Festival Country

Step into a world you know by heart – yet have never seen quite like this. Sziget, VOLT, Balaton Sound, Valley of Arts, Fishing on Orfű, Paloznak Jazz Picnic – iconic festivals that have shaped our summers for decades. Where did they begin, and where are they headed? What drives them: passion or business? And what do they mean to each new generation?

Dive into Hungary’s festival universe and hear straight from the legends – Karcsi Gerendai, Norbert Lobenwein, Zoltán Fülöp, Pista Márta, and Péter Müller Sziámi – about what makes summer pulse with life. Dance to the biggest hits with Дeva, Beton.Hofi, Sisi, Margaret Island, Blahalouisiana, and Pogány Induló. Slip backstage for unforgettable stories from Lovasi Bandi, Halott Pénz, Bagossy Brothers Company, Quimby, and Soma Mamagésa.

Music, stories, nostalgia, and plenty of humor – director Attila Csizmadia, co-director Tamás Yvan Topolánszky, and JUNO11 Pictures bring us a documentary that uncovers the human stories behind these uniquely Hungarian festivals, and shows how, from the dust, freedom itself could rise.