Bio
Balint is a Budapest-based director trained in Paris and New York, known for a bold yet intimate visual style and a sharp instinct for unconventional narratives that keep audiences engaged. His work uncovers profound stories where intimacy meets absurdity, exploring the quiet rituals we use to navigate trust, betrayal, and passion. Fiction projects dissect vulnerability and change, while documentaries reveal hidden depths through empathy and close attention. Balint brings the same distinctive visual sensibility to commercial work, creating films that are both artistically striking and deeply human.
Selected Festival & Industry Highlights
- • Moscow International Film Festival (Russia)
- • Tehran International Short Film Festival (Iran)
- • Cottbus Film Festival (Germany)
- • DokumentART (Germany)
- • International Short Film Festival Detmold (Germany)
- • MICGénero (Mexico)
- • International Documentary & Short Film Festival of Kerala (India)
- • Women’s Voices Now (USA)
- • Freiburger Lesben Filmtage (Germany)
- • Friss Hús – Best of Friss Hús Selection (Hungary)
- • Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival (Hungary)
- • 44th Hungarian Film Week (Hungary)
- • MediaWave (Hungary)
- • BuSho – Budapest Short Film Festival (Hungary)
- • OFF-Biennále (Hungary)
- • Duna Televízió M/5 (Hungary)
- • Országos Függetlenfilm Fesztivál (Hungary)
- • Ars Sacra Filmfesztivál (Hungary)
Talent Programs, Workshops & Forums
- • Sarajevo Talent Campus (2019, with Gyula Gazdag)
- • Torino Short Film Market (2020)
- • Vienna Short Film Festival Talent Days (2025)
- • Friss Hús Short Film Pitch Forum (2020)
- • Inforg Workshop (2007, with Marcell Iványi)
- • FilmTett Workshop (2012, with Szabolcs Hajdu)
- • KözKemp Workshop (2017, with Igor & Ivan Buharov)
- • Ságház Workshop (2009, with György Pálfi)
Grants & Funds
- • Fulbright Scholarship (2015)
- • Rosztoczy Foundation Grant (2015)
- • Szőnyi István Scholarship (2016)
- • Dr. Bognár Scholarship (2016)
- • Erasmus Scholarship (2012)
- • Hamvas Béla Memorial Committee Film Fund (2021)
- • HAVAS Media Group Film Fund (2016)
- • National Film Fund of Hungary (Nemzeti Filmalap, 2015)
- • FilmTett Foundation Film Fund (2012)