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Film director and screenwriter
Country of origin
Hungary

Balázs Szövényi-Lux (*1990) is a film director and screenwriter. He has been making films since childhood. He graduated from Pázmány University and then Edinburgh College of Art. He was a juror at children's film festivals and a former jury member at the BUSHO Festival. He wrote reviews for Kortárs Online magazine for six years. His short film "Katapult" won the best short film award at the Chicago Children's Film Festival. His feature debut, "The First Two", was released last year, which has won numerous awards since , and ended up at HBO. He is looking for the tiny vibrations of the Infinite. He was a volunteer in the Taizé community, and this has determined his relationship with people and religion ever since.

Current issues

INTERFILM member Hans-Martin Gutmann traces a narrative arc from his departure for the KVIFF 2026, through his work on the festival’s Ecumenical Jury and its decision on the winner, right up to his return.
Obituary for the cultural politician, director of various film festivals and promoter of world cinema. By Peter Ciaccio, president of the Associazione protestante del cinema "Roberto Sbaffi".

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16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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