MARTIN HERR
Martin Herr is a freelance documentary director, cinematographer and photographer based in Budapest, Hungary.
In 2020 he started working as a video journalist at Partizán, one of Hungary's most influential independent media outlets.
In 2023 he was awarded an Erasmus Mundus scholarship by the DocNomads Master’s Course in Documentary Film Directing, held between Portugal, Belgium, and Hungary. 
In film, he is most interested in the fusion of the personal and the social, the imaginary and the real, the popular and the experimental.
Martin Herr - Portrait
Selected Filmography
OMAMA [2025]

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Omama tells the story of an 88-year-old rural Hungarian grandmother, whose main wish is not to wake up tomorrow. When Martin, her cinema-expatriate grandson, return hoping to reconnect with her, the film unfolds as an intimate yet quirky meditation on resilience and decay, the class gap that divides them, and the care that connects them. 

awards: best short film at ZagrebDox 2026
festivals: FIPADOC 2026, Hungarian Film Week 2026, MakeDox 2025
tech: b&w still images on film
length: 17'
music: Bese Szórád
production: DocNomads
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GIRA GINJAL [2027]

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Fati is the heart of Gira Ginjal - an emblematic squat established by people from former Portuguese colonies in an abandoned dock building fifteen years ago. When the community is forcibly evicted and their home demolished, Fati must find a new place to rebuild their lives while fighting to keep the community together.

state: in post-production​​​​​​​
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GHOST TOWN [2022]​​​
At the age of fifty, Rudolf Tóth, a former carpenter, decided to retire and leave his family in an attempt to escape capitalism. Thirteen years have passed since then. He settled in a ghost village in the Hungarian countryside. Without any companions and many resources, he set out to create a self-sustaining model farm. 

state: premiered in DOK Leipzig, released online
length: 16'
production: Partizán