The Exhibition, documentary film by Dasa Raimanova and Bela Varadi. Festival distribution by Shortsfit. Shortfits. ShortsFit Distribucion. ShortsFit Distribution. Distribucion de cortos. Distribuzione di cortometraggi. Short Films. 2026
The Exhibition, documentary film by Dasa Raimanova and Bela Varadi. Festival distribution by Shortsfit. Shortfits. ShortsFit Distribucion. ShortsFit Distribution. Distribucion de cortos. Distribuzione di cortometraggi. Short Films. 2026
The Exhibition, documentary film by Dasa Raimanova and Bela Varadi. Festival distribution by Shortsfit. Shortfits. ShortsFit Distribucion. ShortsFit Distribution. Distribucion de cortos. Distribuzione di cortometraggi. Short Films. 2026
The Exhibition, documentary film by Dasa Raimanova and Bela Varadi. Festival distribution by Shortsfit. Shortfits. ShortsFit Distribucion. ShortsFit Distribution. Distribucion de cortos. Distribuzione di cortometraggi. Short Films. 2026
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The Exhibition

HUNGARY, UK, NORWAY / 23 MIN. / 2026 / DOCUMENTARY / DCP 2K / 1.85:1 / 5.1 / COLOR

Languages: Hungarian, English | Subtitles: English, Spanish, Italian
Queer Roma artist returns from London to his Hungarian hometown to stage a public exhibition, risking rejection while navigating the fragile line between the home he left, where the public display of LGBTQI+ content is banned, and the home he longs for.
Un artista queer y roma viaja de Londres a su ciudad natal en Hungría para preparar una exhibición pública, con el riesgo de ser rechazado mientras navega por el frágil límite entre la casa que dejó, donde demostraciones públicas de contenido LGBTQI+ son prohibidas, y la casa que sueña encontrar.
This project participated in the East-West Talent Lab.
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Festivals & Awards

goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film (Germany, 2026)

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The Exhibition, documentary film by Dasa Raimanova and Bela Varadi. Festival distribution by Shortsfit. Shortfits. ShortsFit Distribucion. ShortsFit Distribution. Distribucion de cortos. Distribuzione di cortometraggi. Short Films. 2026

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starring

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directed by

Dáša Raimanová

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Béla Váradi

produced by

Dáša Raimanová

in co-production with

Viki Réka Kiss, Ane-Martha Tamnes Hansgård

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with the support of

Okre Fund, Fritt Ord Fund, Onsight

cinematography

Balázs Domokos

editor

Romain Beck

sound design

Andrej Bako

original music

Nóra Nemcsók

photographs

Béla Váradi

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Andrés Silva Polance

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Dáša's bio

Dáša Raimanová, is a London-Berlin-based documentary director from Slovakia, whose work explores socio-political topics. Her Polish Film Institute-supported short film, Gypsy Gadji (2024) won the best short doc at Lucania Film Festival (Italy, 2024) and is currently screening on the international film festival circuit. POLYLAND (2018), an activist documentary she directed and co-produced, was screened at international film festivals and sixty community screenings across Europe. It became part of Amnesty International's campaign against hate crimes in Poland. Dáša has directed short documentaries for Al Jazeera, Arte, and Deutsche Welle (DW), including Across the Road - Worlds Apart (2019), which was broadcast in nine European countries and reached millions of global viewers on DW's YouTube platforms.

Béla's bio

Béla Váradi is a Roma and queer visual artist whose work confronts erasure and political marginalisation across Europe. Based in London, he combines documentary photography and participatory practice to tell stories from communities shaped by war, poverty, and systemic discrimination. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Balkan Insight, and WOZ, and has been exhibited internationally, including at the Milan Triennale and Stiftung Kai Dikhas in Berlin and Queer Britain UK.