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Become a Verzió Volunteer!
Posted: September 18, 2024 - Updated: September 18, 2024

Become a Verzió Volunteer!

Application deadline: 7 October (Mon), 2024

The 21st edition of Verzió will once again celebrate the latest and best documentary films in the cinemas. Between 6-13 November creative documentaries from all over the world will be screened at various locations in Budapest and in other Hungarian towns. 

Verzió DocLab: Call for applications
Posted: June 07, 2024 - Updated: June 26, 2024

IX. VERZIÓ DOCLAB
DOCUMENTARY WORKSHOP ON STORY DEVELOPMENT AND EDITING

Apply for the Verzió DocLab international documentary workshop on story development and editing. 

Submit your application on the Verzió DocLab website. 

Apply for the Documentary Film Critics Workshop
Posted: June 05, 2024 - Updated: July 29, 2024

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Verzió Documentary Film Critics Workshop 
Budapest, November 5-9, 2024

Are you a working or aspiring film critic, journalist, writer, filmmaker, artist, or currently studying to be one? Are you interested in documentary cinema? 

Call for Digital Experiences
Posted: May 23, 2024 - Updated: July 15, 2024

Call for digital experiences to the 21th Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival are open 

The 5th Vektor VR program in the frame of the 21st Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival will be held between 6–13 November 2024 in Budapest, Hungary. 

Deadline for submissions: July 15, 2024 - - - Extended deadline: July 21, 2024
Festival dates: November 6-13, 2024

Sub/Version – Outdoor Documentary Cinema by Verzió
Posted: April 11, 2024 - Updated: May 06, 2024

Sub/Version – Outdoor Documentary Film Cinema by Verzió at the Budapest Spring Festival
– Global themes, personal stories –

Between 6-8 May 2024, Verzió presents three new documentary films during the Budapest Spring Festival. Facing social injustice, political discrimination, or personal challenges, what strategies people choose – freeze, flee, or act to spur a change? Three moving films take you around the globe in search of answers.

The films will be screened in original language with Hungarian and English subtitles.

Re:Verzió screenings in April and May
Posted: April 03, 2024 - Updated: April 17, 2024

From 10 April to 16 May, we will screen five documentary films from the previous programs of the Verzió Film Festival at the Blinken OSA Archivum.  

Venue: 
Blinken OSA Archivum
Budapest, V., Arany János street 32. 

Films are screened in their original language with English and Hungarian subtitles. 

Free admission.
Please register through the following link: REGISTRATION. 

Detailed program:

20 Days in Mariupol: film screening and panel discussion
Posted: February 23, 2024 - Updated: February 23, 2024

The Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival and the Embassy of Ukraine in Hungary cordially invite guests to the screening of the Academy Award-nominated documentary 20 Days in Mariupol and the subsequent roundtable discussion on the occasion of the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
directed by Mstyslav Chernov
Ukraine, 2023, 94 mins

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Call for Submissions to the 21st Verzió Film Festival
Posted: March 01, 2024 - Updated: July 15, 2024

Film submissions to the 21th VERZIÓ International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival are open 

The Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival is now accepting documentary film submissions to its 21th edition which will be held 6–13 November 2024, in Budapest and in cities across Hungary. 

Deadline for submissions: June 30, 2024
Festival dates: November 6-13, 2024 in cinemas // November 14-24, 2024 online

Hungarian documentary filmmakers at the FIPADOC festival
Posted: January 26, 2024 - Updated: February 06, 2024

From 19 to 27 January 2024, the FIPADOC International Documentary Film Festival takes place in Biarritz, France. This year, several Hungarian documentary filmmakers participate in the festival with their films and projects. 

László Csáki's feature-length animated documentary film Blue Pelican is presented in the European Stories section.

Doc Around Europe launches VOD platform. A new showcase for emerging documentary filmmakers
Posted: January 25, 2024 - Updated: January 26, 2024

Doc Around Europe, a network of European documentary film festivals, is excited to announce the official launch of its very first VOD platform, doc-around-europe.net, showcasing high-quality European documentaries. The launching event of the new VOD platform takes place on 18 February 2024 at the European Film Market during the Berlin International Film Festival.

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