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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.

The 22nd Verzió Awards by Sarolt Sógor
Posted: November 18, 2025 - Updated: November 18, 2025

This year’s awards for the Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival were once again designed by Sarolt Sógor, MOME Alumna, silversmith, metal artist, and designer of jewelry and objects.

For this year’s creations, the slogan “We Exist Together" and the festival’s established visual identity and color palette served as the foundation, with a strong emphasis on sustainability throughout the design process.

Participatory Youth Films at Verzió
Posted: November 17, 2025 - Updated: November 17, 2025

How Are You, Shavale? / The Last Hungarian Polar Bear

Participatory Youth Films at Verzió from the Ügyvideó and Climate Projects (with Hungarian discussion)

Wednesday, 19 November, 4 PM
Művész Cinema, Buñuel Hall

Admission free, registration: https://forms.gle/5xGjEv8MJr6dsoqUA

Concerts at the 22nd Verzió
Posted: November 13, 2025 - Updated: November 13, 2025

Concerts and closing party at the 22nd Verzió

13 November - 6:00 PM (120') CEU Open Gallery

Yellow & Blue Exhibition and Workshop + Borscht Tasting, Verzió “Guests Meet Guests” + Frutti Di Mare concert

The borscht context - Cooking, lecture, exhibition, concert!
Posted: November 12, 2025 - Updated: November 13, 2025

 

The Borscht Context

cooking, lecture, exhibition, workshop, street action, tasting, gathering, concert

An event by the Kontextus Program, Pictoric, Verzió Film Festival, and the Unity Ukrainian Association

November 13, 2025, 17:00–20:00

CEU Open Gallery (1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 11.)

 

We Exist Together: 22nd Verzió Kicks Off!
Posted: November 12, 2025 - Updated: November 12, 2025

The 22nd Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival has officially started — Hungary’s only film festival dedicated to human rights issues. This year’s program features 60 films, 90 screenings, and 30 Q&A sessions in Budapest until November 19.

Imprisoned journalists are the laureates of the 2025 Sakharov Prize
Posted: November 10, 2025 - Updated: November 10, 2025

Andrzej Poczobut from Belarus and Mzia Amaglobeli from Georgia, imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia, are the laureates of the 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, to be awarded by Parliament on 16 December.

Pre-sales for the Online Verzió have begun!
Posted: November 08, 2025 - Updated: November 08, 2025

Presale for the Online Verzió have begun on 4 November. 36 films from the program of the 22nd Verzió will be available online at Verzió’s streaming platform. Individual films as well as the DocFan and Supporter Passes will be available at a limited quantity.

Passes can be purchased and films can be rented between November 4 and 30, however, playback will only be available starting November 20, after the conclusion of the festival’s physical screenings.

István Rév opens the 22nd Verzió Film Festival
Posted: November 06, 2025 - Updated: November 06, 2025

On November 11 at 7 p.m., István Rév, Founding Director of Blinken OSA Archivum, will open the 22nd Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival at Trafó House of Contemporary Arts. Enikő Gyureskó, festival director, will give a welcoming speech. Tickets for the event are available.

This year's slogan for Verzió, "We Exist Together," invites us to think collectively: how can we live together amid the fractures, conflicts, and challenges of our world? 

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