Overview
- His death was announced via Hungary’s MTI by filmmaker Bence Fliegauf on behalf of the family, with confirmation from the European Film Academy.
- The family requested privacy and asked that they not be contacted for statements during this period.
- Tarr directed nine features from Family Nest to The Turin Horse, with the approximately seven-and-a-half-hour Sátántangó widely regarded as a cornerstone of slow cinema.
- After 2011 he largely stepped away from features to teach and mentor, founding the film.factory school in Sarajevo and serving as a visiting professor across Europe.
- Honors included the Berlin Jury Prize for The Turin Horse and a 2023 European Film Academy Honorary Award, and he was known for an outspoken political voice.