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The International Criminal Court awarded the Sakharov Prize

The 2026 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is collectively awarded to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its officials.

Ticket sales for the 23rd Verzió are now open

Tickets and passes for the 23rd Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival are on sale from today, and the full programme is now available on our website.

Verzió Unveils Its Full Programme

Radu Jude’s latest documentary, a Colombian trip by the director of music videos for Bad Bunny and Rosalía, a Nigerian sci-fi documentary executive produced by Idris Elba, and award-winning films from Cannes, Sundance and Tribeca are all coming to this year’s Verzió.

Six Hungarian Films Compete at the 23rd Verzió

Sudden fame and addiction, teenagers pushed to the margins of the school system, the maze of elderly care, the hidden past of a Budapest villa, the unique community surrounding a Hungarian-language theatre in Vojvodina, and a son struggling with the legacy of a celebrated poet: these are the stories featured in the Hungarian Competition of the 23rd Verzió.

The 23rd Verzió Film Festival arrives with more than 80 films!

The 23rd Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival will bring more than 80 films to Budapest and eight cities across Hungary from November 16 to 25. The festival will open with the Hungarian documentary Papa. This year’s programme explores what it means to watch documentary films in an age when artificial intelligence, deepfakes and manipulated content increasingly challenge our ability to trust what we see.

Call for Young Jury at the 23rd Verzió Film Festival

We invite young documentary film enthusiasts to apply for the Young Jury at this year’s festival.

Program Schedule

Films

Since 2004, Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival has presented some of the world’s most significant creative documentaries addressing pressing social issues. A leading documentary film platform in Central Europe, Verzió has reached more than 275,000 audiences since its launch. Every November, the festival welcomes audiences in Budapest, across Hungary and online.

Screenings are accompanied by Q&As and panel discussions, while its educational programmes — Student Verzió, UniVerzió and Cinemocracy — engage young people and educators. Its professional programmes — DocPro, DocLab, Young Critics and Decolonising Curation — foster international exchange and build connections across the documentary field.

Verzió is organised by the Verzió Film Foundation in cooperation with the Blinken OSA Archivum. Its main supporters are the National Film Institute and Creative Europe MEDIA. The festival is also supported by the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme. Verzió is a member of the Human Rights Film Network and the Doc Around Europe festival network.