SZÖVÉNYI-LUX BALÁZS

International ecumenical jury 2024

Balázs Szövényi-Lux is a film director and screenwriter. He has been making films since childhood. He graduated from Pázmány University and then Edinburgh College of Art. He was a juror at children’s film festivals and a former jury member at the BUSHO Festival. He wrote reviews for Kortárs Online magazine for six years. His short film Katapult won the best short film award at the Chicago Children’s Film Festival. His first feature debut, The First Two, was released last year, which has since won numerous awards, and ended up at HBO. He is looking for the tiny vibrations of the Infinite. He was a volunteer in the Taizé community, and this has determined his relationship with people and religion ever since.