Bálint Kenyeres

Bálint Kenyeres (born 1976) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His short film Before Dawn won the European Film Award for Best Short Film in 2006 and received a Special Mention from the Short Film Jury at the Sundance Film Festival. His films have been selected three times in Cannes Film Festival programmes: Before Dawn screened in the Cannes Short Film Palme d'Or competition in 2005, The History of Aviation screened in the Directors' Fortnight section in 2009, and The Spectacle was selected for the Cannes Short Film Palme d'Or competition in 2025.

Kenyeres is a founding member of the London-based production company Assembly Collective.

Early life and education Kenyeres was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1976. Following his graduation he became a member of the European Film Academy. It won the European Film Award for Best Short Film in 2006 and received a Special Mention from the Short Film Jury at the Sundance Film Festival.

In 2025, his short film The Spectacle, about a boy with supernatural abilities who lives in a small village just outside Budapest, was selected for the Cannes short film competition. The film was an international co-production involving companies from Hungary, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden and Morocco. The film follows a man pursuing a hallucinatory obsession through Morocco.

Filmography

1999 Closing Time (Zárás) Short film Premiered at the Venice Film Festival Directors' Fortnight – Official Selection – The History of Aviation (2009) Locarno Film Festival – Premiere – Hier (2018) Cannes Film Festival – Short Film Palme d'Or Nomination – The Spectacle (2025)