Hungarian Disability Film Festival

9th Hungarian Disability Film Festival, international film festival for people with disabilities.
We accept films only from people with disabilities, or films only about people with disabilities.
Attention! We cannot accept films that are not about people with disabilities. The person with a disability can also participate as an experiential expert in the making of the film.

Who can apply?
People living with disabilities creators, with intellectual disabilities, creators living with autism, people with down syndrome, people working in the field of social-care and special education, independent filmmakers, television professionals, students and everyone who touches the topic of disability in their films.
Requirements of the Applications:
One can apply with any film without restrictions regarding the topic or the length of the film, for example: fiction, feature films, documentaries or portraiture, animated movies, methodology or PR films. The only requirement for the nominated films: the theme of the films must be in some way about the world of the people living with disabilities.

Deadline of the applications:
15 August 2023

Place of the festival:
Eötvös10 House of Culture, Budapest, 6th district, Eötvös str. 10.

Film Festival time:
7-9th November 2023

The jury:
- Ferenc Varsányi Emmy Award-winning animation film director, screenwriter, producer, university professor
- Dr. Katalin Radványi special education teacher, psychologist, college teacher
- Tamás Kulcsár director
- Tibor Lovass President of the National Association of Local Televisions
- Bianka Szabó special filmmaker
- Gyula Szaffner expert, ELTE-BGGYK (Gusztáv Bárczi Special Education Faculty)

The members of the jury evaluate the nominated films individually too.
The application form can be downloaded from the Association’s internet page: www.msmke.net

Further information:
Phone: +36 30 559 2764 (Balázs Gaál) E-mail: entry(at)msmke.net Fb: facebook.com/specmozgokep

Attention! If you cannot use the paypal payment option to submit your entry, please contact us at info(at)msmke.net

- Review Grand Prize
- Golden Wing Award
- "Our Faces" Award
- "Together" Award
- "Dignity" Special Award of the Foundation for the Development of Special Education and the Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Education of Eötvös Loránd University
- "We learn from each other" special prize "We learn from each other" special prize of the Foundation for the Development of Special Needs Education and the Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education of Eötvös Loránd University (for the film that is best used in special needs education and stimulates professional exchange between students)
- Special prizes

Attention! If you cannot use the paypal payment option to submit your entry, please contact us at info(at)msmke.net

- We only accept films by people with disabilities, or films about people with disabilities made by independent filmmakers, professional filmmakers.
Attention! We are unable to accept films that are not about people with disabilities or that were not made by people with disabilities. (The person with a disability can also participate as an experiential expert in the making of the film.)
People living with disabilities creators, with intellectual disabilities, creators living with autism, people with down syndrome, people working in the field of social-care and special education, independent filmmakers, television professionals, students and everyone who touches the topic of disability in their films.
- Submissions should be subtitled in English
- Films of any genre, made after 1 January 2018 are eligible for the Film Festival
- Films with a maximum running time of 60 minutes are eligible, but priority will be given to films with a running time of less than 30 minutes.
- The films submitted will be selected by a jury for the competition programme. The pre-selection will be based on stricter criteria for films longer than 30 minutes.
- The jury reserves the right to classify films according to genre
The shortlisted films will be selected by a pre-selection panel for the competition programme, the results of which will be announced on 5 September 2023.
- The films selected for the competition will be screened at the festival venue during the festival and will be published online from 7-10 November. The online streaming will be published on a digitally protected platform during those days.
- The Film Festival will not use or make public the films entered in their entirety.
- The Film Festival may use short excerpts of the films to promote the event and for professional purposes.
- The films will be shown in their entirety at professional events and screenings only with the consent of the filmmaker.
- The nominated films will be archived in the MSMKE archives.
- Prizes may also include a cash prize. In all cases, we will need a tax certificate issued by the relevant country to prove that the winner is an existing tax-paying individual.
- The entry fee for films is $15, For FilmFreeway Gold members, $10

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Vilma Kartalska

I'm so happy that we were part of the festival. It's a great way to show stories for the strength of the human spirit. Thank you for having us!

December 2022

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Ernest Bow

Thank you so much for including my film in your film festival

November 2022

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avigail graetz

What an important festival even though we could not be there. Thank you for including NINO in your festival.

December 2021

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Response from festival:

Thank you very much! We loved your precious creation.We look forward to seeing you next time.
Hungarian Disability Film Festival
Tina Wake

It was great thanks for having us

November 2021

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Response from festival:

Thank you very much! We look forward to seeing you next time.
Hungarian Disability Film Festival
Ahmed Alsamman

So far, I have not received any opinions regarding the film's release ?
I don't know if the audience liked it or not ?

November 2021

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Response from festival:

For the first time we used the Filmfreeway platform, which we had not yet had a chance to fully explore and unfortunately, due to the record number of entries, we had very little time to communicate with the filmmakers individually. We apologise for this!
We will try to change this next year. Thank you!
The competition films were very well received and loved by the audience. Thank you to the creators!