In a world that often treats career, family and love as competing forces, Andrea Bocelli’s wife and long-time manager speaks about them as parts of one architecture – a structure held together not by perfection, but by presence. For her, the point is not to “balance” three separate worlds, but to keep everything anchored to […]
The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organization for cultural relations and educational opportunities. Its aim is to bring together all areas of the British Council under an integrated country offer for customers and partners. The history of the British Council dates back 92 years. As to how successful the organization has been over […]
Cinematographer Mátyás Erdély has been awarded the Spotlight Award for his outstanding work on Orphan, the latest film of Hungarian Oscar-winning director László Nemes Jeles, the American Society of Cinematographers said on Monday. The 40th ASC awards were handed over in Los Angeles late on Sunday. The film follows a 12-year-old boy, Andor, in ruined […]
The 16th Francophone Film Days in Budapest will be held from March 4 to 14 with a number of accompanying programs; Nadia Melliti, who won the Best Actress award at last year's Cannes Film Festival, and the program's patron, Hungarian film director Ildikó Enyedi, will also participate in the event. Organized by the French Institute, […]
For the tenth time, the Indian Film Festival returns to Budapest, organized by the Embassy of India. From February 27 to March 1, the Metropolis Hall of Puskin Cinema will host a special selection of seven free screenings with Hungarian subtitles, bringing the energy, spectacular visuals, and rich storytelling traditions of Indian cinema closer to […]
The Indian Film Festival in Budapest is being held for the tenth time, organized by the Indian Embassy. Between February 27 and March 1, seven films with Hungarian subtitles can be viewed free of charge at the Puskin Cinema in the Hungarian capital. The festival brings Indian cinema culture, the energy of Bollywood, its visual […]
Renowned Hungarian movie director Ildikó Enyedi's latest film, Silent Friend, won the prize for best film at the 45th Hungarian Film Week, as well as the awards for best cinematography and editing, the organisers said late on Sunday, the last day of the festival. Cinematographer János Kende received the lifetime achievement award, and producer Mónika […]
The Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest awarded world-renowned Hungarian composer György Kurtág an honorary doctorate on the occasion of his 100th birthday. The artist, who is a former student and teacher at the Academy of Music, received his honorary doctorate from the university's management on Friday. György Kurtág is twice winner of the […]
The year begins with an exhibition at the Korean Cultural Center: "Echoes of Korea in Hungarian Handicrafts" shows how the spirit of traditional Korean art meets the creativity of Hungarian artists. The exhibition is not just a presentation of a distant culture, but rather the story of a living, evolving community where students become masters […]
On the Hungarian Culture, the Janus Pannonius Museum (JPM) launched Vasarely 2026 to mark the 120th anniversary of the world renowned Hungarian fine artist Victor Vasarely's birth and the 50th anniversary of the opening of the museum in Pécs that exhibits his works, the museum informed MTI on Thursday. The institution, which performs public collection […]
The Museum of Fine Arts bid farewell to the highly successful exhibition Heaven and Hell: William Blake and His Contemporaries with an extraordinary event: on the evening of January 10, it brought Blake's visions to life with a silent disco closing program. This unique event offered visitors a special experience at the intersection of fine […]
The 45th Hungarian Film Festival, held from February 2 to 8, will feature 220 films screened at Budapest's Corvin Cinema and the Inga Cultural Cafe, organizers said on Thursday. Festival director András Muhi said that over 450 submissions have been received, adding that the event would "present the broadest spectrum of Hungarian films produced last […]
The year begins with an exhibition at the Korean Cultural Center in Budapest: the exhibition entitled 'Echoes of Korea in Hungarian Handicrafts' shows how the spirit of traditional Korean art meets the creativity of Hungarian artists. The exhibition is not just a presentation of a distant culture, but rather the story of a living, evolving […]
Béla Tarr, the renowned Hungarian filmmaker, died on Tuesday at the age of 70, Bence Fliegauf, a fellow film director, announced on behalf of the family. Born in Pécs in 1955, Tarr began his career as an amateur filmmaker at the age of 16. He later worked at the Béla Balázs Studio, the hub of […]
Named after German poet and statesman Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the Goethe-Institute is a nonprofit German cultural organization operational worldwide with more than 150 cultural centers across 99 countries. One of those is Hungary where the Institute has been present since 1988. Its goal is to promote the German language abroad and encouraging international cultural […]
