Before the Premiere: FESTIVAL NATION | Uránia
2025-09-12T17:00:00.000Z
FESTIVAL NATION Screening + Discussion
Sep
12
Schedule
Attila Csizmadia’s feature film Festival Nation, exploring Hungary’s unique festival culture, hits cinemas on September 18 – but now you can catch it before the premiere!
After the screening, the film’s participants Dániel Gryllus (Kaláka) and Gergely Balla (Platon Karataev) will join a conversation moderated by Kata Orsolya Molnár.
Venue: Uránia National Film Theatre (Budapest, 1088, Rákóczi út 21.)
Date & Time: September 12, 2025 (Friday) at 7:00 PM
Guests: Dániel Gryllus (Kaláka) and Gergely Balla (Platon Karataev)
Travel with us into a world everyone knows – but no one has ever seen quite like this!
Sziget, VOLT, Balaton Sound, Valley of Arts, Fishing on Orfű, Paloznak Jazz Picnic – iconic festivals that have shaped our summers for decades. Where did they start, and where are they heading? What drives them – passion or business? And what do they mean for different generations?
Dive deep into the Hungarian festival universe and hear from Károly Gerendai, Norbert Lobenwein, Zoltán Fülöp, István Márta and Péter Müller Sziámi about what makes the summer pulse with energy! Party to the biggest hits by Дeva, Beton.Hofi, Sisi, Margaret Island, Blahalouisiana and Pogány Induló. Step backstage and discover the most exciting festival stories of András Lovasi, Halott Pénz, Bagossy Brothers Company, Quimby or Soma Mamagésa!
Music, stories, nostalgia and plenty of humor – in their co-directed film, Attila Csizmadia and Tamás Yvan Topolánszky, in coproduction with Halluci-Nation and JUNO11 Pictures, reveal the human stories behind festivals that have become almost a Hungarian specialty, showing how from dust a sense of freedom could rise.
Location
Uránia Nemzeti Filmszínház
The Uránia National Film Theatre is unique among Hungarian cinemas as it is the only national film and cultural centre operating as an institute It is the film profession’s counterpart of the National Theatre and the Opera House, of which most important task is to present and show the treasures of contemporary and classical film art as well as organising film clubs, national and international film festivals, and other events (first nights).
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