Moderators of the 45th Hungarian Film Week
Lili Mesterházy
Film critic, film journalist, regular host of the Művész Filmklub Mesterházy Lili and CineKorda screening series. He studied Renaissance English literature at Sofia University and Columbia University.
Since 2004, he has been a contributor to the former Index culture section
and one of the founders of the then-fledgling Cinematrix. Since 2005, his film reviews have appeared in Pesti
Est and Pesti Műsor. Between 2006 and 2015, he was a film critic for the former Origo Filmklub, and until 2022, he was a contributor to the Filmklub podcast on Tilos Radio. He works at BIFF, Budapest Ritmus, and the Verzió festival. He is currently a writer for the Revizor criticism portal, where his film reviews appear regularly.
Kata Gyürke
Kata Gyürke is a cultural journalist with wide-ranging experience who has worked as an editor, reporter, and presenter on numerous television and radio programs. She currently works as a freelance journalist and is the cultural editor at Klubrádió. She regularly reports on domestic and international film festivals. She is a member of the MÚOSZ (Hungarian Association of Journalists) board and a member of the executive committee of the organization’s Film and Television Critics Section. She contributes to the work of Hungarian film critics and the international FIPRESCI.
Photo: Bernadett Fejér
Dorka Gyárfás
Dorka Gyárfás graduated from the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest with a degree in television directing and presenting, where she studied film history and criticism under György Báron. Between 2002 and 2017, she was a regular contributor to Origo Filmklub, while also producing film programs for Duna Television (Duna mozi) and Rádio Café (Laterna Magica). From 2017 to 2023, she worked as an editor and journalist for WMN online magazine. For the past two years, she has been publishing her film writings on her own blog, Dorka’s Substack, and since January 2025, she has been the cultural editor of Elle magazine.
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Alinda Veiszer
A reporter covering culture and public life for 20 years. He is passionate about discussing films, meeting creators, and exploring social issues.
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László Kolozsi
Writer, critic, university professor. He was a lawyer for more than a decade. He appeared in Filmvilág magazine’s competition, like so many of his colleagues, which means that he too owes it to Gusztáv Schubert that film ultimately became his life. At first, he only wrote reviews, but then he also wrote the things he reviewed, mainly crime novels, children’s books, and screenplays. He has worked with more than a dozen directors.
He earned money as a journalist while still a university student. He has moderated discussions at many film and non-film events.
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Andor Berényi
I am a film director, assistant director, and creative director of the Kontroll YouTube channel. I have several short films and a winning Incubator film under my belt, as well as commercials and music videos. I started working as an assistant director on László Nemes’ film Sunset, and since then I have worked on several foreign and Hungarian feature films and series. I am currently the creative director of the Kontroll public YouTube channel, where I sometimes appear in front of the camera, mainly leading discussions on film-related topics.
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Katica Nagy
Immediately after high school, in 2014, I was accepted to the University of Theater and Film Arts. My class teachers were Sándor Zsótér and Enikő Börcsök, who instilled in me a progressive, innovative, experimental approach closely linked to film. I defended my thesis with Attila Janisch, who was my university film teacher and also my advisor. Immediately after graduation, in 2019, I signed a contract with the Latinovits Theater in Budaörs, where I was a member of the company for a year, then consciously chose to become a freelancer. My first significant and, for me, particularly important film work was György Kárpáti Mór’s short film Gólyatábor (Freshman Camp), in which I participated as a first-year student. After that, I had the opportunity to work with many different and inspiring directors, from whom I learned a lot, including Yvon Kerekgyártó, Gábor Reisz, András Salamon, Kornél Mundruczó, Péter Varsics, Lajos Koltai, József Pacskovszky, Péter Hajmási, Tamás Búvári, Kata Oláh, and many other creators. I had the opportunity to try my hand at series, short films, graduation films, and exam films, as well as numerous music videos. In 2024, I also gained experience as a producer on Zsanett Urbán’s short film Pont más (Right on the Spot). Since 2023, I have been teaching acting at the Lumiere Film School.
2022-ben Váradi Gergővel a Friss Hús rövidfilm fesztivál Friss csillagai voltunk.
Fotó: Kleb Attila
