Hungarian Producers Anna Sípos, Vera Vodal and Asia Dér will attend EWA Network's Annual Event in the Berlinale
With the invaluable collaboration of our long time partner, the Collegium Hungaricum in Berlin, EWA Network is inviting producers Sípos, Vodal and Der to participate in the Annual event for EWA members.
Asia Der is a Hungarian-Slovak documentary filmmaker known for her intimate, character-driven storytelling and long-term observational approach. She was born in Bratislava, spent most of her life in Budapest, and has been based in Vienna, Austria, since 2025.
She graduated from the DOCNomads international MA program and holds a PhD (Doctor of Liberal Arts) from the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest.
Her debut feature, Her Mothers (2020), co-directed with Sári Haragonics, premiered at Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival and was screened at more than 30 international festivals, including Sarajevo, Thessaloniki, and Taipei. Among other recognitions, the film won Best Feature Documentary and Best Editing at the Moscow DOKer Festival and the Social Awareness Award at Crossing Europe.
Her second feature, I Won’t Die, follows an art gallery owner confronting life after a terminal cancer diagnosis. The film premiered in 2023 at the A-category Warsaw Film Festival.
Asia has participated in industry programs such as ZagrebDox Pro, East Doc Platform, Docu Rough Cut Boutique, DOCCIRCLE, and Cannes Docs. She is a founder and former presidium member of the Hungarian Documentary Association (MADOKE), a part-time lecturer at freeSZFE and DOCNomads, and an active advocate for independent filmmaking in Eastern Europe.
Anna Sípos graduated in 2010 from Eötvös Loránd University with degrees in Aesthetics and Film Theory- Film History, and in 2011 completed her studies as Production Manager/Producer at the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest.
She has over fifteen years of professional experience as a production manager and producer, working on Hungarian and international feature films, short films, documentaries, and commercial productions, such as Wild Roots, Our blossom or Big feelings.
Her teaching activity is primarily connected to the Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies at Eötvös Loránd University, where she works as a guest lecturer, teaching courses in film production, as well as film and commercial filmmaking.
In 2024, she began her PhD studies. Her research focuses on the career opportunities of female producers and production managers in Hungarian film history over recent decades. In 2025, she continued her academic training at Semmelweis University in the postgraduate program in Workplace Mental Health, with a particular focus on everyday stress management and wellbeing in the film industry.
Vera Vodal works as a production manager from 2006, first it was a passion, then it finally became my profession from 2014. I love being part of film projects from an early stage and being involved in the distribution as well. I was working in many film projects, especially national and international feature films, such as Things worth weeping for (dir.: Cristina Grosan), The photographer of Mauthausen (dir.: Mar Targarona), Natural Light (dir.: Dénes Nagy) or Silent Treatment (dir.: Caroline Strubbe). I produced a documentary with Ádám Breier, Havanna, one way, shot in Cuba. I love being one of the key people behind a film come into life.