Tony Curtis International Film Festival
Date: 2025. September 25-27.
Location: Szalkai Cinema - Zukor Adolf Film Theatre
4700 Mátészalka, Kossuth Street 40.
APPLICATION
The Oscar-nominated, two-time Golden Globe-winning Hungarian-Jewish Hollywood acting legend, who appeared in 130 works, as a producer, and writer, was born as Bernard Schwartz in New York on June 3, 1925. His father, Schwartz Manó (Emanuel Schwartz), came from Mátészalka, while his mother, Klein Ilona (Helen Schwartz), was born in Nagymihály, in present-day Slovakia, but according to her later accounts, she was born in Válykó. His parents emigrated from there to New York.
The Life of Tony Curtis
TONY CURTIS WAS BORN 100 YEARS AGO - JUNE 3, 1925
The Hungarian Hollywood Council has declared 2025 The Year of Tony Curtis' Remembrance.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Welcome to the Tony Curtis International Film Festival website!
The festival will be held from September 25-27, 2025 in Mátészalka, in honor of Tony Curtis, whose Hungarian heritage and Hollywood career set him apart. The event is brought to you by the Hungarian Hollywood Council, the city of Mátészalka, and the Origo Film Studio with the sponsorship of the Hungarian National Film Fund, with the aim of bringing together and discovering Hungarian and international film talent.
JURY
Members of the Jury:
Ferenc Rófusz
Artist of the Nation, Oscar and Kossuth Prize-winning film director
Rófusz Ferenc IMDb
László Hargittai
Balázs Béla Prize-winning film editor, member of the European Film Academy, president of the Hungarian Association of Film and Video Editors
Hargittai László IMDb
Pre-Jury
Honorary Jury Members
Jill Curtis-Weber
Widow of Tony Curtis
Demetrios Katis
Multi-Award-Winning Composer, Professional Journalist (IFJ) & International Cultural Ambassador
Demetrios Katis
