László Sára

Co-founder of Campfilm, Sára László has been producing documentaries and features since 2007. Her producer credits include Soft Rain by Dénes Nagy (45th Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes), Cain’s Children by Marcell Gerő (62nd San Sebastian IFF), The Euphoria of Being by Réka Szabó (Grand Prix of the 30th Semaine de la Critique of the Locarno International Film festival) or Natural Light by Dénes Nagy that premiered at the 72nd Berlinale Competition and received the Silver Bear Award for Best Director. She is a Eurodoc, Nipkow Programme, EAVE, DokIncubator, Producers on the Move, ACE Producers alumni.

Sára LÁSZLÓ graduated at the film director’s faculty of the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest, and also completed a one-year production training in the Parisian film school ESRA. During her internship at the film production company Les Films du Poisson based in Paris, she participated in the development of creative documentaries. After returning to Hungary she co-founded Campfilm in 2007 and worked as a producer or occasionally as a co-author in all of Campfilm’s completed films. Sara is a Eurodoc, Nipkow Programme, EAVE, DokIncubator, Producers on the Move, ACE Producers alumni and a 2019 Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program Grantee. She teaches film production studies at the Budapest Metropolitan University as well as the Eötvös Lóránd University.

 

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

 

Natural Light, dir. Dénes Nagy, 2021, Hungary, Latvia, France, Germany, fiction, 103 min.

  • 2021 - 71st Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival (Official Competition and Silver Bear for Best Director)

Bullhorn Lullaby, dir. Viktor Oszkár Nagy, 2021, Hungary, fiction, 

  • released in July 2021

Return to Epipo, dir. Judit Oláh, 2020, Hungary, documentary, 83 min.

  • 2020 - CPH:DOX International Documentary Film Festival Copenhagen

Her Mothers, dir. Asia Dér, Sári Haragonics, 2020, Hungary, documentary, 75 min.

  • 2020 - Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival - Persister programme

The Euphoria of Being, dir. Réka Szabó, 2019, Hungary, France, documentary, 84 min.

  • 2019 - Locarno International Film Festival, Critics Week selection (Semaine de la Critique, Grand Prix)

Not About Family, dir. Anna Kis, 2019, Hungary, documentary, 52 min.

  • 2020 - BIDF Budapest International Documentary Festival - Hungarian Competition 

Bureau, dir. Viktor Oszkár Nagy, 2015, Hungary, fiction (television), 52 min.

  • 2016 - 29th FIPA - Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels, Biarritz, France (in “Drama competition, FIPA d`Or for Best Script Award)

Cain’s Children, dir. Marcell Gerő, 2014, Hungary, France, documentary, 104 min.

  • 2014 - 62nd San Sebastian International Film Festival, San Sebastian, Spain

Another Hungary, dir. Dénes Nagy, 2013, Hungary, documentary, 51 min.

  • 2014 – International Film Festival Rotterdam (Official Selection)

Superior Orders, dir. Viktor Oszkár Nagy, András Petrik, 2013, Hungary, documentary, 50 min.

  • 2014 - 54th Krakow Film Festival, Poland

Soft Rain, dir. Dénes Nagy, 2013, Hungary, Belgium, fiction, 28 min.

  • 2013 - Quinzaine des réalisateurs, Société des réalisateurs de films, Cannes