Béla Tarr’s Lessons in Filmmaking

22 June, 2025

Fragile in appearance but sharp as ever, Béla Tarr entered the TIFF masterclass in Cluj-Napoca leaning gently on his cane, greeted by a full room and a solid conversation with film critic Andrei Rus. In his coat pocket, he carried a piece of paper with thoughts and words – just like the ones he told us he uses for his scripts. From that modest backpocket came a world of cinematic wisdom.

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Journalist. She worked for ten years at Adevărul and DoR as a reporter and for a while in communication. At Films in Frame, she coordinates the whole team with Laure, while also editing some of the articles about the film industry, trying to always find interesting angles to tell a story.