situating it within the broader framework of the project, which empowers young filmmakers and cultural practitioners through learning by doing across the entire life cycle of a film, from production to festival presentation, critical reflection, and mentorship.
The day will start at 5 pm at BorGO Cinema in Gorizia in presence of the special guest Sunčica Fradelić, co-founder of film.factory. Sunčica will give insight on the main idea, structure, program and operational aspects of film.factory, explaining basic principles behind it and the force that moved them forward, focusing on practical aspects and day to day management, following discussion with participants of the event.
Former students from Béla Tarr’s film.factory in Sarajevo talk about their exceptional experiences at this film school. Jonathan Rosenbaum on film.factory.
Béla Tarr - motivation and biography
The event will go on at 8 pm in collaboration with Palazzo del Cinema, at the Kinemax cinema with the contributions from Pedro Costa, Lav Diaz, Amos Gitai, Amir Naderi, Gregor Božič, Alessandro Comodin, and others. The evening will be introduced by Donatello Fumarola and Mateja Zorn of the cross-border film festival Tribute to a Vision, who will guide the audience through the significance of Tarr’s work and its impact on contemporary cinema. The commemorative evening takes place in collaboration with the Slovene cinematheque.
The evening will be followed by the screening of The Turin Horse (A Torinói ló, Hungary 2011, 156’, black-and-white), directed by Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky, a film that extends and deepens the persistence and humanism of the vision of that great man who is Béla Tarr. This hommage not only honors Tarr’s legacy but also reinforces the mission of GO! STUDIO to create meaningful opportunities for young creators in the cross-border region of Nova Gorica–Gorizia, allowing them to develop their potential within a structured, hands-on educational environment.
Sunčica Fradelić completed her formal education in 2006 with the degree of Master of Arts at UMAS, Split. She has been involved in the development of the Kino klub Split since 2008. From 2006 to 2011 she was an external collaborator at UMAS in the Department of Film and Video. From 2011 to 2016 she was the principal collaborator of Béla Tarr in launching and developing the film.factory program in Sarajevo, where she worked as program coordinator for DLA and MA levels and served as head of the film.factory office. She partly attended the film.factory doctoral program and collaborated with international directors, actors, producers, critics, and experts. She has worked on numerous amateur and professional productions, co-productions and projects, workshops and educational programs. As an artist, since 2004 she has exhibited and presented at festivals at home and abroad. From 2021 until the end of 2022, she was vice president of the Croatian Film Association and then acting president until March 2023. She is a member of the Society of Croatian Film Authors and Producers.
The GO! STUDIO project is funded by the European Union through the GO! 2025 Small Project Fund under the Interreg VI-A Italy-Slovenia 2021-2027 program, managed by EGTC GO. www.ita-slo.eu / www.euro-go.eu/spf
photo, Ana Peraica