We have to face a lot of challenges and difficulties throughout our life. However, the most important is to stick to our goal, no matter what, and do our best to achieve what we truly want. This story dates back to my childhood. I still remember the moment when we entered our new home. I don't know how old I was but I can clearly recall that I thought, we might have a better life here. My stepfather would take care of us, we would live together in happiness, we wouldn't be cold during the night... As years went by, I really got everything I ever needed. One of my most precious memories is when my stepfather picked me up at school one autumn afternoon. He made me sit on his bike and we rode home. I was very happy, I was laughing the whole time and I fell asleep that night with a smile on my face. I can't explain what was so special about that afternoon but I can still remember that feeling. When I lost him, his absence left a huge void. I tried to find joy...

Kende was in sixth grade when it first came to our mind to change school. Afterward, everything happened so quickly, we chose an alternative school together, he applied and we were looking forward to the results. One afternoon, we got the notification that he is 26 th on the waiting list. At this point Kende said that he didn’t want to compete with anyone for the vacant places. It’s hard time like this when it is important for people to remain brave. The idea to study abroad came to mind  because of the Hungarian education system as well as enabling him to learn more about his father’s heritage and culture. I remember what it was like to observ while he was packing to depart. I was just looking at  him and thinking how proud I was of him and how difficult it was going to be to let him go. But I didn’t want to stop him, I let him go to Bristol, as this was about him and not me. Before he left, he asked me not to go with him to the airport, it was easier for him to bi...

In the frame of Roma Heroes workshop, the university students from Nyíregyháza were thinking about tradition, family, advantages and disadvantages of early marriage. What they brings with them from home to their separate life and what they leave behind, what are the traditions that they oppose? All these questions provided a rich soil from where the youngsters could grew out this story. Vanda Túró tells a tale in an authentic, visceral and humorous style, a story written together with her peers. The love triangle is an age-old topos but it is rarely intertwined with heroism. In the love story The Lakatos Sisters, we learn about real sisterhood. (Edina Dömök and Vivien Balogh) Cameraman: Alina Vicze. Video editing and designed by Tamás Boros

Once upon a time, there was a class, not better or worse than any other, where a new physics teacher arrived. When she entered the classroom, we spotted a tall, straight, gritty woman with long hair, glasses and rigorous eyes. One day, she called a student to answer her questions and the student couldn’t recall the right answer. The teacher was infuriated and gave voice to her dissatisfaction: “I can’t believe that here we go again, next time I should rather lecture the wall because it understands better what is said” – that was the kind of comments we heard at her lessons. At the school corridor, we talked about our bad feelings that these comments evoked in the class, and, by chance, the teacher overheard our discussion. In that very moment, something gave us the creep, we just felt her presence. Next moment, we found ourselves sitting at a homeroom with our headmaster and the physics teacher. She asked us about what happened at the corridor and she was interes...

A man harasses a woman and wants to take away her bag. How can you help her, if you don’t want to be aggressive and fight? The youngsters from Salgótarján participating in Roma Heroes workshop show a clever solution to this problem in this short video. According to them, violence never leads to real solution. The workshop was run by Edina Dömök and Tamás Szegedi. Video by Alina Vincze.

According to Barbara Tonté, founder of  Romani Gastro  blog, the everyday heroes, who feed us and cook for us, often remain unnoticed and unrecognised.  Video by Nikolett Csányi The discussion have been realized in the frame of the 'Rikardo cooked something - kitchen, fashion, culture in the 8th district' event organized by the Goethe Institute Budapest .

In 1956, the Roma revolutionary fighters were the last ones to surrender on 11 November. According to the surviving documents, none of them testified against their comrades after the revolution was crushed. The discussion have been realized in the frame of the 'Rikardo cooked something - kitchen, fashion, culture in the 8th district' event organized by the Goethe Institute Budapest .

In this scene of her play I declare at my own risk , Alina Serban questions whether she will be able to continue her studies after graduating from high school. Finally, she got accepted to more than one university and became an internationally renowned actress. Not believing that our dreams can come true is absolutely normal and does not mean that we should let those dreams go. Interview with Alina Serban >>>

What can a young girl growing up in a Romanian Zlatar community do, if she does not want to marry at the age of 13? What if she wants to continue her studies, against the will of her family? Roxana comes up with various unusual ideas to achieve her goal. I n her play  Del Duma – She Speaks,  Mihaela Dragan presents the complex topic of early marriage that determines the life of several Roma women in Romania even today. The artistic director of Giulipen theatre does not want to judge, she merely passes on the stories of women who have different views on early marriage. Interview with Mihaela Dragan  >>>