4 April, Friday

TOLDI CINEMA – MAIN HALL
3.00 pm Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story
5.00 pm Carlos
7.00 pm Bring Minyo Back!
9.20 pm Ritmo 2025 premiere: Nefelejcs

TOLDI CINEMA – SMALL HALL
3.30 pm Mali Blues
5.30 pm Lomax, the Songhunter
7.30 pm They Shot the Piano Player

CLUB
3.00 pm–7.00 pm Record fair

5 April, Saturday

TOLDI CINEMA – MAIN HALL
10.00 am Carlos
12.00 pm Mali Blues
2.00 pm Friss Hús – short film selection
3.45 pm MOME Open – videoclip selections
5.30 pm Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
8.15 pm They Shot the Piano Player

TOLDI CINEMA – SMALL HALL
10.15 am Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul
12.15 pm Lomax, the Songhunter
2.15 pm Efterklang: The Makedonium Band
4.15 pm Bring Minyo Back!
6.00 pm Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story
8.00 pm Ritmo films: Uljana Quartet / Cserepes Károly / MORDÁI: Last Hour / Dresch Vonós Quartet

CLUB
2.00 pm–7.00 pm Record fair

Captivating stories behind the music: this is Budapest Ritmo’s Film Days. The diversity of genres that marks Ritmo must, of course, inform the film days as well, and we’ll have subjects ranging from Mali blues through Japanese folk song and bossa nova to Santana. Along with extraordinary performers like Joan Baez, Fatoumata Diawara and Gogol Bordello, the documentaries offer a look into little-known, rare musical idioms like the griot tradition, Turkish hip-hop or the roots of bossa nova. This year’s Ritmo film, which has been directed by Áron Mátyássy, will be premiered on Friday: Ilka Kisgyörgy will help us to rediscover imitation Hungarian folk songs. The previous years’ Ritmo films will also be in the programme. During the two days, video clips from MOME Open will also be screened, as well music shorts from Friss Hús Festival. In addition to interesting discussions, the record market in the cinema lobby will offer a selection of musical delicacies and rarities.

The Budapest Ritmo is jointly presented by Müpa Budapest and Hangvető in the framework of the Bartók Spring.