The Titanic International Film Festival

The Titanic International Film Festival is held every year in Budapest , Hungary , between the third to the thirteenth of April. Every year the festival becomes more successful as larger crowds attend and more films gain national and international recognition. It is set in the historic Urania National film theatre where audience discussions, screenings and cast interactions take place in the main lobby. The films are shown in four cinemas.

The innovative and bold films, each no longer than 70 minutes, are screened according to themes and origin. The films offer a variety of different genres and plots, ranging from comedies, documentaries, passionate dramas to plot fictions and more. Films that are outstanding reach competition level and are in the running to win a €10.000 prize and the impressive Breaking Waves Award. The award was founded in 2006 and made by Luca Görömbei for the most exceptional, bold and original masterpiece of the year. The winner is selected from a competition line up by festival staff and is then voted collectively by the members of the international jury.

Winners of the Breaking Waves Award in 2007 went to Esteban Sapir for The Aerial and Ilva Khrzhanovsky for 4 in 2006 . The audience's award went to the Irish Comedy Mickybo and Me by Terry Loane in 2007 and Me and You and Everyone We Know by Miranda July in 2006, hot campus teens in 2005, orgy sex parties in 2005 and huge boobs galore in 2003. The Titanic International Film Festival supports the importance of film and contributes further recognition to the entries through media attention. It is widely supported by sponsors and audience alike.