Dec­la­ra­tion of Sol­i­datir­ty with the Stu­dents and Lec­tur­ers of the The­ater and Film School in Budapest

The Aca­d­e­m­ic Coun­cil — rep­re­sent­ed by stu­dents, lec­tur­ers and staff — of the DFFB would like to express its sol­i­dar­i­ty with the mem­bers of the Uni­ver­si­ty of The­ater and Film Arts in Budapest (SZFE).

The task of the cin­e­ma is a ver­sa­tile and pre­cise analy­sis of the world. This analy­sis is only pos­si­ble by seek­ing the truth, ask­ing ques­tions and rais­ing doubts. The basic con­di­tion for exper­i­men­ta­tion, which we call film­mak­ing, is a space where trust and free­dom pre­vail.

We can­not remain silent when such a for­ma­tive film land­scape as the Hun­gar­i­an one is robbed of its future. With­out the auton­o­my of edu­ca­tion, art can­not become autonomous either. We sup­port the inde­pen­dence of all artists* from any dom­i­nant gov­ern­ment and the right of every uni­ver­si­ty to insti­tu­tion­al auton­o­my.