staff and contributors The HCLU film staff consists of 2 full time personnel and one half time personnel, István Gábor Takács as the head of the video advocacy program, editor and director, Róbert Bordás as cameraman and editor and Ádám Surányi as half time editor for the roma program. The HCLU films are made together with the coordinators of other HCLU programs. The drug policy films are made with Péter Sárosi, director of the drug policy program, who works as a reporter and director on the films. Balázs Dénes, director of HCLU, works as producer, co-director and sometimes as cameraman. Tamás Verdes, the disabilities program coordinator, films and edits his own films. He and the program coordinator assist all the other program directors, like Stefánia Kapronczay of the disabilities program, Tivadar Hüttl of the freedom of information program, Ferenc Bagyinszky the HIV/AIDS program coordinator and Szabolcs Hegyi, the political freedoms program director, and Melinda Zsolt, the HCLU communication officer to finalize their own works. We are grateful for the wonderful people who provide us narrations, subtitles and translations: Arielle Reid, Patrícia Kovács, Balázs Szigeti, Alexandra Gurinova, Joseph Foss, Katalin Sós, Tamás Kardos, Máté Kerényi, Ágnes Kövesi, Anna Recski, Lili Török, Hunter Holliman, Martin Steldinger, Jan Stola and our friends at Espolea, Aram Barra, Brun Gonzales and Gabo Amezcua. The roma program films are made as joint effort by Ádám Surányi, Róbert Bordás, the roma program field workers and lawyers and the program coordinators, Eszter Jovánovics and Judit Horváth. Tamás Kardos works as EDPI coordinator. Andrea Polgár provides the very important logistical background as head of office at the HCLU.
prizes In 2011 we were awarded the best viral video award of 2011 by Kreatív Magazin. We received an award for our film about eviction at the IV. Roma Documentary Film Festival.
availability The full list of HCLU films can be found in the back of this report. The foreign language films with accompanying articles on the HCLU website can be found here and in Hungarian here. We have English and Hungarian language databases with all the info about the films including download and streaming links and downloadable subtitles here and in Hungarian here.
funding The HCLU video advocacy program does not have a standalone budget, but it gets its funding from other Programs of the HCLU. The vast majority of its funding is provided by the Open Society Foundation’s specific programs, mostly the Global Drug Policy Program in the form of financing from the Drug Policy Program that runs the European Drug Policy Initiative. We also accept funds from the Common Sense for Drug Policy foundation, the Royal Embassy of the Netherlands and our card holding members. HCLU does not accept Hungarian state funding at all.
On the picture in the right is the full HCLU staff in 2011, from left to right: Tamás Verdes, Disabilities Program Coordinator; István Gábor Takács, Video Advocacy Program Director; Péter Sárosi, Drug Policy Program Director; Balázs Dénes, Executive Director; Tamás Kardos, EDPI coordinator and Media Monitor Program Officer; Ádám Surányi, Roma Program video officer; Péter Erdey, Roma Program Lawyer; Róbert Bordás, Roma Program Cameraman; Andrea Polgár, Head of Office; Ágnes Oravecz, former Fundraiser; Melinda Zsolt, Head of Communications; Judith Horváth, Roma Program Coordinator; Tibor Kis, Roma Program Field Worker; Péter Juhász, Roma Program Field Worker; Levente Baltay, legal Aid Lawyer, Andrea Pelle, Legal Aid Director, Szabolcs Hegyi, Political Rights Program Director; Tivadar Hüttl, Data Protection and Freedom of Information Program Director; Eszter Jovánovics, Roma Program Director; Ferenc Bagyinszky, HIV/AIDS Program Director; Zsuzsanna Nyitray, Roma Program Assistant Lawyer, Stefánia Kapronczay, Patients’ Rights Program Director; Éva Vajda, Investigative Journalism Program Director; Aliya Rakhmetova, SWAN Coordinator; Szabolcs Miklós Sánta, Legal Aid Service Staff, András Cserny, Legal Aid Service Staff; Éva Simon, Member of the Executive Committee; Tamás Szigeti, Freedom of Speech Program Officer; László Siroki, Roma Program Field Worker; Nóra Perlik, Accountant; Kata Sós, East East Program Coordinator; Tamás Fazekas, Legal Aid Service Officer; Gabriella Harmat, Financial Assistant
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