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In 2015, the Hungarian National Film Fund (HNFF) released its Incubator Program to help young directors create their first feature film. The main ambition of the programme is to make their debuts as s...

How Young Filmmakers see the World

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This year, five young directors have been given the chance to make their debut feature thanks to the Incubator Program of the Hungarian National Film Fund.

One Day in Cannes

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Incubator Program goes international, Zsófia Szilágyi’s feature, One Day, will be premiered at the Critics’ Week.

Ildikó Enyedi Protagonist of European Cinema

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The Hungarian director and screenwriter in Lecce to introduce the tribute to her films.

The Winners of the Hungarian Film Awards

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On Body and Soul won five prizes at the award ceremony of the 4th Hungarian Film Week, which was held on the 11st of March, in Vígszínház.

When Hollywood Comes to Town

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Crews are busy, soundstages are never empty, and you can hardly walk in the Budapest city centre without bumping into a film set. Here are some of the projects that were or are being filmed in Hungary...

The Year Hungarian Films Packed Local Cinemas

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In recent years the box office of Hungarian films has started to show signs of life: ‘White God’ was a nice surprise and ‘Son of Saul’ became the hit no one saw coming - these and a few others foresha...

Access to Cinematic Knowledge - The Film Training Programme in Hungary

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The Hungarian film industry is having to deal with skills shortages. This concerns a wide range of jobs including script supervisor, production accountant, storyboard artist and post-production coordi...

2017: Another Shining Year of Hungarian Films

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Winning the Grand Prix at the Berlinale, selected to Cannes and Sundance, nominated at the Student and the main Academy Awards, and winning numerous other incredible prizes at festivals across all con...

Media Patronage Programme: the Year with the First Oscar

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2017 was a year to remember for the Media Council’s Media Patronage Programme: the short film ‘Sing’ won the Academy Award in the Best Short Film category, making it the first Hungarian film ever to d...

Promoting projects that we can be proud of

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Interview with Ádám Paszternák, the director at Creative Europe Desk Hungary.

The New Generation of Hungarian Animation

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There is a new wave of Hungarian animation which is defined by animators graduated from Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest from the last few years.

Meet Hungary’s Shooting Star - Réka Tenki

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Réka Tenki is a rising talent in the Hungarian film and theatre world. International audiences recently met her in Ildikó Enyedi’s ‘On Body and Soul’, where she played the psychologist, and more recen...

Meet the Best European Actress - Alexandra Borbély

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Alexandra Borbély had an amazing year - she not only played the lead in ‘On Body and Soul’ to rave reviews, but the movie ended up winning Berlinale’s Golden Bear and eventually an Oscar nomination. A...

Supported in 2017

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Films that were supported by the Hungarian National Film Fund in 2017.

Meet the Hungarian National Film Fund at Berlinale

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The new film by Árpád Bogdán, Genesis, will be premiered at the Berlinale Panorama Special, Ildikó Enyedi's Cannes Camera d'or winner movie, My 20th Century, will be screened at the Berlinale Classics...

Screenings of Hungarian Films at EFM

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Three new Hungarian films will be shown at the European Film Market (EFM), one of the most important film markets worldwide, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.

A Wonderful First Film Among the Berlinale Classics

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Ildikó Enyedi is Back in Berlin with her debut film, My 20th Century, which will be screened at Berlinale Classics.

"To Depict The Unimaginable"

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Interview with animation director Réka Bucsi about her latest short, Solar Walk.

Rotting Hamlet

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Searching for the Avant-Garde Shakespeare in Péter Lichter and Bori Máté’s ‘The Rub’.

Rebuilding the Moral Firewall – Behind 'Genesis'

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After 11 years Árpád Bogdán comes back to Berlin to premiere his new feature, Genesis, in Panorama Special. With his producer Andrea Taschler, they are committed to dealing with important social quest...