PORTRAITS

Founder of the internationally recognised MEI KAWA brand and creator of unisex, versatile menswear collections. As a costume designer, she has created costumes for major Recirquel productions, the award-winning film Látom, amit látsz, and the closing ceremony of the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest. She has also contributed to advertising films for leading brands such as OTP Bank and MagNet Bank. Her work has been recognised with the Special Award at the InStyle Style Awards, and she was featured on FORBES Life’s list of the 30 most talented Hungarian designers.

Managing director and senior consultant, who previously worked as Head of Human Resources at Est Média, and later as HR Director at the Synergon Group and Ness Hungary. He currently leads his own HR company. Beyond his professional career, he is also a songwriter and performer of the Búsulójuhász formation. When performing live, they share the stage with Balaton, one of the defining bands of the Hungarian alternative rock and underground music movement, led by Mihály Víg.

One of the most original and distinctive artists on the Hungarian cultural scene, Bori is the founder of Rutkai Bori Banda and Specko Jedno, which brought her wider recognition. She is also a regular contributor to Budapest Bár. She has received two Fonogram Awards. Bori’s visual art is inseparable from her work as a musician, performer, and lyricist; her paintings, lyrics, and stories form a single, organic universe in which each element continuously inspires and enriches the others.

Tamás Farbaky is a photojournalist whose work has taken him from photographing Pope Francis and Alec Baldwin to documenting well-known Hungarian public figures. Having hitchhiked more than 52,000 kilometres across several continents, he combines documentary storytelling with a passion for exploration. His photographic series documenting Ethiopian pilgrims on Mount Sinai received professional recognition through a photography award.

Former film critic at Origo Filmklub and former contributor to the culture section of Index, Lili Mesterházy also wrote film recommendations for the iconic Hungarian magazines Pesti Est and Pesti Műsor. Today, she collaborates with several film festivals, hosts the film club at Művész Cinema, and is a regular moderator and guest expert at film-related panel discussions.

Associate Professor at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Vilmos Simon leads numerous academic and professional projects. He is also the lead mentor of the Rohonczy Program, supporting early-stage entrepreneurs in organic production and the premium-quality food market.