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At the 38th European Film Awards in Berlin, the Prix FIPRESCI for European Discovery was awarded to On Falling, the debut feature by Portuguese director Laura Carreira. The decision highlights the role of international film critics in identifying emerging voices in European cinema at an early stage of their careers.

Hungarian film critic György Báron reflects on the life, legacy, and solitary grandeur of Béla Tarr, tracing the reverence surrounding the filmmaker across festivals, institutions, and audiences worldwide. Through fragments of memory and farewell, Báron considers what Tarr’s cinema meant—and what it leaves behind in a changed world.