Not Moscow – Novaya // Verzió X Utca&Karrier

Endre Cserna Monday, 11 May 2020.
You are immense, our good Mother: Truth, You are immense and so is your Power, You scratch the sky, like a giant mountain, Wide as the seas, As prosperous, as urban cities, Impenetrable like a forest; One hundred years would not suffice To explore what you have to offer, He who sees you, must raise his hat. - Tolstoy

Hacked // Verzió X Utca&Karrier

Hanna Eichner Monday, 11 May 2020.
The protagonist of Dávid Kresalek’s 2007 documentary, Hacked, instigates a media hack from his living room; he creates a fake news item, which then appears on several mainstream media channels (in printed and online press, and on television), without any background or fact checks into the truthfulness of the content.

Local Television for Georgia - The Dazzling Light of Sunset // Verzió X Utca&Karrier

Monday, 11 May 2020.
In the time of post-truth, as media systems around us change, the question of whether reality can truly be depicted arises. This is the case for documentary film as well, which we would usually expect to be investigative and accurate. But for decades, filmmakers have been shaping the emotional narrative and the purportedly objective perspective of documentaries—making them personal, or abstract...

Corruption Kills - Colectív // Verzió X Utca&Karrier

Monday, 11 May 2020.
On October 30, 2015, a fire broke out in a club in Bucharest. That evening, a spark from a firework caught the club’s plastic soundproofing insulation, setting off a rapidly-spreading fire that devoured the highly-flammable material in less than 2.5 minutes. Of the 400 people who were trapped in the club that night without access to emergency exits, 27 people died on the scene, and  38...

The Digital Turn - The Documentary Industry in times of social distancing

Wednesday, 6 May 2020.
It’s a strange time we live in. As the coronavirus spreads across the globe, human systems and movement, as we have known them, have been put on hold. People all over the world are keeping each other posted on their safety, worries and needs. In a time that can be scary and strange, initiatives have been launched to support each other. Those with time on their hands offer to volunteer, make arts...

Bringing reality on a stage - interview with Tuki Jencquel, the director of Está todo bien

Saturday, 16 November 2019.
A powerful and personal documentary on the Venezuelan public health crisis is participating at this year’s Human Rights Competition of Verzio. Está todo bien’s director Tuki Jencquel gave us some insights on the day of the premier at Verzio.

The Courage To Not Look Away

Monday, 11 November 2019.
Interview with Alexander Nanau, director of Colectiv (2019), Verzio16 opening film by Oksana Sarkisova  

Ilham Tohti

Thursday, 7 November 2019.
Ilham Tohti, an Uyghur economist fighting for the rights of China’s Uyghur minority, is the winner of the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 2019. The winner was chosen by Parliament’s political leaders on 24 October 2019.

Interview with Rosie Gartwaite, producer of The Workers Cup

Jennie King Thursday, 31 January 2019.
Rosie Garthwaite is the producer of the multi award-winning film The Workers Cup that premiered on the opening night of Sundance 2017 and was screened in the 15th Verzio Film Festival. We talked to her about the shooting, and her insights of the immigrant workers’ situation in Qatar.

A different kind of course work

Tuesday, 15 January 2019.
Entering CEU last Friday evening was a very different experience from the usual serene atmosphere that one is used to just before the weekend. Loud chitchat, people waiting outside the auditorium, and nervous excitement in the air – it was the End-of-Semester Documentary Film Screening. These screenings have grown into a somewhat friendly tradition at the university where students have the unique...