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80 Angry Journalists Now Available on the Verzió Film Festival's Online Platform
Posted: April 04, 2026 - Updated: 7 hours 32 min ago

From April 4, the documentary by András Földes and Anna Kis is available to stream on Verziótéka, the streaming platform of Verzió Film Festival. The film portrays the struggle of journalists at newsportal Index.hu to defend their community and press freedom.

2000 Meters to Andriivka in the Re:Verzió program
Posted: April 01, 2026 - Updated: April 01, 2026

The Re:Verzió program continues!

The third film in the Re:Verzió screening series is the powerful new documentary by Mstyslav Chernov on 9 April 7:30 p.m. at Toldi cinema. After the screening, Péter Horányi, programmer of Verzió, will host a discussion with Gabor Bankó, photoreporter of Hungarian newssite 444.hu.

2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA
Directed by: Mstyslav Chernov
Ukraine, USA, 2025, 107 min
Original language with Hungarian and English subtitles

Re:Verzió continues with Don't Worry Sári!
Posted: March 20, 2026 - Updated: March 25, 2026

The Re:Verzió screening series — featuring the best films from the Verzió Film Festival — continues with Haragonics Sári’s award-winning family story on Wednesday, 25 March 7:30PM. After the screening, director Sári Haragonics will be in conversation with film critic Lili Mesterházy.

DON’T WORRY SÁRI!
directed by: Sári Haragonics
Hungary, Bulgaria, 2025, 82 mins
Hungarian language with English subtitles.

Re:Verzió takes off with Cutting Through Rocks
Posted: March 02, 2026 - Updated: March 13, 2026

RE:VERZIÓ IS BACK!

If you missed out on the 22nd Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in November, now you can catch up on the most important, award-winning films of last year. On the first occasion of the Re:Verzió screening series you can watch the Oscar-nominee film Cutting Through Rocks.

CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS

23rd Verzió - Call for Entries
Posted: February 27, 2026 - Updated: March 04, 2026

23rd Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival - Call for Entries

Submit Your Documentary Now!

The 23rd Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival is now accepting submissions!

We welcome fresh and creative documentaries exploring social, environmental, or human rights topics.

 

Festival dates:

In cinemas (Budapest and nationwide): 17-25 November 2026.

Focus on Ukraine 2026
Posted: February 26, 2026 - Updated: February 26, 2026

Between 24 February and 6 March 2026, the Focus on Ukraine event series takes place, offering free film screenings among other programs as the result of an extensive collaboration among thirteen European cultural institutes and embassies.

Verzió at the 76th Berlinale
Posted: February 26, 2026 - Updated: February 26, 2026

Between February 13 and 20, the team of the Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival attended the 76th Berlinale to take part in professional programs and meetings, engage with the international film community, and begin preparations for the 23rd Verzió Film Festival.

The intensive week — filled with screenings, discussions, and industry events — proved not only inspiring but also instrumental in shaping the first contours of the 2026 program.

Enikő Gyureskó on the Jury at DocPoint Helsinki
Posted: February 11, 2026 - Updated: February 26, 2026

The first week of February marked the 25th edition of DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland's largest documentary film festival, which opened with the film Days of Wonder, previously screened at Verzió in November.

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The Awarded Films of the 22nd Verzió Film Festival
Posted: November 19, 2025 - Updated: November 21, 2025

At the 22nd Verzió Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, held between 11 and 19 November, films competed in five categories. The award for Best Documentary Film went to the Georgian film 9-Month Contract, which examines the struggles of a single Georgian mother who turns to surrogacy and the limits imposed by poverty. The Best Hungarian Film award was given to My Father’s Daughter, a story about the search for a lost sister. In 2025, nearly eight thousand people engaged with stories drawn from real life.

The Verzió Professional Awards Have Been Announced
Posted: November 19, 2025 - Updated: November 20, 2025

At this year’s jubilee edition of the Verzió Film Festival's DocLab program, the professional awards were announced, with The Grandfather Puzzle, a Hungarian project, receiving the most recognition. The distinguished national and international awards – including the HBO Development Award, FocusFox post-production support, and the MADOKE mentorship – not only serve as professional validation but also provide significant opportunities for the creators to introduce their projects into the international documentary film industry.

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