23rd Verzió Festival 16–25/11 2026.

DocPro Awards

DocLab Awards

HBO Development Award

HBO and Warner Bros. Discovery are committed to the development of local documentaries. HBO offers a development award of €1500  as their dedication to support documentaries and help unique visions and ideas that turn out to be potential HBO material.

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Focusfox Award

The Hungarian production and post-production company, FOCUSFOX, grants one film project, a total of 18 hours of Baselight digital Broadcast grading at their post-production facility valued at net €3000 performed by Szabolcs Barta, senior colorist.

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DAE Encouragement Award

DAE Encouragement Award by DAE - Documentary Association of Europe. The producer of the project receives a one-year membership at DAE alongside a bespoke consultation with a DAE expert.

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MADOKE x Verzió Hun Docs Cookin' Awards

On the Spot Verzió Award for the best Hungarian documentary cookin'

On the Spot, the award-winning documentary series on social and environmental issues, offers an award of €1000 to support the courageous, curious and personal voices of documentary filmmaking.

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Best Hungarian Project Cookin' Award by MADOKE (The Hunagrian Documentary Association)

The best Hungarian project will receive a long-term mentoring collaboration by film professionals from MADOKE, the Hungarian Documentary Association.

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SocialCaption Award for the best Hungarian language film

SocialCaption is dedicated to bridging the language gap between Hungarian cinema and English-speaking audiences. We specialize in crafting compassionate subtitles that authentically convey the essence and cultural nuances of Hungarian films. We are pleased to offer an English subtitle package valued at €1,000 for one project.

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Composer's Award

Awarded to a project with outstanding creative potential, including an original film score composed by Andor Sperling, valued at €3000.