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Industry programs at Verzió: documentary film education, European distribution, masterclasses
Posted: November 04, 2022 - Updated: November 06, 2022

The industry programmes of the 19th Verzió will feature nine events over four days, for film professionals, for students and teachers, as well as for those interested in the practical and theoretical aspects of documentary film education and filmmaking.

Student Verzió screenings for high schoolers
Posted: October 31, 2022 - Updated: October 31, 2022

Student Verzió between 9-10-11 November and 14-15-16 November, at the Művész Cinema and Corvin Cinema

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Hungarian Films at the 19th Verzió Film Festival
Posted: October 18, 2022 - Updated: October 19, 2022

The experiences of immigrants in Hungary, a priest in dilemma, female body builders, a Jewish community, the renaissance of a Hungarian sheepherding dog, a hair salon in Ózd, and many other interesting topics and sites are explored in the Hungarian films of the 19th Verzió Film Festival. Nóra L. Ritók will open the festival on 8 November, at the Trafó House of Contemporary Arts. The opening film tells the story of two Ukrainian teenagers who escaped from Kharkiv, and now hold drawing classes for Ukrainian refugee children after school.  

Burning Issues at the 19th Verzió Film Festival
Posted: October 03, 2022 - Updated: October 03, 2022

As an individual, what can you do about climate change, an oppressive regime, or discrimination? What are journalists doing about censorship? What is happening in the rainforests of Brazil? How do people survive wars or blockades day after day? The more than 70 creative documentaries shown at Verzió, most of which will be screened for the first time in Hungary, seek answers to the countless current and burning issues around the globe. The festival will take place 8–20 November, in Budapest and five towns in the countryside, as well as online nationwide. 

Become a Verzió Volunteer!
Posted: September 22, 2022 - Updated: September 22, 2022

Become a Verzió Volunteer!

Application deadline: 10 October 2022

Verzió will once again celebrate the latest and best documentary films in the cinemas. Between November 8-16 creative documentaries from all over the world will be screened at various locations in Budapest and in other Hungarian towns. November 14 to 20 a selection of the festival program will become available online as well.

Apply now for the Verzió DocLab on Story Development and Editing
Posted: August 22, 2022 - Updated: August 09, 2023

The 7th Verzió DocLab is a 4-day intensive editing workshop for directors, writers and editors, organized during the 19th Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, in Budapest, 9-12 November 2022. This year’s focus is on story development and editing. With the guidance of international mentors, you will work on your documentary project’s story, and edit a festival trailer or a selected scene to present to an audience of festival programmers, sales agents and producers at the end of the workshop.

Call for applications: Verzió Young Documentary Film Critics Workshop
Posted: August 11, 2022 - Updated: November 08, 2022

Call for applications: the first Verzió Young Documentary Film Critics Workshop, Budapest, November 8-12, 2022

Open Call for Student Jury at the 19th Verzió
Posted: August 11, 2022 - Updated: September 16, 2022

19th Verzió invites you to be a student jury member and award this year’s best film in the International Competition.

 

40 new documentaries have been added to Verziótheque
Posted: May 20, 2022 - Updated: September 05, 2022

40 new documentaries have been added to Verziótheque, the Verzió Film Festival’s online film library. 

From 16 May, 40 additional creative documentaries have been available on Verziótheque, the online streaming platform of the Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival. Hungary's first documentary film library features a wide selection of global, award-winning films and festival favorites that have been screened at Verzió Film Festivals over the past 18 years. Films such as Push (2019), Ukrainian Sheriffs (2015), Mama Colonel (2017), Transit Havana (2016) and Still Recording (2018) will be available again throughout the year.

Rent films and support Ukrainian filmmakers
Posted: March 22, 2022 - Updated: April 25, 2022

Watch six Ukrainian documentaries and support filmmakers currently working in Ukraine

21–31 March, six Ukrainian documentaries are currently available for rent online. These films can contribute to our understanding of contemporary Ukraine, the social mobilizations of the past years, and the deeply troubled relationship between Ukraine and Russia. All rental fees during this ten-day period will be used to support documentary filmmakers who have stayed in Ukraine.

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