It was the 22nd Titanic International Film Festival that has just finished in Budapest – with a lot of fresh and challenging movies. But another fact makes this year’s festival special: it has a new program director, Allan Sørensen from…
Budapest (MTI) – Liza, the Fox-Fairy won the 7th Orbit Award at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, Europe’s leading international genre film festival, the Hungarian Film Union told MTI. The 33rd Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF) jury and…
Stoke – Budapest – According to blikk.hu, a movie can be made about the story of a Hungarian 1956 –refugee, Nandor Pekar, the son of Nandor, Richard who is living in England told the Stoke Sentinel newspaper. The film will…
Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s 22nd Titanic International Film Festival will be hosted at five cinema locations in Budapest this year from April 10 to 18, the organisers said. A total of 52 new films from 34 nations will be screened…
Budapest (MTI) – Spending on film production in Hungary as a percentage of economic output is by far the highest in Europe. Hungary provided the production base for 250 movies and television films in 2010-2014, the media authority (NMHH) said…
A proud post from Krisztina Vermes appeared in “I heard in Pest” Facebook group, and it has been more than 2500 likes, szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu says. “Hungarian success in Hollywood 🙂 My cousin, Stefano Dubay was born in Italy, but Istvan is…
A new type of cultural tourism is flourishing in Hungary, writes travelo.hu, as filmmakers had chosen Budapest in the top 5 list of the best filming locations in Europe. Lovers of cinematography started a new trend in cultural tourism, as…
Record! Film has not made so much money in Hungary, vs.hu says. The film generated HUF 224.373.593 revenue last weekend – told UIP. (This is the price of 81pieces of Suzuki Swiftswith basic equipment – a common car in Hungary).…
The famous actor arrives in March, and will live in Hungary during the filming of the new sequel to The Da Vinci Code. Budapest will appear in another famous movie again. The shooting of Inferno, the sequel to The Da…
Budapest, January 5 (MTI) – Veteran film director and cinematographer Janos Zsombolyai, whose credits included the 1969 political satire The Witness and the concert film Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody – Live in Budapest ’86, has died, his family said on Monday.…
Isaach De Bankole, the American actro known for his roles in Ghost Dog, Manderlay and Casino Royale has recently starred in a Hungarian film: Szabolcs Hajdu, one of Hungary’s most accomplished directors chose him for the leading role of his…
Budapest (MTI) – The town of Gödöllő near Budapest will host the first international nature film festival between May 14 and 17 next year, chief organiser Tamás Székelyhidi said on Thursday. Szekelyhidi told a press conference that submissions for the…
Budapest, November 24 (MTI) – Nine feature-length films and documentaries will be shown at the Israeli Film Week in Budapest between December 4 and 9, the embassy said. A highlight of the event is Nadav Schirman’s psychological thriller The Green…
Budapest (MTI) – A selection of the best animations of the past years will be shown at the 12th international Anilogue Animation Film Festival starting in Budapest on Wednesday evening. The event will open with “Is The Man Who Is…
A Hungarian film won first prize in Bracciano,Italy, on the uniformed filmmakers’ festival. ’Kereszthegy’ gained this acknowledgement in the category of historical films, in the International Defence Film Festival, which had been held from the 10th until the 16th of…
Bucharest (MTI) – Around forty films will feature at the 8th Hungarian Film Week in Bucharest, organisers said on Monday. This year’s event will be held from November 10 to 16 and dedicated to young cinematographers, the Bucharest head of…
Budapest (MTI) – Altogether 23 titles will be shown at the Korean Film Festival in Budapest and two other cities between Nov. 10 and Nov. 15, the Korean Cultural Centre’s spokeswoman said. The festival will open with two dance performances…
The work of a newly graduated Hungarian animation film director, Balázs Simon, has been nominated at the UK Music Video Awards, hvg.hu reports. The animated short film ”Re” is the music video of Nils Frahm’s song with the same title,…
If you missed Primanima World Festival of First Animations which has just finished screening on the 1st of November, you can watch the award-winning works online, on film.indavideo.hu. Primanima Festival accepts début films, graduation films and workshop films from contestants…
Soon, bed cinema will open in Budapest, on Bécsi Street. There will also be a craft market and a folklore room in Buda Entertainment and Gastro center. Later, a cocktail bar and two clubs will be opened, too, index reports.…