News - 2023

Documentary Screenings at Sziget Festival
Posted: July 25, 2023 - Updated: July 26, 2023

As a tradition we like to bring documentary films to all sorts of cultural festivals during the summer, because it is a good opportunity to meet young people who are open to learn about the world and discuss important issues impacting our lives.

During the Sziget Festival, in a cooperation with Milestone Institute and Future:Hungary, five documentary films will be screened at the Think for Tomorrow venue.

Call for applications: Verzió Young Documentary Film Critics Workshop
Posted: July 05, 2023 - Updated: September 05, 2023

Call for applications: Verzió Young Documentary Film Critics Workshop, Budapest, November 21-25, 2023

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CEU Rooftop Cinema – watch documentaries on the rooftop
Posted: June 20, 2023 - Updated: August 13, 2023

CEU Rooftop Cinema: watch documentary films on the rooftop

A Roma family history investigation; a glimpse into the life of a mysterious, almost forgotten Jewish community in India; the friendship of a Buddhist and a Muslim midwife in Myanmar; coming-of-age stories of teenagers and their struggles with education, love, community and identity in Budapest, San Francisco and Transnistria: you can watch six unique documentary films on the rooftop of the CEU this summer, between 22 June and 24 August. 

Submit your VR productions to the 20th Verzió
Posted: June 09, 2023 - Updated: February 12, 2024

Call for VR productions for the Vektor VR 2023 program taking place in the frame of the 20th Verzió

Moving Image and War in Ukraine: an Anthology Fundraising for Ukrainian artists
Posted: May 23, 2023 - Updated: August 14, 2024

Moving Image and War in Ukraine: an Anthology Fundraising for Ukrainian artists

An anthology of short films by visual artists based in Ukraine, shot after the start of the full-scale Russian military invasion on February 24, 2022.

Overcoming the Darkness – screening of documentary films about Ukraine
Posted: May 10, 2023 - Updated: May 23, 2023

Ukraine: Overcoming the Darkness

Job offer: audience development manager
Posted: May 03, 2023 - Updated: May 03, 2023

 

Job offer: Audience development manager

We are looking for the newest member of the Verzió Film Festival team who can contribute to the growth of the Festival's audience by identifying and addressing the different social groups targeted by the broad variety of the films presented in the festival program.

Doc Around Europe – European Documentary Film Festival Network
Posted: April 24, 2023 - Updated: 1 hour 5 min ago

Initiated by DOK.fest München in 2020, the new network Doc Around Europe (formerly: FestDocsEurope) brings together five relevant documentary film festivals throughout the continent. Together with partner festivals – FIPADOC, Dokfest München, DocsBarcelona and MakeDox – Verzió works on activities dedicated to emerging talents in documentary film.

Verzió Vienna screenings and events
Posted: March 16, 2023 - Updated: April 14, 2023

From April 20-22, 2023, Verzió, in cooperation with Belvedere 21, Open Society University Network (OSUN) and Central European University, will present highlights from the latest Verzió Film Festival in Budapest in Vienna. 

Verzió Vienna features seven powerful documentaries and several masterclasses. An additional outreach event, the “alternative posters” exhibition, will highlight creative works by graphic design students from Budapest Metropolitan University.

Call for Submissions for the 20th Verzió Film Festival
Posted: February 15, 2023 - Updated: August 08, 2023

Submissions to the International Competition, the Student and Debut Film Competition and the Hungarian Competition of the 20th Verzió IHRDFF are now closed. Thank you for all your submitted works! All applicants will be notified of the results by the end of September 2023. 

You can still submit your VR productions to the Vektor VR 2023 program until 28 August, 2023. 

Call for VR productions for the Vektor VR 2023 program taking place in the frame of the 20th Verzió

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