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A new voice from the next generation of Hungarian animation is set to compete at the world’s leading animation showcase. The diploma film Bonefuzz by Márk László, a 2025 graduate of MOME’s Animation MA programme, has been selected for the graduation film competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, taking place between 21–27 June 2026. Produced by MOME Anim with support from the National Film Institute, László’s 2025 diploma film marks another chapter in a long-running success story – for nearly a decade, MOME diploma films have regularly featured in this prestigious international programme.

The Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) has announced an open call for applications for the position of Rector. The call has been issued by the maintainer of the university, the Foundation for Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design.

A MOME Healthy Campus – Holisztikus Munkahelyi Sport- és Életmódprogramja elnyerte a Gyémánt díjat (Diamond Award) a Sportmarketing Awards 2026 újonnan létrehozott „Munkahelyi sportösztönzés és belső sportmarketing” kategóriájában. A MOME ezzel a kategória történetének első díjazottja, ráadásul kiemelkedően erős mezőnyben versengve.

Demenciával élők számára fejlesztett játékos eszköz, egyénivé tehető közösségi e-kerékpár, látássérültek bevonása a fotózásba, az ember és a mesterséges intelligencia érzelmi kapcsolódása, az Örkény Színház épületének újragondolása – a Stefan Lengyel Kiválósági Ösztöndíj nyertesei is idén innovatívan reagálnak a kortárs társadalmi, kulturális és technológiai kihívásokra.

Eight languages, twenty-three countries, and twelve degree programmes – this is the diversity shaping the launch of MOME’s spring semester tutor and mentor programmes, whose strength lies in an intensive and highly personal exchange of knowledge. The MOME M8 International Tutor Programme and the MOME Alumni Mentor Programme support international students settling into university life, provide career guidance, and offer early career development while strengthening ties between Hungarian and international students and between final-year students and alumni.

The MOME Budapest Sustainability Office and the MOME ZERO programme received the For the Environment Award at the National Environmental Meeting and Awards Gala on 7 March 2026. Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, the award highlights initiatives, organisations, and professionals whose work makes an outstanding contribution to strengthening sustainability, promoting environmentally conscious thinking, and advancing innovative environmental solutions.

Fényinstallációk, audiovizuális kísérletek és performanszok is bemutatkoztak a Kőbánya Underground idei kiadásán. Az esemény a hely sajátos atmoszférájára építve teremtett kapcsolatot az ipari örökség és a kortárs kultúra között a város alatt húzódó egykori bánya több mint 30 kilométeres pincerendszerében. A harmadik éve futó esemény többnapos fesztivál formájában tért vissza, melyet az Irregulari alkotói kollektíva több egyetem – köztük a MOME – szakmai közreműködésével szervezett. A szervezők mellett a kiállításon is számos mostani és egykori MOME-hallgató működött közre, erről szól összefoglalónk.

The National Graphic Design Biennale was held for the twenty-fifth time, marking five decades as one of the most significant professional showcases of Hungarian graphic design, with a history regarded as exemplary even by international standards. The anniversary edition saw an exceptionally large number of MOME-affiliated designers feature prominently among the awardees, including lecturers as well as former and current students, while two MOME lecturers also served on the awarding jury.

The spring term of the Tomorrow Belongs to You scholarship programme has begun at MOME, welcoming eighteen newly admitted students to the Campus. Over the coming months, they will meet on twelve weekends for SPARK training and preparatory sessions, continuing through to July. The first two weekends were spent exploring Budapest and the MOME Campus and getting to know one another, with inspiring conversations between students, tutors and mentors.

The Course Week is one of MOME’s most intensive and dynamic formats: a week when creativity, learning, and collaboration come together in a concentrated burst of activity. During the spring 2026 edition, studio work was complemented by exhibitions, international symposia, and artist talks, while students and lecturers from different programmes worked together in interdisciplinary settings. Subjects ranged from AI and robotics to sound, animation, and photography, alongside architecture and experiments with sustainable materials, from sound workshops to architectural and exhibition concepts. Many of the courses were organised in international collaboration and involved visiting lecturers. The week concluded with public presentations, offering an insight into the outcomes of this intensive period of work.

Two projects linked to MOME took first place in the Hungarian round of the International Union of Architects (UIA) Architecture and Children Work Programme’s UIA Golden Cubes Awards, organised in Hungary by the Association of Hungarian Architects.

The MOME community mourns the passing of Dóra Maurer, who began her teaching career at the Hungarian College of Applied Arts – MOME’s predecessor. Between 1987 and 1991, she taught as a visiting lecturer on the Photography programme, leading courses in visual experimentation and photogrammatics, and later audiovisual practice. Through her teaching, she broadened the school’s outlook and reshaped the way students approached image-making.