Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr, pioneer of slow cinema, died at 70 after a long illness.

Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr, a defining figure in "slow cinema" known for long takes, stark visuals, and bleak portrayals of post-communist Eastern Europe, has died at 70 after a prolonged illness. Born in Pécs in 1955, he began filmmaking at 16 and gained international acclaim with 1988’s "Damnation," Hungary’s first independent feature. His most celebrated works include the seven-and-a-half-hour "Sátántangó" (1994) and "The Turin Horse" (2011), which marked his retirement from feature films. He later taught at film schools across Europe and was honored with an honorary European Film Academy Award in 2023.