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.
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Poster of Director Klaudia Kovacs' Film, TORN FROM THE FLAG, Exhibited at Hungarian Consulate in Los Angeles /
The Consulate General of Hungary - Los Angeles participated in the International Commemoration Series, entitled 70 for 70, and displayed the poster of the Oscar contender and multi-award-winning documentary, TORN FROM THE FLAG. The Series pays homage to the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and the Polish October, as well as celebrate the 35th anniversary of the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union. Learn more here: https://klaudiakovacs.com/torn-from-the-flag-70-for-70
Multi-Award Winning Director, Klaudia Kovács, Teaches UCLA Course /
Klaudia Kovács recently taught a UCLA course: the class was about the Cold War and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution accompanied by the director’s Oscar contender and multi-award-winning film, TORN FROM THE FLAG. As the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union and the 70th anniversary of Hungary’s freedom fight are approaching, there will be an international 70 for 70 series showcasing the documentary worldwide.
Multi-Award Winning Director, Klaudia Kovács' UCLA Class Gets Top Rating /
Delighted to share about the top rating the UCLA course — Klaudia Kovács recently taught — received: the class was about the Cold War and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution accompanied by the director’s Oscar contender and multi-award-winning film, TORN FROM THE FLAG. As the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union and the 70th anniversary of Hungary’s freedom fight are approaching, reach out to the filmmaker directly if your institution is interested in a presentation and/or screening as well.