Asia Dér
Field of Work
Director
Country
Hungary
Biography
Asia Dér is a documentary director and DocNomads MA graduate. Her debut feature, Her Mothers (co-directed with Sári Haragonics), screened at more than 30 international festivals, winning awards at Moscow DOKer and Crossing Europe Linz. The film was co-produced with HBO and supported by the Sundance Institute. Her second feature, I Won’t Die, premiered at the A-category Warsaw Film Festival in 2023.
She is an alumna of ZagrebDox Pro, CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator, East Doc Platform, Cannes Docs, and the Docu Rough Cut Boutique. In 2024, she earned her doctoral degree. Alongside filmmaking, she teaches and mentors at Freeszfe and in the DocNomads MA program, and serves on the board of the Hungarian Documentary Association.
Films
Filmograpy
2023 - I won't Die (Nem halok meg)
2022 - Howling like we do (A magunk módjára üvölteni)
2020 - Her Mothers (Anyáim története)
Awards & Recognitions
2023 - Kosice International Filmfestival
Best Feature Documentary - Howling like we do
2021 - Crossing Europe Filmfestival Linz
CROSSING EUROPE Social Awareness Award – Best Documentary - Her mothers
2021 - Moscow International Documentary Film Festival DOKer
Best Feature Documentray and Best Editing - Her Mothers
2021 - 26th Chéries-Chéris LMBTQ Film Festival, Paris
Jury Prize - Her Mothers
