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Hungarian 2012 Grants Announced

Hungarian 2012 Grants Announced

Károly Ujj Mészáros's first feature, Liza, the Fox Fairy/Liza, a rókatündér, János Szász's The Notebook/A nagy füzet and Gyula Nemes's Zero received 1,283,470 Euro. bővebben
Berlinale: Fliegauf’s Just The Wind to screen in competition

Berlinale: Fliegauf’s Just The Wind to screen in competition

Benedek Fliegauf will be in the race for the Golden Bear at the 62nd Berlinale with Just the Wind. bővebben
The Hungarian film industry pins hopes on the end of 2011 releases

The Hungarian film industry pins hopes on the end of 2011 releases

The Hungarian film industry is pinning its hopes for the 2011 box office on two December releases. bővebben
Hajdu in Production with The Gambler

Hajdu in Production with The Gambler

Hungarian director Szabolcs Hajdu in mid-production with The Gambler, the follow-up to his 2010 film Bibliotheque Pascal. bővebben

Hungarian Parliament Accepts New Film Law

The Hungarian Parliament approved the new Hungarian Film Law with a vote of 249 for and 102 against. bővebben
Coproductions in Hungary 2011

Coproductions in Hungary 2011

The halt of MMK payments on its contracts for subsidies in mid-2011, left a number of Hungarian film production companies in a difficult position financially. bővebben
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Weekend postponed in Hungary

Weekend postponed in Hungary

The shooting of the new film of director Áron Mátyássy - who with his first feature (Utolsó idők / Last Times) won the main prize of the Hungarian Film Week - due to the financial problems within the Hungarian Motion Picture Association is postponed to next year. According to producer Gergely Fodor the shooting was planned to start on 2nd of August, with all permissions and locations already obtained and booked.   bővebben

Two Hungarian film projects presented in Paris

Mirage, the next film of director Szabolcs Hajdu (Bibliotheque Pascal, White Palm) and Hier (Tegnap) of Bálint Kenyeres (The History of Aviation, short) have been selected to the co-production forum and development platform organised within the Paris Cinéma International Film Festival. The event called Paris Project takes place between 5th and 7th of July and the 14 projects which will be presented to producers and distributors have been selected from more than 300 applications. bővebben

Emerson and Co. – The First Hungarian 3D Movie

Krisztina Goda (director of Children of Glory and Just Sex and Nothing Else) just got a declaration of intent for funding from the Hungarian Motion Picture Association (MMKA) for the first Hungarian 3D movie. Emerson and Co. (Emerson és Tsa) will be an adaptation of a children story written by Levente Lezsák. bővebben
MEDIA support again for CineFest Hungary

MEDIA support again for CineFest Hungary

The international film festival held in the northern Hungarian city of Miskolc has received second year in a row the support of the MEDIA program of the European Union. The festival (CineFest) grows every year in size and prestige, several cult-films have started here their Hungarian carreer. However the MEDIA support means that the festival will screen mainly European productions – this being one of the main conditions of the funding. bővebben

Documentary Project Development Workshop and Film Festival

More than 40 documentary films from 15 countries will be presented at the 6th Dialect Film Festival in Budapest. The festival looks for the anthropological content of the films and usually selects docs which present and analyse the way of life and culture of people in unprivileged situation. The event will take place between 23-28 of June and the international jury will choose the winners from three sections. bővebben
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