Bringing reality on a stage - interview with Tuki Jencquel, the director of Está todo bien

Ilona Nóra Aujeszky Saturday, 16 November 2019.
A powerful and personal documentary on the Venezuelan public health crisis is participating at this year’s Human Rights Competition of Verzió. Está todo bien’s director Tuki Jencquel gave us some insights on the day of the premier at Verzió.

The Courage To Not Look Away

Monday, 11 November 2019.
Interview with Alexander Nanau, director of Colectiv (2019), Verzio16 opening film by Oksana Sarkisova  

Ilham Tohti

Thursday, 7 November 2019.
Ilham Tohti, an Uyghur economist fighting for the rights of China’s Uyghur minority, is the winner of the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 2019. The winner was chosen by Parliament’s political leaders on 24 October 2019.

Interview with Rosie Gartwaite, producer of The Workers Cup

Jennie King Thursday, 31 January 2019.
Rosie Garthwaite is the producer of the multi award-winning film The Workers Cup that premiered on the opening night of Sundance 2017 and was screened in the 15th Verzio Film Festival. We talked to her about the shooting, and her insights of the immigrant workers’ situation in Qatar.

A different kind of course work

Tuesday, 15 January 2019.
Entering CEU last Friday evening was a very different experience from the usual serene atmosphere that one is used to just before the weekend. Loud chitchat, people waiting outside the auditorium, and nervous excitement in the air – it was the End-of-Semester Documentary Film Screening. These screenings have grown into a somewhat friendly tradition at the university where students have the unique...