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Verzió15

More than 40 sold-out screenings!
Posted: November 14, 2018 - Updated: March 01, 2021

The 15th Verzió had nearly 10,000 visitors! After the Budapest edition the festival continued in other cities, where visitors had the chance to watch a selection of the best human rights documentaries: in Pécs, 15–18 November, at the Apolló Cinema; in Kecskemét, 17–18 November, at the Otthon Cinema; and in Szeged, 22–25 November, in the Grand Café Cinema and Megálló.

Screening of winning films
Posted: November 11, 2018 - Updated: March 01, 2021

The 15th Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival will screen the winning films again on Sunday, 11th November. 

EXHIBITION OPENING - Alternativ film poster exhibition at the 15th Verzio!
Posted: November 02, 2018 - Updated: March 01, 2021

Don't miss the exhibition opening of the alternativ film poster exhibition at Verzio 15!

Venue: Empathy Café, Budapest V., Arany János u. 31.
Date: 5th November, Monday, 18.30

GAME – MAKE YOUR IMPRINT OF THE WORLD!
Posted: October 31, 2018 - Updated: March 01, 2021



 

Sakharov Prize 2018 goes to Oleg Sentsov
Posted: October 29, 2018 - Updated: March 01, 2021

Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov is this year’s winner of the European Parliament Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. 

Sentsov is a Ukrainian film director, sentenced to 20 years in prison for “plotting terrorist acts” against the Russian “de facto” rule in Crimea. 

DocLab 2018 – Public Screening
Posted: October 25, 2018 - Updated: March 01, 2021

Date: November 9, 17:00
Venue: Blinken OSA Archive, Budapest V., Arany János u. 31.

Masterclass with Bill Morrison - Registration
Posted: October 25, 2018 - Updated: March 01, 2021

Date: November 7, 17:30
Venue: CEU, Budapest V., Nádor u. 15, room 103

In his masterclass entitled “Film As Actor”, Bill Morrison focuses on those instances in his work where the film material itself becomes an agent in the narrative of the film, and how this impacts the meaning of the film.

Blood, Sand and Populism - 15th Verzió, Student Film Competition
Posted: October 24, 2018 - Updated: March 01, 2021

Film director Diana Groó, producer-director Péter Kerekes, and curator Antonello Vinci make up the International Jury for the Student and Debut program of the 15th Verzió, held November 6–11.

 

From a rebel poet to a football-playing substitute mother - the competition program
Posted: October 15, 2018 - Updated: March 01, 2021

The competition program of the 15th VERZIÓ Human Rights Film Festival, held 6–11 November, consists of 12 films. The program presents the stories of a Saudi poet who criticizes patriarchal society, Belarusian prisoners staging a play, dying mothers, orphans, those haunted by war, and the rise of illiberal democracies.

 

Opening: Nine Month War
Posted: October 04, 2018 - Updated: March 01, 2021

Antónia Mészáros, head of UNICEF Hungary, opens the 15th Verzió Film Festival on the 6th of November at Trafó. The opening film, Nine Month War, is a documentary by László Csuja, and was awarded in Sarajevo.

The only Hungarian human rights documentary film festival will be launched for the 15th time on the 6th of November. The 15th Verzió presents a compilation of the best documentary films from recent years, in Budapest, November 6–11th, and in Pécs, Szeged, and for the first time, in Kecskemét, November 15–25th.

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