I Accidentally Wrote a Book (film by Nóra Lakos, 2024)

The ELTE–NFI FILMIO University Film Club screening and discussion series continues. We welcome university members from all ELTE faculties. In celebration of Mother’s Day and the upcoming Children’s Day, we warmly invite children and families to join us. (The film is recommended for ages 12 and up.)

A heartwarming, tear-jerking, laugh-out-loud family film that introduces viewers to the life of a sweet, slightly eccentric family through well-known actors, unique locations, and 21st-century visuals: Nina’s greatest dream is to become a writer – she inherited her creativity from her father, an animated film director. Her daily life is turned upside down by her clumsy magician younger brother, and since her mother (Rozi Lovas) died young, her somewhat strict aunt serves as the female role model in the family. When a new love enters her father’s life, Nina, following the guidance of a bohemian writer living next door, uses writing to process the loss of her mother and opens her heart to the new family member and her first love.

The film is based on Annet Huizing’s multi-award-winning novel How I Accidentally Wrote a Book, published in ten countries. The film won the Hungarian Film Award in 2025, the Special Prize for Feature Films at the 44th Hungarian Film Week, and the Grand Prize at the 28th Montreal International Children’s Film Festival.

Date: 6 May 2026; 6:00 p.m.

Venue: ELTE University Library and Archives, Community Space (1053 Budapest, Ferenciek tere 6, ground floor)

Director: Nóra Lakos

Screenwriter: Nóra Lakos

Cinematographers: Dániel Reich, Dániel Bálint

Editor: Béla Barsi

Music: Jacob Meijer, Alexander Reumers

Cast: Villő Demeter, László Mátray, Kati Zsurzs, Vivien Rujder, Réka Tenki.

Guest for the post-screening discussion is Nóra Lakos, the film’s director.