Premiere: FESTIVAL NATION | ART CINEMA

Attila Csizmadia's film about Hungarian festival culture, Festival Country, will be in theaters starting September 18! After the screening, Kata Orsolya Molnár will interview the film's stars, Livius Varga, member of Quimby, and Csaba Klein, founder of Everness, as well as the film's writer-director and creative producer, Attila Csizmadia.

Venue: Művész Mozi (Budapest, 1027, Margit körút 5.)

Date: September 26, 2025 (Friday) 7:00 p.m.

Guests: Livius Varga, member of Quimby, Csaba Klein, founder of Everness, Attila Csizmadia, writer-director and creative producer

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.