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Budapest Arts Forge

Curated evenings where film, music, art, and intelligent conversation meet in Budapest.
Not a generic networking night. Not a conference. Not a club event. A high-level, invitation-led gathering designed to bring the right people into the same room and let the real magic happen there.
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Entertainment

Live music, performances, screenings, and atmosphere that keeps people in the room beyond the formal programme.

Education

Panels, workshops, Q&As, and insight from people doing meaningful work across film and the wider arts.

Connection

A curated audience where conversations lead to collaborations, introductions, and future projects.

What it is

A curated cultural gathering with a distinctly Budapest pulse.

Budapest Arts Forge was built around a simple idea: bring together outstanding people from film, music, performance, and adjacent creative disciplines in a setting that feels intimate, elevated, and alive.
The programme matters, but the real value is what happens around it — the conversations, introductions, collaborations, and momentum created by having the right people in the room.
The format blends cultural programming with atmosphere: guest conversations, screenings, panels, performances, live music, and a close that invites people to stay, talk, and connect.

Why it stands out

Independent. Personal. Curated.

The point is not scale. The point is quality: the right guests, the right themes, the right room, and the kind of evening people remember because something real shifted while they were there.
Invitation-led audience rather than broad promotion
Film-facing, but open to the wider arts ecosystem
A balance of cultural substance and social energy
Elegant, central, bohemian spaces with genuine character

Typical format

  • Guest conversations and curated panels
  • Screenings, performances, or themed presentations
  • Live music and a DJ-led social finish
  • Space for the room to do its work afterward

Themes may include

  • Acting, directing, stunts, makeup, and production craft
  • Music, performance, and interdisciplinary artistic work
  • Budapest’s role as a global production city
  • Creative careers, process, and collaboration

The team

Rooted in the original spirit.

The reboot aims to preserve the identity that made the original events work while updating the format for the city as it is now.

Kata Sárbó

Guiding Light

Hans Peterson

Experience

Edit Trunko

Curator

Laurent Winkler

Community

For venues, partners, and guests

Built to generate energy in the room — and value around it.

Budapest Arts Forge is designed to bring together a high-value creative audience in a format that is culturally strong, socially magnetic, and commercially plausible for the right host venue or partner.

Interested in the reboot?

We are currently in early conversations around venue, format, partnerships, and timing.

Guest interest
Venue or hosting conversation
Partnership or programme collaboration
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