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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.

Coming in November: The 15th Verzió Film Festival
Posted: October 03, 2018 - Updated: March 01, 2021

This year brings the 15th Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival. 59 films from 35 countries will be shown in Budapest, 6–11 November. The slogan of this year’s festival is the Latest Imprint of the World!

Bloggers wanted!
Posted: May 17, 2018 - Updated: March 01, 2021

We are looking for enthusiastic, documentary-lover future bloggers, who would join the team of Verzio Blog! If you enjoy watching docs and like writing about them, would like to do interviews with directors or write reports from film festivals, apply at blog@verzio.org - in the subject line please mention Verzio Blog. Please attach one of your previous reviews/essays/papers to your application.

Pride Premiere! The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Posted: May 14, 2018 - Updated: October 30, 2018

Hungarian premiere screening of The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson in the frame of the Budapest Pride Month

July 4, 2018 at 6 p.m. 

Venue: Blinken OSA Archive (Budapest 1051, Arany János u. 32.)

Re-Verzio 2018
Posted: January 22, 2018 - Updated: May 17, 2018

Free film screenings on Wednesdays from 6pm at Blinken OSA Archive between February 7 and March 7, 2018.

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Awards of the 14th Verzió Festival
Posted: November 20, 2017 - Updated: May 17, 2018

The awards of the 14th Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival were announced on Sunday night. The Impact Award was given to the film Jackson by the Student Jury, Special Awards went to Mr Gay Syria and The Wait. Urban Cowboys received the Best Student Film Award, while the audience awarded The Trial.

Opening speech of Kornél Mundruczó
Posted: November 15, 2017 - Updated: May 17, 2018

Welcome everyone!

Competition Program of the 14th Verzio Film Festival
Posted: November 10, 2017 - Updated: May 17, 2018

Russian children playing war games at summer camp, teenagers with Down syndrome dreaming of love, refugees sewing bags from life vests, and Nepali adolescents working in a brickyard. The films of this year's Verzió are competing in three categories.

Hungarian Panorama Program
Posted: November 10, 2017 - Updated: May 17, 2018

14th Verzio Human Rights Film Festival's Hungarian Panorama consists of 12 films that tell the stories of Kanzoli and the Polgár sisters, emigrants leaving the country or returning home, filmmaker Judit Ember, the yellow-star houses, fighting extreme poverty with fairy tale therapy and music.

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