Critics’ jury

Teacher, journalist, educational award winner. He teaches film culture and media as well as history at Újbudai Széchenyi István Secondary School. He is a huge fan of experiential learning, and loves using local histories in the classroom and going camping with the kids. As the editor of Filmtekercs.hu and a film critic at Filmtett, he is mainly interested in contemporary Hungarian film and European genre films, while also trying to get closer to African cinema. He misses westerns, but adores long takes. He hopes that he can educate as a critic just as much as a teacher. He is going to bring his bike to Szeged, and will take a photo of every commemorative plaque out there.

He graduated in Hungarian language and literature from ELTE university. He has published since 2012: he worked for Mandiner, for VS.hu and for Magyar Nemzet, then joined the portal and weekly Magyar Hang in 2018 when it was founded. He writes extensively on cultural issues, including film and literature. In 2022 he received the Virág F. Éva Award by The National Association of Hungarian Journalists. In 2023, he was on the jury of the Budapest International Documentary Festival (BIDF). He has also published in a number of magazines, including Élet és Irodalom, Szépirodalmi Figyelő, Tiszatáj, Magyar Narancs, HVG.hu, Heti Válasz, and Hévíz.

After secondary school, she studied journalism at the academy of The National Association of Hungarian Journalists, then graduated in film studies and aesthetics from ELTE university. She worked in TV shows on cultural issues, in film production, as a communication expert in a cinema and at film festivals, for a film NGO, as well as for Daazo, the organisation behind the start of Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival. She has published reviews in the film monthly Filmvilág, and since 2008, she has written for the cinema portal Filmhu, where she also worked as an editor and has been the host of the podcasts.

Photo: Balázs Pivarnyik