Roma heroes – 3. At the International Roma Theatre Festival, Giuvlipen company from Bucharest told the story of a young Roma girl who would have liked to keep studying but neither her family nor her school supported her. The play is based on a real story and presents the struggle of the girl that results in suicide and the struggle of those who knew her (priest, leader of the Roma community, teacher, parents) from various perspectives, raising the validity of different approaches and at the same time pointing out collective responsibility that no one can escape. Funding: Badur Foundation and USA Embassy in Hungary Contributors Starring Mihaela Dragan, Zita Moldovan and Liana Ceterchi Music: Elena Albu Cameramen: Máté Bartha Sound engineer: Gábor Kerekes Sound mixing: Ákos Lovász Director and light: Mihai Lukács Film editor: Péter Illés

So Kheren Amenca?! / Forever Holiday?!, the coproduction of Gorki Studio in Berlin and Romano Svato company in Vienna is based on the story of two sisters who got deported from their motherland. What can a parent do if she gets a letter claiming that her children can no longer live in the land that they believed to be their home? Everything changes and just one thing matters: what can they do to be able to stay? But there is nothing they can do, they cannot stay in the country. They get expelled and that is when their endless holiday begins: visiting distant relatives whose world is incredibly far from the young adults. Come and watch the play to learn what kind of challenges they have to face and how they overcome the difficulties! Funding: Badur Foundation, Goethe Institut Budapest, USA Embassy in Hungary Contributors directed by Sandra Selimovic project manager: Joshua Weiss dramaturge: Hanna AlTaher assistant director: Miriam Wagner project assistant: Jasmin

In September 2019, the Czech ARA Art company evoked the history of Roma communities in a new form, building on the elements of circus arts. The storytelling of a Roma women guides us through the fate of the Roma community, starting with the origin legend of Gypsy people, through modern history and Holocaust till the assimilation efforts of the socialist regime. Contributors Design and camera: Máté Bartha Directed by Márton Illés Sound engineer: Gábor Kerekes Microphone: Péter Illés Sound mixing: Gábor Kerekes Light: Márta Borbála Csapó Film editor: Dénes Fellegi Funding: Badur Foundation, USA Embassy in Hungary and Visegrád Fund The perforance was invited to Hungary with the support of Visegrád Fund 

In this play by Independent Theater Hungary put youngsters on the stage to show the insane health care system, their own traumas and prejudices, and ask themselves as well as the spectators what we can do - instead of complaining - to improve this situation. Funding: Open Society Institute Contributors Written and directed by Rodrigó Balogh Dramaturge: Márton Illés Movement director: Gyula Antal Horváth Costume design: Luca Szabados Music editor: Barbara Balázs Assistant: Judit Kőszegi Visual: Alina Vincze and Péter Illés