The BIFF Hub is the festival’s professional programme, which offers a behind-the-scenes look at filmmaking at the Turbina during the festival, with renowned filmmakers and film professionals.
Discussions on the technical and creative processes of filmmaking, the principles of film selection and the relationship between social responsibility and art will be held in a live and interactive format.
The events are free to attend!

𝐀 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐲𝐢𝐤 𝐌𝐚́𝐭𝐞́ 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐥 / 31.10. 16:00 – 17:30
Participants.
Máté Ternyik, who has previously worked with the cinematographer of The Pianist, has now created the visuals for The Brutalist, which premieres at this year’s Venice Film Festival, alongside Lol Crawley. Máté was deeply involved in the development of the film’s visuals from the very beginning of the shoot, and later on he shaped them as the film’s colourist. Zágon Nagy talks to him about his experiences, the colourist-cinematographer relationship and his role as a filmmaker.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝟑 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐳𝐨̋𝐯𝐞𝐥 (in English) / 11.01. 14:00 – 15:30
Participants.
Eduardo Williams, director of the hypnotic journey of The Human Surge 3, Argentinian Locarno Grand Prize winner, talks to Gergő Nagy V. about his creative practice and career path.

𝐊𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢 𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐳𝐭𝐚𝐥 / 11. 01. 16:30 – 18:00
Babos Anna, Petri-Lukács Simon, Donáth Péter, Rév Dániel (Kristóf Álmos, Horváth Laura)
Who will show us films? What curatorial approaches can be behind a selection of films? Clash of views and arguments, dilemmas and doubts. A discussion with Anna Babos and Simon Petri-Lukács (Partizán Filmklub) and Pete Donáth and Dani Rév (Cinema Niche, BIFF) about the principles behind a selection and what it means to watch films based on a concept.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐙 𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐳𝐭𝐚𝐥 / 11. 02. 14:00 – 15:30
Participants.
How can we help our fellow human beings in difficult situations around us? A discussion about the film about vulnerability, pride, helping, fates, stories. The film tells the story of Souleymane, a Guinean refugee who works as a bicycle food delivery driver in Paris, and his two days on the road to his fateful hearing to decide whether to apply for a resettlement permit.

 

𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐀́𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚́𝐦 𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐥 / 11. 02. 17:00 – 18:30
Participants.
Hungarian-born, UK-based art director Ábrahám Lili Lea has recently worked on projects such as Ken Loach’s latest feature film and Andrea Arnold’s Bird, which will be screened at the first BIFF and will debut in this year’s Cannes Competition programme. Lili Mesterházy talks to him about the premiere of the latter.