János Kis is a contemporary spiritual and poetic avant-garde filmmaker and documentary photographer, dedicated to a mostly dialogue-free, contemplative cinematic language. His works are defined by minimalism, long static takes, and the use of natural light and ambient sound recorded on location. His films reveal the subtle, often unnoticed and unpredictable moments of everyday life.

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His artistic vision is marked by a meditative pace and a transcendent, sensitive observation of the fragile harmonies between human beings and their environment.

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Awards and Festival Screenings

Cefalù Film Festival – Italy, 2018

Official Selection / Finalist — Sunday of Zen

30th Girona Film Festival – Spain, 2018 Official Selection / Finalist — Fear (Short Holocaust film)

Los Angeles Underground Film Forum (LAUFF) – 2019 Honorable Mention Award — The Bay

Experimental Forum Los Angeles – 2019

Honorable Mention Award — The Bay

Experimental Forum Los Angeles – 2020

Official Selection — The Unbearable Lightness of Being

9th International Video Poetry Festival – Athens, Greece, 2021 Official Selection — Sunday of Zen

13th One Take Film Festival – Zagreb, 2023

Official Selection — The Unbearable Lightness of Being ( Out of competition ) 

Festival del Cinema di Cefalù – Italy, 2023

Nominee — Lily Boy

Pebbles Understand Underground Film & Video Art Festival – 2025 Official Selection — The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Octopus Marquee Independent Film Festival 2025 Official Selection — Hamvas Béla út 11.

Near Nazareth Film Festival (NNFF) – 2025

Semi-Finalist — The Prophecy

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