Marcell Gerő
Marcell Gerő graduated from the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest. He co-founded Campfilm in 2007. His feature-length documentary Cain’s Children (developed in the framework of EURODOC, presented at IDFA Round Table Pitch and Docu Talents from the East) premiered at the 62nd San Sebastian Film Festival’s New Directors Competition followed by a successful festival journey (Zurich IFF, IDFA Best of Fests, Abu Dhabi IFF, Sarajevo IFF etc). With his projects he directed or produced, he participated in several workshops such as Torino Feature Lab, EP2C Workshop, Nipkow Programm or Jerusalem Film Lab and he is a Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program Grantee.
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FORMATION
2002 – 2007 University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest, Director’s faculty
1999 – 2003 University Eotvos Lorand, Budapest, Film Theory and History faculty
1997 – 2002 University Eotvos Lorand, Budapest, French faculty
1996 Diplome at ELTE Radnóti Miklós Secondary School, Budapest
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008 - director, producer, co-founder | Campfilm Production
2006 – 2010 assistant director | freelancer
2004 – 2007 assistant director | Proton Cinema
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
2025 Jerusalem Filmlab
IDFA Forum Pitch
2024 CPH:FORUM
2023 EAVE Producer's Workshop
2018 CineLink Sarajevo pitch
2017 Torino Feature Lab 360° workshop & FilmLab Meeting Event pitch
MEDIMED Forum pitch, Barcelona
Docu Talents from the East pitch, Karlovy Vary
Zagreb Dox Pro Pitch
EP2C Workshop
2016 Torino AdaptLab workshop & FilmLab Meeting Event pitch
ArchiDoc workshop
ZagrebDox, member of jury
2015 Verzio International Documentary Festival, member of jury
2012 Nipkow Program – project development residency
Docu Talents from the East pitch, Karlovy Vary
2011 IDFA Round Table pitch, Amsterdam
WRITING EXPERIENCE
2023-2026 Care (feature project in development)
Karsai vs Hungary (feature length documentary project in post-production)
2015-2017 Bar (non-realised 8 episodes fiction series development for HBO Europe)
2014 Cain's Children (documentary, 90’, Campfilm Production, JBA Production)
2008 Kócos | Shock (short, 22‘)
2007 The Invention of Mr. Lux (adaptation TV play, 18‘)
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
2026 Karsai vs Hungary(feature length documentary project in post-production)
Care (feature project in development)
2014 Cain's Children (documentary, 90’, Campfilm Production, JBA Production)
participated at: IDFA Round Table Pitch | EURODOC 2011 | Jichlava Project Market
selected festivals:
62nd San Sebastian IFF, San Sebastian, Spain, 2014, "New Directors" competition
10th Zurich IFF, Zurich, Switzerland, 2014
6th Abu Dhabi International Film Festival, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2014
18th Jihlava IDFF, Jihlava, Czech Republic, 2014
27th IDFA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2014, "Best of Fests" section
25th Stockholm International Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden, 2014
26th Triest Film Festival, Triest, Italy, 2015
30th Guadalajara International Film Festival, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2015
12th DocuDays UA-Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Kiev, 2015
21st Sarajevo Film Festival, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2015
27th États généraux du film documentaire, Lussas, France, 2015
2nd BIDF-Budapest International Documentary Festival, Hungary, 2015
4th LET’S CEE Film Festival, Austria, Vienna, 2015
10th MiradasDoc, Tenerife, Spain, 2015
12th Glasgow Film Festival, Glasgow, Scotland, 2016
selected awards:
11th Verzio International Human Rights DFF, Budapest, Hungary, 2014, Student Jury Prize
11th Golden Eye-Hungarian Cinematographers’ Film Festival, Budapest, 2014 Best Documentary Film Cinematographer
Hungarian Film Critics’ Award, Budapest, 2015 - Best Documentary in 2014
11th Zagreb Dox IDFF, Zagreb, Croatia, 2015 - "Big Stamp" Award for Best Regional Documentary
14th DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada, 2015 - Honorable Mention of the Jury
10th DocsDF-International Film Festival, Mexico City, Mexico, 2015 - Best „Docuthriller” Award
2008 Self Portraits (short documentary-series (17x3‘), Campfilm Production)
Kócos | Shock (short, 22‘)
7th International Film School Festival, Porto, Portugália – Best Foreign Film
I’ve Seen Films 2009, Milano, Italy – Jury’s Spetial Mention
- Fresh Film Fest 2009, Karlovy Vary, Czeh Republic – in competition
- Sehsuechte Festival 2009, Podsdam, Germany – Best Feature Film Under 25 min.
Breaking Grounds – Go Short 2009, Nijmegen, Netherlands – in competition
31e Rencontres Henry Langlois, Poitiers, France – in competition
- Sleepwalkers Festival, Tallin, Estonia – in competition
- Hungarian Filmweek, Budapest, Hungary – Short Film Cathegory Price
Golden Eye, Cinematographer’s Festival 2007, Budapest, Hung. – in competition
2006 HAHOTA (documentary, 18‘)
- Hungarian Filmweek, Budapest, Hungary – information program
Dialektus Festival 2007, Budapest, Hungary– in competition
2005 The Invention of Mr. Lux (TV play, 18‘)
- Hungarian Filmweek, Budapest, Hungary – in competition
Secret Mircle (short, 12‘)
FILMOGRAPHY AS PRODUCER
SZIA, SÁRI!| DON'T WORRY SÁRI! (dir.: Sára HARAGONICS, 2025, 82’, documentary)
22nd Verzió Int. Doc. Festival (2025), Hungarian Competition - Audience Award
45th Hungarian Film Week (2026) Doc. Competition - Best Documentary Director
TERMÉSZETES FÉNY | NATURAL LIGHT (dir.: Dénes NAGY, 2021, 103’, fiction)
71st Berlinale, Official Competition – Silver Bear for Best Director
EFA Feature Film Selection 2021- EFA Award for Visual Design
BECSÚSZÓ SZERELEM | BULLHORN LULLABY (dir.: Viktor Oszkár NAGY, 2021, 92’, fiction)
ANYÁIM TÖRTÉNETE | HER MOTHERS (dir.: S. HARAGONICS & A. DÉR, 2020, 75’, docu.)
Hot Docs 2020 Canadian IDF – international premiere
A LÉTEZÉS EUFÓRIÁJA | THE EUPHORIA OF BEING (dir.: Réka SZABÓ, 2019, 84’, docu.)
Locarno IFF, Critic’s Week 2019 – GRAND PRIX for best documentary
EFA Documentary Selection
HIVATAL | BUREAU (dir.: Viktor Oszkár NAGY, 2015, 52’, fiction)
29th FIPA – FIPA D'Or for best drama screenplay
SEB | HARM (dir.: Dénes NAGY, 2015, 52’, documentary)
21st SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL - international premiere
FELSŐBB PARANCS | SUPERIOR ORDERS (dir.: V. O. NAGY, A. PETRIK, 2013, docu., 50’)
54th KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL - international premiere
MÁSIK MAGYARORSZÁG | ANOTHER HUNGARY (dir.: Dénes NAGY, 2013, docu., 51’)
43rd INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM - international premiere
LÁGY ESŐ | SOFT RAIN (dir.: Dénes NAGY, 2013, 28’, short fiction)
45th DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT, Cannes - international premiere