Áron Szentpéteri is a Budapest-based director and producer. He directed and produced the short film INVISIBLY (2017), which debuted at Cannes in the Cinéfondation selection 2017. The film went on to be screened at festivals worldwide, collecting several awards and was broadcasted by ARTE in 2018. THE HUNGARIAN PLAYBOOK (2022), an investigative documentary on the working of the Hungarian state propaganda machine, Áron co-directed with Bence Máté, also assuming the role of archive producer, was screened at FIFDH Geneva 2023. The film was broadcasted prime-time around Europe, among others, on ZDFinfo, TVN in Poland, SVT in Sweden, and many other channels. His debut fiction feature project, RAPESEEDS IN FLOWER, is in development and was part of the Torino ScriptLab 2022 program. Born in 1987, Aron holds a degree in cognitive science and an MA in film directing from the University of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest (SZFE), where he studied in the class of Ildikó Enyedi. Between 2017 and 2020, he was an assistant teacher to the directorʼs class at SZFE.
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