Founded by producer Sára László, director-producer Marcell Gerő and DoP Tamás Dobos, Campfilm during its first 8 years mainly produced documentaries with various national and international partners. The company aims to keep its identity established through the films produced and by continuing to work on documentaries while enlarging its profile by in parallel starting the production of feature films.

The films produced by Campfilm address social issues and have a strong cinematic quality. The works completed so far have participated and gained recognition at both national and international festivals, such as the 45th Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes (Soft Rain by Dénes Nagy), the 43rd IFF Rotterdam (Another Hungary by Dénes Nagy), the 62nd San Sebastian IFF (Cain’s Children by Marcell Gerő), the 72nd Semaine de la Critique section of the Locarno Film Festival (The Euphoria of Being by Réka Szabó) or Hot Docs IFF (Her Mothers by Asia Dér and Sári Haragonics), CPH:DOX 2020 International Documentary Film Festival Copenhagen (Return to Epipo by Judit Oláh). Natural Light by Dénes Nagy had its World premiere in the Berlinale Competition and received the Silver Bear Award for Best Director in March 2021. Their latest feature completed in coproduction is The Hungarian Dressmaker by Iveta Grófová, which debuted in the Crystal Globe competition of Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2024.