Easy Digger has been screened at the 21st Szentendre Open Day & Night Festival in Szentendre, Hungary.

Thank you very much to Everyone who attended our screening and to Balázs Kalmanovits and the organisers for inviting us and organising this fantastic event!

Easy Digger has been named Best Feature Documentary at the Milan Indie Film Festival in the Summer 2026 edition.

Thank you very much to the Festival Team! We are deeply touched and honoured!

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Thank you to Everyone who participated in the making of this extraordinary film.

First and foremost to Digger, Ildi and Beni whom this film is about.

To those who appeared in it:

Erika Horváth

László Bagossy

Attila Epres

Pál Mácsai

Ágnes Donázy

Leo Bloomfield

and

Tibor Horváth.

To our cinematographers:

Stefan Zambinski

and

Attila Király.

And for the music to:

Anita Hornai.

Thank you also to:

David Bloomfield

Attila Bongyán

Norbert Czirják

Edit Gardner

Antal Izing

Elvira Kontra

István Nagy

Adrienn Németh

Máté Szegedi

Adi Usurelu

Tibor Panácz

Károly Varga

Jo Sutcliffe

Titus Burwell

Attila Korpos

Péter Tóth

Judit Veszprémi

Júlia Wiegandt

Ramsbury Brewery

Saint Stephen House

and to our supporter:

István Örkény Theatre.​

Richard Hajdú Studios have finalised a distribution deal for its short documentary No Fairy Tale with CineShort, the leading short film streaming service in the world dedicated entirely to high-quality short films from award-winning independent filmmakers (https://cineshortapp.com).

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Thank you very much Elena Usaite and Everyone on the Team for this honour.

Watch the space Everyone for updates about this exciting journey together and the new opportunities to see No Fairy Tale!

No Fairy Tale has been selected as Semi-Finalist at Frames of Newyork in the category ‘Best Documentary.’ Thank you very much to the Festival Team and to our exemplary cast and crew! We are deeply honoured and grateful!

The crowdfunding campaign for our new short film I’m Not Done is on. 

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I’m Not Done is the story of Katie, a 70-year-old actress who suffers a debilitating stroke and has to make the decision whether she wants to fight it or not. 

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Please visit our Project Page on www.crowdfunder.co.uk to donate.

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We won’t be able to make this film without your help. Thank you very much from the bottom of our hearts!

We are very, very happy to announce that the Richard Hajdú Studios Webstore is now open. Here all our films so far and the Kindle edition of some of our scripts can be purchased.

Come on in and have a browse: 

Store

No Fairy Tale is available in the USA and Canada :)

If you live there, find it and watch it on UVOtv (uvotv.com). A big, big thank you to our distributor 7 Palms Entertainment and Colin Laviola.

Other countries? Watch this space :)

Easy Digger has been selected as Semi-Finalist at Frames of Newyork in the category ‘Best Debut Film.’ Thank you very much to the Festival Team and, as always, to our fantastic cast and crew! We couldn't have done it without you!

Richard Hajdú Studios have finalised a distribution deal for its short documentary No Fairy Tale with 7 Palms Entertainment, a leading independent entertainment company, focused on the sale and distribution of premium content (https://www.7palmsentertainment.com).

Thank you very much Colin Laviola and Everyone on the Team for this honour.

Watch the space Everyone for updates about this wonderful journey together and the new opportunities to see No Fairy Tale!

Yesterday Easy Digger-The Series completed a very successful run on YouTube.

Thank you ever so much Everyone for watching the episodes and following this extraordinary story for 14 weeks! If you missed some episodes, don’t worry, there will be a rerun! And Easy Digger, the feature documentary, of which this series is a follow-up, will be available soon too! Watch this space :)

Easy Digger has received a Certificate of Achievement in the category ‘Long Form Impact-Best Feature Documentary Film’ at the Calgary Independent Film Festival. Thank you very much to the Festival Team and, as always, to our wonderful cast and crew! We are deeply moved and honoured!

We are deeply honoured and humbled to be able to present a beautiful new trailer for Easy Digger-The Series with soundtrack by the legendary Hungarian composer, Róbert Lovas.

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Watch it here!

With immense joy we announce that Easy Digger-The Series is ready to take on the world :) 

It is a special collection of gems in 14 episodes, a follow-up to the feature documentary Easy Digger.

One episode a week will be available to watch on https://www.youtube.com/@RicsiHajdu FOR 24 HOURS ONLY, from Friday 8 pm until Saturday 8 pm (UK time), every week starting tonight until September 05. 

Schedule of premieres:

Episode 1: June 06

Episode 2: June 13

Episode 3: June 20

Episode 4: June 27

Episode 5: July 04

Episode 6: July 11

Episode 7: July 18

Episode 8: July 25

Episode 9: August 01

Episode 10: August 08

Episode 11: August 15

Episode 12: August 22

Episode 13: August 29

Episode 14: September 05

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ONLY IN HUNGARIAN for the time being. 

Watch the space for the English-subtitled version!

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Trailer

No Fairy Tale has been selected in competition at the Anatolia International Film Festival in the category ‘Best Documentary Short Film.’​ Thank you very much to the Festival Team and to Everyone who made this film possible!

Easy Digger has been selected in competition at the Berlin Indie Film Festival in the category ‘Best First Time Director-Documentary.’ Thank you very much to the Festival Team and, as always, to our magnificent cast and crew!

Richard Hajdú Studios have produced the next video of the activities of the Filipino Club of Westminster Cathedral, London. ​

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Filipino Club of Westminster Cathedral Dinner & Dance November 30, 2024

Richard Hajdú Studios have produced the next video of the activities of the Filipino Club of Westminster Cathedral, London. 

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Filipino Club of Westminster Cathedral Silver Sunday Tea Dance October 13, 2024​​

We are very excited to announce that post-production on the documentary series Easy Digger-The Series has started! It is a follow-up to the documentary feature Easy Digger. Watch this space for updates!

Richard Hajdú Studios have produced a video of the Flores de Mayo Celebration of the Filipino Club of Westminster Cathedral, London. 

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Watch it here!

Easy Digger has been selected in competition at the Symbiotic Film Festival in Kiev. Thank you very much to the Festival Team and, as always, to our fabulous cast and crew! You rock :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l6i6U4DbdE

https://vimeo.com/1009581727

We are very honoured to announce that Richard Hajdú Studios have started a beautiful collaboration with Bambang Sunshine Project, a charity founded by the Filipino community in London that raises funds to help Filipino children with special educational needs, producing videos of their activities. 

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Bambang Sunshine Project Thames Bridges Walk

We are thrilled to announce that our short documentary No Fairy Tale is out and making waves already :)

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Thank you to Everyone who participated in the making of this beautiful film. This film would not be without the three people it is about. They are: Hanna Nagy, Adrienn Németh and István Nagy. Our editor was Zsoly Vatany. Thank you to: the Takács family for appearing in the film, Zsanett Nyerky for the many pieces of good and creative advice and János “Digger” Horváth who first told me Hanna’s story.

Easy Digger has been selected to be part of the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at the Central European University. The Archives is a repository of collections related to the history of and the societal and economic changes in East-Central Europe since the end of the Second World War. 

“We believe that the film holds significant value in contributing to the scholarly endeavors supported by the Blinken OSA Archivum, and we are committed to ensuring its preservation and accessibility within our academic community.”

/The Blinken OSA Archivum at the Central European University/

Easy Digger has received Honorable Mention in the category ‘Best Documentary’ at the Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival. Thank you very much to the Festival Team and, as always, to our amazing cast and crew! We couldn't have done it without you!

We are very excited to announce that Richard Hajdú Studios have started an amazing collaboration with the Filipino Club of Westminster Cathedral, London producing videos of their activities. 

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Filipino Club of Westminster Cathedral Charity Tea Dance June 25, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcMlVxvykms

https://vimeo.com​/1009577049 ​​​​​​

We are extremely excited to announce that our first feature-length documentary Easy Digger is ready to take on the world :) 

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Thank you to Everyone who participated in the making of this extraordinary film.

First and foremost to Digger, Ildi and Beni whom this film is about.

To those who appeared in it:

Erika Horváth

László Bagossy

Attila Epres

Pál Mácsai

Ágnes Donázy

Leo Bloomfield

and

Tibor Horváth.

To our cinematographers:

Stefan Zambinski

and

Attila Király.

And for the music to:

Anita Hornai.

Thank you also to:

David Bloomfield

Attila Bongyán

Norbert Czirják

Edit Gardner

Antal Izing

Elvira Kontra

István Nagy

Adrienn Németh

Máté Szegedi

Adi Usurelu

Tibor Panácz

Károly Varga

Jo Sutcliffe

Titus Burwell

Attila Korpos

Péter Tóth

Judit Veszprémi

Júlia Wiegandt

Ramsbury Brewery

Saint Stephen House

and to our supporter:

István Örkény Theatre.

I was invited to discuss my filmmaking journey with PhD students as part of the Institute of English and American Studies PhD Research seminar of the Literatures and Cultures in English PhD Program at my alma mater, the University of Szeged, Hungary. 

Thank you very much to Réka Mónika Cristian, Zoltán Dragon and Ágnes Zsófia Kovács for inviting me!​​

Richard Hajdú Studios have been representing the works of multi-award winning Hungarian writer Róbert Hász.

Here is the first success:

The Thirteen Days of Detective Marcell Fábián, the first novel in Róbert's period detective thriller series has been translated into and published in Bulgarian by Ergo Publishing House. Thank you very much to the fantastic  Martin Hristov, Founder and Manager of Ergo who gave us this fabulous chance!

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By the novel here.

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Here's to more extraordinary successes to come working with Róbert :)​

In the past few months I worked together with London-based Hungarian theatre company HubArt on our new devised show Hetedhét Hotel. It is a story about manipulation set in a reality show where all the characters are from Hungarian folk tales. We have performed the show in London and in Miskolc, Hungary.

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Article on Hetedhét Hotel (in Hungarian)

In this interview in tiszatajonline I talk about literature, culture, film and theatre.

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Interview on tiszatajonline.hu

Following a successful screening of S in China, Liangjie Culture Media (http://www.ff1895.com), as part of their Young Director Support Project, have invited me to hold two workshops on Directing Actors on Film for an enthusiastic team of young Chinese directors. 

Thank you very much everyone! It was a humbling honour :) 

https://vimeo.com/205781584

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxCHI4Ouewc&rco=1

S was invited to screen in China by Liangjie Culture Media (http://www.ff1895.com) as part of their  Young Director Support Project.

After the screening I also had a panel discussion with audience members.

Thank you very much Liangjie Culture Media! It was an absolute joy and honour :)

https://vimeo.com/165057456

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm9V71CBPLk

https://vimeo.com/70366905

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elEQZb0wWZI

We are very excited to announce that Richard Hajdú Studios are now representing the works of Róbert Hász, the multi-award winning Hungarian writer whose period detective thriller The Thirteen Days of Detective Marcell Fábián we are turning into a mini television series. Here is Róbert’s website for more information about his work: 

https://www.staff.u-szeged.hu/~feher/honlap1/index.html

Here is to a great collaboration with this extraordinary writer :) 

The Richard Hajdú Studios Vimeo channel is now live: 

https://vimeo.com/richardhajdustudios

Follow for new uploads!

The Richard Hajdú Studios YouTube channel is now live: 

https://www.youtube.com/@RicsiHajdu 

Follow for new uploads!

Diggerdrájver, a Hungarian play (surtitled in English) is streaming from the Örkény István Theatre, Budapest on 6th December 8pm and 27th December 8pm:

https://orkenyszinhaz.hu/hu/orkeny-stream/stream-jegyek

My next film, Easy Digger is about the blogger whose blog is the basis for this play:)

We are very excited to announce that development on the period detective thriller mini television series The Thirteen Days of Detective Marcell Fábián has started! It is based on the extraordinary novel by Hungarian novelist Róbert Hász.

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The Novel (in Hungarian)

S has been selected to be part of a research study on “Film Circulation on the International Film Festival Circuit” at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf. It is a great honour :) A huge thank you to everyone who made it possible! 

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Research Project

It is a wrap on hard-hitting documentary No Fairy Tale! Watch this space for updates as we enter post-production:)

The documentary Easy Digger has now finished shooting and enters post-production:) Watch this space for updates!

The script of Sweet Heart was named Quarter Finalist at the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest.  

I have recently held a workshop on Directing Actors on Film.

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Workshop

2020 will see a new year of collaboration between Richard Hajdú Studios and HubArt, a young Hungarian theatre company based in London. We will work together on theatre and film projects. For updates, follow HubArt's facebook page.

HubArt Theatre Company

The script of Crossing has received EU MEDIA funding. Watch this space:)

I have been selected as a participant of BAFTA's Crew Programme. A fun-filled, wonderful year ahead! Thank you! Watch the space :) 

My short film script Crossing was selected to participate at the Authors-Producers Meetings at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival by Maison des scénaristes. Crossing is an intimate drama set amidst the recent migration crisis in which a 9-year-old Middle Eastern refugee boy and a 90-year-old farmer have a dramatic encounter in the faraway Southeastern European farmlands cut away from civilization. 

My oil mafia thriller series script Black as Mud was invited to participate at the Authors-Producers Meetings organised by Maison des scénaristes at the 69th Cannes International Film Festival. 

Awards:

Prix du Public (Competition Labo) et Mention Spéciale du Jury Labo Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2015 (Clermont-Ferrand, France)

Nominations:

Grand Prix (Competition Labo) Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2015 (Clermont-Ferrand, France)

In Competition:

Regard sur le court International Short Film Festival 2015 (Québec, Canada) 

Art Film Festival 2015 (Trenčianske, Teplice and Trenčín, Slovakia)

Valletta Film Festival 2015 (Valletta, Malta)

Filmcaravan Imperia International Travelling Shorts Festival 2015 (in the cities of Vasia, Cervo, Diano Castello, Cipressa, Imperia and Dolcedo in Liguria, Italy)

São Paulo International Short Film Festival 2015

Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival 2015 (Bristol, UK)

Off Courts Trouville International Short Film Festival 2015 (Trouville-sur-Mer, France)

26th Ljubljana International Film Festival 2015 

25th Message to Man International Film Festival, Saint-Petersburg 2015 (International Competition) 

18th Mecal, Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival

Screened:

TABAKALERA-International Contemporary Culture Centre 2015 (San Sebastian, Spain)

Le Forum des Images 2015 (Paris, France)

KASK-School of Arts 2015 (Ghent, Belgium)

BUSHO (Budapest Short Film Festival) 2015

Thank you all the wonderful festival programmers and enthusiastic audiences! And, as always, Sonja Zobel, Cameron Robertson, Rina Yang, Cristen Reading & Warren Spencer :)

Film Directory

Interview on dailymotion.com

S has won the Audience Award and the Special Mention by the Jury (Lab Competition) at the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France.

Merci beaucoup á tous! And especially Sonja Zobel, Cameron Robertson, Rina Yang, Cristen Reading and Warren Spencer! You guys rock! I couldn't be happier!

S, my short film about the intimate relationship between a young Eastern European prostitute sex-trafficked to the UK and her pimp, has been selected in competition at the 37th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France. 

Film Card

The Kindle edition of Eva & Noah (The Play) has been published by Amazon. It is the stage play version of my film Eva and Noah.

Eva & Noah (The Play)

My IMDB page is now up and running. 

Richard Hajdú's IMDB