Discussions & Round tables

November 7, Wednesday

Children in War: Refugee Perspectives *** Click for FB event.
///following the screening of Watani, My Homeland  (4pm, Toldi)

  • Kata Bognár, Menedék Hungarian Association for Migrants
  • Amani Suleiman
  • Márta Mészáros, Cordelia Foundation

Moderator: András Müllner, professor at ELTE BTK Media and Communications Studies
Language: Hungarian

The Limits of Freedom: Fighting Contemporary Slavery *** Click for FB event.
///following the screening of A Woman Captured (6.15 pm, Toldi, Big Hall) 

  • Bernadett Tuza-Ritter, director 
  • Ágnes DeColl, Hungarian Baptist Aid, head of the program against human trafficking
  • Markus Pilgrim, Director of International Labour Organization's Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Central and Eastern Europe

Moderator: Dóra Ónody-Molnár, journalist
Language: English and Hungarian with simultaneous translation

Visions and Experiences - Women's roles in Canada *** Click for FB event.
/// following the screening of Wapikoni’s Friends: Women’s roles in Canada (6 pm, Toldi, Small Hall)

  • Isabelle Poupart, Ambassador of Canada to Hungary
  • Manon Barbeau, Canadian documentary filmmaker, founder of Wapikoni Mobile

Moderators: Ildikó Lázár and Péter Aradi, Visual World Foundation
Language: French with Hungarian translation

Children in Social Care *** Click for FB event.
/// following the screening of Alicia (4 pm, Művész)

  • Annasára Kovács, UNICEF Hungary
  • Orsolya Becze, Hungarian Reformed Church Aid

Moderator: Szabolcs Szirony
Language: Hungarian

Capital Punishment: International context and the role of the judges *** Click for FB event.
/// following the screening of Lindy Lou: Juror no2 (7 pm, Kino)

  • Zita Karácson, lawyer at Amnesty Hungary
  • Attila Szabó, lawyer at TASZ

Moderator: Tamara Détár, ELTE BTK Media and Communications Studies
Language: Hungarian


November 8, Thursday

To Have or to Be? Consumers’ Responsibility *** Click for FB event.
/// Following the screening of Complicit (6 pm, Toldi)

  • Heather White, director
  • Kenichi Hirose, Senior Specialist, Social Security,  International Labour Organization Central and Eastern European Regional Office

Moderator: Györgyi Újszászi, Védegylet
Language: English with Hungarian simultaneous translation


Populism and Radical Right-Wing Ideology in Today’s Europe *** Click for FB event.
/// following the screening of Meuthen’s Party (6.30 pm, Toldi)

  • Theresa Bacza, producer

Moderator: Gabor Simonovits, Associate Professor of Political Science at Central European University

Language: English with Hungarian simultaneous translation.


November 9, Friday

Environment vs. Economics: Setting Priorities *** Click for FB event.
/// Following the screening of The Time of Forests (4 pm, Toldi)

  • François-Xavier Drouet, director
  • László Gálhidy, WWF

Moderator: Logan Strenchock, Sustainable CEU
Language: English witih Hungarian simultaneous translation.


Living the Uncertainty: Refugee Camps *** Click for FB event.
/// Following the screening of The Long Season (6.45 pm, Toldi)

  • Jelle Redeker, editor of The Long Season
  • Amani Suleiman
  • Ernő Simon, UNHCR Central Europe

Moderator: András Müllner, professor at ELTE BTK Media and Communications Studies
Language: English and Hungarian with simultaneous translation.


Facing the Past: Where do Family Stories Lead Us? *** Click for FB event.
/// Following the screening of Granny Project (7.15 pm, Toldi)

  • Péter Donáth
  • Eszter Babarczy, professor at MOME theoretical studies

Language: Hungarian


November 10, Saturday

School Paths: Integrating Disabled Children *** Click for FB event.
/// Following the screening of At the Philosopher’s School (2 pm, Toldi) 

  • Katalin Tausz, UNICEF
  • Réka Dely, Nem Adom Fel Foundation
  • Zsolt Vellai, Nem Adom Fel Foundation
  • Cedric Blanc, Verdeil Foundation

Moderator: Noémi Báthory, ÉFOÉSZ
Language: English and Hungarian with simultaneous translation.

Climate Change: Can You Make a Difference? *** Click for FB event.
/// Following the screening of Little Yellow Boots (7 pm, Művész)

  • John Webster, director
  • Balázs 'Bob' Tömöri, Greenpeace

Moderator: Flóra Hevesi, Greenpeace
Language: English


November 11, Sunday

Your Old Phone’s Travel Diary: Dealing with Electronic Waste *** Click for FB event.
/// Following the screening of Welcome to Sodom (4 pm, Kino)

  • Gergely Simon, Greenpeace
  • Ervin Tihanyi, head of electronic waste handling at Intermetal Recycling Kft. 

Moderator: Logan Strenchock, Sustainable CEU
Language: English