Márton Árva

Artist & Educator

Marton Arva is a film freak, critic, and Film Studies PhD candidate, venturing to explore alternatives to mainstream Western aesthetics, mostly from a decolonial or postcolonial standpoint. His research projects, which he conducted in universities, research institutes and archives in Budapest, Mexico City, Madrid, and Berlin, focus on filmic expressions of social inequalities and the critique of Western modernity. He has been writing on films since 2010, covering such major events as the Cannes International Film Festival and the Berlinale, and interviewing leading figures of the contemporary art house scene, such as Pablo Larraín, Ruben Östlund, or Amat Escalante. His former projects related to moving images include teaching university classes at ELTE University, Budapest, editing a book on contemporary Latin American filmmakers (Kino Latino, Prizma, 2020), writing dialogues for a daily TV series, and working as a cameraman in a puppet show for children. His most recent research project addresses how discourses of scientific knowledge, technology and progress have been shaping film culture and human imaginaries.