The 16th Verzió Film Festival awards were presented in Toldi cinema in Budapest, on Saturday evening, November 16. As a tradition, the festival continues on throughout the country.
PÉCS / Apolló Cinema
This year, Apolló Cinema hosts Verzió for the 10th time. The screenings will be followed by discussions and different programs co-organized with Open Spaces.
November 21, Thursday
Club hall:
16:30 Tiny Souls + Fish
18:00 The Crazy Circles of Freedom + discussion
Guests: social psychologist Dr. Ferenc Erős, psychiatrist Dr. Amaryl Árkovits and social historian Zsolt K. Horváth.
20:00 Jawline
November 22, Friday
16:00 Confucian Dream / Club hall
17:00 Gods of Molenbeek / Dr. Stark hall
17:30 Hi, A.I. + discussion / Club hall
Guest: associate professor of PTE Psychological Institute Dr. Beatrix Lábadi.
20:00 Colectív (International Audience Award) / Club hall
November 23, Saturday
16:30 Timbo + Soyalism / Club hall
18:00 White Right: Meeting the Enemy + discussion / Dr. Stark hall
Guests: social psychologist Dr. Sára Bigazzi of PTE Psychological Institute and philosopher, PhD student Zsolt Kapelner of CEU.
20:00 Crime + Punishment (Human Rights Special Mention) / Club hall
20:30 Minding the Gap / Dr. Stark hall
November 24, Sunday
Dr. Stark hall:
15:30 Love and Empty Words + discussion
Guests: head of Alzheimer Cafe Pécs Dr. Szilvia Heim and lecturer Dr. Judit Zeller of PTE ÁJK, expert on patients’ rights from TASZ. The moderator is psychiatrist Dr. Amaryl Árkovits.
At 6 pm, following the discussion, the expert on patients’ rights from TASZ, Dr. Judit Zeller, will hold a workshop on health care-related rights and lifelong planning in Trafik restaurant. The workshop is open for everyone, regardless of participation at the screening.
Club hall:
18:00 Buddha in Africa
20:00 Breathless
Tickets: 600 HUF / screening
SZEGED / Grand Café and Megálló Community Centre
This year, Grand Café hosts Verzió for the 3rd time.
November 21, Thursday
18:00 - 20:00 Advocate (Best Human Rights Film Award)
20:00 - 22:00 Still Recording
November 22, Friday
18:00 - 20:00 Cold Case Hammarskjöld
20:00 - 21:15 The Siege
November 23, Saturday
16:00 - 17:20 How Big Is the Galaxy?
17:30 - 20:00 Minding the Gap + discussion
November 24, Sunday
16:00 - 17:30 By the Name of Tania
17:30 - 20:00 Timbo + Soyalism + discussion
SZEGED / Megálló Community Center
November 21, Thursday
18:30 White Right: Meeting the Enemy – followed by a discussion on the far right in Hungary (moderator: sociologist and activist Márk Kékesi)
November 22, Friday
16:00–18:00 Crime + Punishment
18:00–19:10 Love and Empty Words
November 23, Saturday
15:00–16:30 Breathless
16:30–18:00 Just sew it! – free sewing workshop
18:00–19:30 Fair Traders
November 24, Sunday
17:00–18:00 The Crazy Circles of Freedom
18:00–19:30 The Euphoria of Being (Hungarian Audience Award)
KECSKEMÉT / Otthon Cinema
This year, Otthon Cinema hosts Verzió for the 2nd time.
November 22, Friday
18:00 The Euphoria of Being (Hungarian Audience Award)
November 23, Saturday
18:00 Cold Case Hammarskjöld
November 24, Sunday
18:00 Colectív (International Audience Award)
Tickets: 950 HUF / screening
DEBRECEN / AltKöz Community Center
Debrecen hosts Verzió for the very 1st time this year.
November 21, Thursday
17:00 Tiny Souls + Fish
19:00 Buddha in Africa
November 22, Friday
17:00 White Right: Meeting the Enemy
19:00 The Euphoria of Being (Hungarian Audience Award) – followed by a discussion with folk esthete Zsolt Heller, and some members of the crew
November 23, Saturday
15:00 How Big Is the Galaxy?
17:00 The Pastor of Mandák House – followed by a discussion with director Mária Takács, producer Magdolna Timár, and protagonist Márta Bolba Márta
Tickets: 400 HUF
Day tickets: 600 HUF
Pass: 1,500 HUF
SZOMBATHELY / Bohém – Community Club
Szombathely also hosts Verzió for the very 1st time this year.
November 21, Thursday - Seeking the Future
19:00 Hi, A.I.
November 22, Friday – Community and Beyond
18:00 Minding the Gap
19:50 Downstream (Best Student/Debut Film Award)
November 23, Saturday - Hungarian Panorama: identity, remembering, community
16:00 The Euphoria of Being (Hungarian Audience Award)
17:45 The Pastor of Mandák House
19:15 Ghetto Balboa
November 24, Sunday - EcoDoc
16:00 Fair Traders
17:45 Earth
The films will be in their original language with English and Hungarian subtitles.
The last screenings of a thematic day are followed by discussions.
The moderators: social worker Anna Kondics, and art mediator Júlia Salamon.
Day tickets can be purchased on the spot, prior to screenings: 500 HUF.
Passes for all screening days: 1,500 HUF.
16th VERZIÓ HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
Sharpen your Perspective
Budapest – November 12–17 // Debrecen, Kecskemét, Pécs, Szeged, and Szombathely in cooperation with Open Spaces – November 21–24
The 16th Verzió Human Rights Documentary Film Festival is supported by the Creative Europe Program of the European Union.