TORN FROM THE FLAG: A FILM BY KLAUDIA KOVACS Receives New Festival Invitation in Budapest

Oscar contender in “Best Documentary” and ten-times award-winning TORN FROM THE FLAG: A FILM BY KLAUDIA KOVACS just received an invite to Film Festival at the Corvin Theater. The event will take place in October 2026 in Hungary and is organized to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight. The showing will be followed by a panel discussion featuring the film’s director, Klaudia Kovacs, historians, survivors, and witnesses. The documentary’s second screening in the country will help introduce this uniquely evergreen and highly respected project to local audiences. The event-series is supported by Budapest Film, the City of Budapest, and the National Film Archive. At the opening, there will be speeches by Katalin Jánosi, the granddaughter of Imre Nagy, historian János M. Rainer, former director of the '56 Institute, and Budapest’s Mayor Gergely Karácsony. The festival’s director is Réka Pigniczky, co-founder and Pál Schiffer Prize-winning director of 56Films.

ARTICLE - Unfostered Dreams: Klaudia Kovács’s Journey from Foster Care to Hollywood Filmmaking

THE BUDAPEST HERALD published multi-award-winning film and theater director, Klaudia Kovács’ piece about her experience with and long-term impact of foster care. The article’s introduction was written by Hollywood correspondent and accomplished journalist, Virag Vida: “As we mark National Foster Care Month in the USA, it is both an honor and a responsibility to spotlight voices that rise from lived experience—voices that don’t just tell stories, but are the story. One such voice belongs to award-winning Hungarian-American director Klaudia Kovács, whose life and work continue to bridge continents, cultures, and generations. In this deeply personal piece, she reflects on growing up in foster care, peeling back the layers of her childhood with rare honesty and sensitivity.” To read the article, go to: Unfostered Dreams: Klaudia Kovács's Journey from Foster Care to Hollywood Filmmaking

Multi-Award-Winning Film Director, Klaudia Kovács, was Interviewed by European TV Station

Hollywood-based film and theater director, Klaudia Kovács was interviewed by a Hungarian television station about how the Los Angeles film industry has been impacted by the local January fires: Napi aktuális - Kovács Klaudia (2025-01-21) - HÍR TV

Film Director, Klaudia Kovács, Attends 1st MADE IN HUNGARY Film Festival

Multi-award-winning film director, Klaudia Kovács, attends VIP award ceremony of the 1st MADE IN HUNGARY festival in Beverly Hills, CA organized by the Liszt Institute New York, its director dr. Csenge Palotai, film commissioner of Hungary, Csaba Kael, consul general, dr. Istvan Grof, and representatives of the Consul General of Hungary in Los Angeles.