38th edition
17-25 january 2026
Image On a Train
France
2003 Fiction 11 min
Two young men, a Finn and a Hungarian are travelling by train. They can't seem to communicate.
With : Barnabas Toth, Jiry Kahonen
Screenplay : Barnabas Toth
Image : Przemyslaw Niczyporuk
Sound : Tristan Laurin
Music : Antonin Leymarie
Editing : Barnabas Toth, Matthieu Darras
Decors : Cagla Zencirci
Production : Nisi Masa, Matthieu Darras // 99 rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, 75010 Paris // Tél : +33 1 44 79 00 76 // Email : france@nisimasa.com
Co-production : Envie de tempête, Guillaume Desmartin // 57 rue de Tocqueville, 75017 Paris, France // Tél : +33 1 44 85 07 76 // Email : enviedetempete@wanadoo.fr
Barnabas Toth was born in Strasbourg in 1977. As well as being a theatre actor he has, since the age of six, appeared in numerous Hungarian Feature films (notably Child Murders by Ildiko Szabo, 1993) However, after finishing his studies in Economy he found himself on the other side of the camera. In June 2004 he will graduate from Budapest's Acadamy of Cinema, where he has shot L'homme qui a été oublié, Fer Kii ne laisse rien au hazard and Egalisation. He earned an award at the Nisi Masa Script Writing Competition in 2002. On a Train is his first film since finishing his studies in Hungary.