23rd Calgary Underground Film Festival

April 16-26, 2026 Globe Cinema

14th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival

November 18-22, 2026 Globe Cinema

FEELS LIKE HOME

Hungary, 2025: 124 minutes: Canadian Premiere
Globe Cinema
April 23 9:00 PM Buy
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Globe Cinema
Thu, Apr 23 9:00 PM Buy

description

Kidnapped by a family convinced she is their missing daughter, a woman must assume another identity to survive as she seeks a way out of this nightmare.

Rita, an ordinary, but lonely woman is kidnapped. Her captors are the Árpáds; they claim she is not called Rita but Szilvi, a runaway from their family. Rita eventually understands that the only way out is in – to escape she must impersonate Szilvi. The more she becomes the lost girl the more she finds out about the family, and understands that her life is on the line.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Sitges 2025
Thessaloniki Film Festival 2026
Fantasy Filmfest Night 2026
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival 2026

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Gábor Holtai is a Hungarian filmmaker whose works explore the psychology of oppression and conformism through absurd, high-concept storytelling. After gaining recognition with his award-winning short film SECOND ROUND, he completed his first feature, FEELS LIKE HOME, which maintains a continued focus on the same themes. Holtai cares deeply about social justice issues and surrounds himself with old rescue dogs.

press for Feels Like Home

"Through the script, Holtai and Veres do a very capable job of unravelling the basis behind the film’s eerie premise, based upon a slightly extended view of reality where bystanderism and complicity are stretched to an extreme."
- Cineuropa

details

Drama / Thriller / Narrative / First Feature

Hungarian | English Subtitles
124 minutes

credits

Director
Gábor Holtai

Screenwriters
Gábor Holtai
Attila Veres

Producer
CineSuper

Cinematographer
Dániel Szoke

Editor
Gábor Holtai

Cast
Rozi Lovas
Áron Molnár
Dorka Gryllus

Official website:
https://celluloid-dreams.com/films/feels-like-home/

awards

Winner – Méliès d’Argent, Best Fantastic Genre Feature, Sitges Film Festival 2025