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One year ago, ten leading film industry organizations jointly decided to establish professional film awards with the aim of recognizing value-creating figures of Hungarian cinema solely on a professional basis. These awards are to be presented annually on April 30, the Day of Hungarian Film. The Fábri Zoltán Lifetime Achievement Award, the Gyarmathy Lívia Award for Excellence in Film Art, the Bódy Gábor Award, the Létay Vera Film Professional Award, as well as a posthumous professional recognition, were presented at a ceremony held at the FilmesHáz Foundation.

Applications are now open to the 11th Verzió DocLab International Documentary Workshop on Story Development and Editing

Dates: 14-18 November, 2026 | Budapest
Deadline: 31 May, 2026 CET Midnight

Verzió DocLab is a 5-day-long documentary development workshop for directors, producers, and editors, focusing on story development and editing, with the goal to support emerging European documentary filmmakers.

From April 4, the documentary by András Földes and Anna Kis is available to stream on Verziótéka, the streaming platform of Verzió Film Festival. The film portrays the struggle of journalists at newsportal Index.hu to defend their community and press freedom.

The Re:Verzió screening series — featuring the best films from the Verzió Film Festival — continues with Haragonics Sári’s award-winning family story on Wednesday, 25 March 7:30PM. After the screening, director Sári Haragonics will be in conversation with film critic Lili Mesterházy.

DON’T WORRY SÁRI!
directed by: Sári Haragonics
Hungary, Bulgaria, 2025, 82 mins
Hungarian language with English subtitles.