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Critical voices under attack in Hungary: open letter by the Hungarian Documentary Association
Posted: May 22, 2025 - Updated: May 26, 2025

We at Verzió are alarmed by the recent events in our country, and we stand with our friends and colleagues in the documentary film community, as well as with free press and the civil society. 

Below is a statement issued by the Hungarian Documentary Association (MADOKE) which we publish here in its original form without modifications.Share it within your film community and help us raise awareness about what is happening in Hungary!

LGBTQ+ films in the Verziotheque
Posted: May 01, 2025 - Updated: May 26, 2025

From 1 May to 30 June, seven outstanding LGBTQ-themed documentaries will be made available online, with the net proceeds of the rental fee going to the Rainbow Mission Foundation.

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Black Box Diaries at Re:Verzió
Posted: April 04, 2025 - Updated: April 17, 2025

Re:Verzió is back from March!

If you missed out on the program of the 21st Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in November, now you can catch up on the best films, including Oscar-nominated and Verzió-winning films.

At the next occassion, you can watch the Academy Award nominated documentary film, Black Box Diaries by Shiori Ito. 
We are screening the film with English and Hungarian subtitles. The follow-up discussion will take place only in Hungarian. 

Call for Entries 2025
Posted: March 14, 2025 - Updated: April 11, 2025

Submissions to the 22nd 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 22nd edition which will be held 11–19 November 2025, in Budapest and in cities across Hungary. 

Deadline for submissions: May 31, 2025
Festival dates: 11–19 November, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary

The Re:Verzió spring program series takes off with the screening of Your Life Without Me
Posted: March 07, 2025 - Updated: March 07, 2025

Re:Verzió is back from March!

If you missed out on the program of the 21st Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in November, now you can catch up on the best films, including Oscar-nominated and Verzió-winning films.

María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia awarded 2024 Sakharov Prize
Posted: November 18, 2024 - Updated: November 18, 2024

The leader of Venezuela’s democratic forces and the opposition candidate in the July presidential elections will receive the 2024 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

Online Verzió has started, watch festival films from home
Posted: November 16, 2024 - Updated: November 20, 2024

38 films are available online at festival.verzio.org from the program of the 21st Verzió Film Festival including a lot of festival favourites such as Balomania, Wishing on a Star, or

Your Life Without Me is the Audience Award winner of the 21st Verzió
Posted: November 16, 2024 - Updated: November 16, 2024

The Hungarian-Swedish co-production, Your Life Without Me won the Audience Award of the 21st Verzió. The audience could vote for the films between 7 and 13 November in Toldi and Művész cinemas. 

On behalf of Anna Rubi director, the film's editor, Júlia Hack, and the film's co-author and producer, Áron Szentpéteri got the award on 13 November, before the last screening of the festival in Toldi cinema.

Awarded films of the 21st Verzió Film Festival
Posted: November 14, 2024 - Updated: November 14, 2024

Awarded films of the 21st Verzió

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Fine-Tuning Reality: The Verzió Film Festival Features an LGBTQ+ Competition Section
Posted: October 29, 2024 - Updated: November 18, 2024

Verzió Documentary Film Festival provides visibility to those who fall outside mainstream storytelling. This year, for the first time, Verzió introduces an LGBTQ+ competition section. The documentaries amongst others will explore Polish queer performers, the Zagreb ballroom and voguing scene, and the homophobia experienced in Cameroon. Additionally, this year's VR films in the Vektor VR program discuss various forms of perception and body awareness. Detailed program and tickets in pre-sale are now available on the website.

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