The Hungarian Oscar submission committee has chosen Hungary’s entry for the 89th Academy Awards. This year, Attila Till’s comedy drama Kills on Wheels (orig. Tiszta szívvel) will represent Hungary in the Best Foreign Language Film category, origo.hu writes. According to…
Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu shared the article of BBC Culture in which the Brits enlist the 100 greatest films of the 21st century based on the decision of 177 film critics. Amazingly, 3 visual works of art made by Hungarians can be found…
Great news. Index.hu reports that, after 22 years, a Hungarian work of art is among the nominees for a Student Academy Award. The Student Academy Awards, just like the Oscars, is organized by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences…
A non-official park inauguration was held Sunday afternoon in the vicinity of Kaszászdűlő’s local train stop. The Hungarian Two-tailed Dog Party commemorated the recently deceased Bud Spencer. Nlcafe.hu writes that the Hungarian Two-tailed Dog Party announced a few days ago…
Budapest, July 27 (MTI) – Oscar-winning French actress Juliette Binoche will be the guest of honour at this year’s CineFest International Film Festival organised in Miskolc, in northern Hungary, between Sept. 9-18, the organisers said on Wednesday. Binoche will receive…
Prague, July 9 (MTI) – Hungarian director Szabolcs Hajdu’s film “It’s Not the Time of My Life” won the Crystal Globe at the 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Saturday. Hajdu collected the Crystal Globe at the awards ceremony…
Revisiting your favourite films in an open-air cinema is the perfect programme for a summer evening. The Budapest Rooftop Cinema is showing many cult favourites throughout the summer, travelo.hu writes. What’s more, the first 100 bags of popcorn are free!…
Ivana Bobic, London-based Serbian writer-director has created an eventful short film showing her version of Budapest in just 84 seconds, budapest.24.hu writes. Bobic’s striking short film was made for The Calvert Journal, a magazine about the contemporary cultures of Eastern European…
The Italian actor and film maker Bud Spencer (born Carlo Pedersoli) has died at the age of 86 in Rome. Yesterday at 8 pm at the Italian Embassy Budapest Hungarian admires lit candle and commemorated Bud Spencer. Photos by Balázs…
HVG.hu reports that Ryan Gosling has arrived to Budapest. Though, they aren’t seen in the photo, he was accompanied by his wife, Eva Mendes, their children and dog when leaving the airport. The Canadian actor was photographed at the Liszt…
The animation department of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME Anim) received the Best Animation School Award at the Zagreb World Festival of Animated Film, also known as the Animafest, librarius.hu reports. Each year, the jury of the…
Origo.hu has compiled the most popular Hungarian films of 2016 so far. The Horsearcher, a documentary about the life and work of Lajos Kassai, the central figure in the revival of horse archery in Hungary, was released on January 21.…
It’s not the Time of my Life by Szabolcs Hajdu competes for the Crystal Globe, while Attila Till’s Kills on Wheels opens the East of the West programme on July 2, origo.hu reports. The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is…
It’s been 450 years since the Battle of Szigetvár, when Suleiman the Magnificent died. The anniversary could be perfectly topped with the finding of his tomb, which may or may not be owed to a Hungarian research group. According to…
The Kunság – The Secret Life of the Hungarian Puszta by Szabolcs Mosonyi won the grand prize at the 2nd International Nature Film Festival in Gödöllő, szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu reports. The award ceremony was held in the Riding Hall of the Gödöllő…
Nadja Andrasev won a joint 3rd prize for her animated short film The Noise of Licking at the 69th Cannes Film Festival, vs.hu reports. The Cinefondation programme awards the best works submitted by film students. RELATED ARTICLE: A HUNGARIAN SHORT…
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond, a documentary about the Hungarian-born cinematographer by French director Pierre Filmon premiered at the 69th Cannes Film Festival, index.hu reports. The film was part of the Cannes Classics programme, and it became an impactful and…
Here is the first trailer for Tom Hank’s new film, Inferno, which was shot mostly in Budapest last spring, szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu reports. RELATED ARTICLE: TOM HANK MOVES TO BUDAPEST Following the shoot last year director Ron Howard was dissatisfied with some scenes…
Budapest, May 11 (MTI) – Commercial television broadcaster TV2 group will soon launch a number of new cable channels, the programme director for the company’s cable portfolio has said at a conference. The programme development is the biggest of the…
MNO.hu reports how in the first trailer of Oliver Stone’s feature film, Snowden the audience could see a Rubik cube playing a significant role. It helps Edward Snowden to get data out of a facility that will be released and will lead…