An invited audience of well-known figures from the film industry celebrated Ildikó Enyedi's career at Origo Film Studio this Thursday. The film director, who recently celebrated her 70th birthday, received the Hungarian Hollywood Council's Adolph Zukor Award in a ceremony, the Council says in a statement. The highest honor of the civil organization, founded in […]
The Budapest Music Center (BMC) is organizing a festival between February 15 and 28, 2026 and a year-round series of events to mark the 100th anniversary of Hungarian composer György Kurtág's birth, with "international stars and prominent Hungarian contemporary performers playing a cross-section of the composer's oeuvre at the most important classical music venues of […]
A series of programs will be held in 2026 in thesouthern hungarian city of Pécs, the seat of Baranya County, to mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of Hungarian-born painter Victor Vasarely and the 50th anniversary of the opening of the museum in Pécs that exhibits his works, Pécs Mayor Attila Péterffy told MTI […]
Hungary’s first and unique higher music education institution opened its doors 150 years ago, on November 14, 1875, under the name National Royal Hungarian Academy of Music, with Ferenc Liszt as President and Ferenc Erkel as Director. The institution soon became an internationally renowned citadel of Hungary’s music education, and has maintained its high standards […]
Hungarian film director Ildikó Enyedi will receive the lifetime achievement award of the The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) at the 46th Cairo Film Festival, the federation said on its website on Thursday. The award will be handed over to Ildikó Enyedi before the screening of her latest film, 'Csendes barát' (Silent Friend), on […]
In June, next year, Budapest will host for the first time the 'La Femme International Film Festival Europe' (LAFIFFE) — the first international film festival in Hungary dedicated specifically to highlighting women filmmakers. The event is the European sister festival of the Los Angeles-based La Femme International Film Festival, which has been celebrating women’s storytelling, […]
Canadian-born Hungarian-British writer David Szalay has been awarded this year's Booker Prize, Britain's most prestigious literary award, for his new novel 'Flesh'. The five-member jury, led by 1993 Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle and including Kiley Reid, Chris Power, Ayobámi Adébáyo and Sarah Jessica Parker, announced the decision late Monday evening in London. The shortlist, […]
Eleven contemporary Italian films will be screened at the 23rd MittelCinemaFest between November 7 and 15 at the Puskin and Tabán cinemas in Budapest. In addition to Italian filmmakers, audiences will also have the opportunity to meet Hungarian actress Fanni Wrochna, who stars in the film Eleonora Duse. According to a statement sent to MTI […]
The 2nd Budapest International Film Festival (BIFF) will present 36 movies in over 50 screenings at Budapest's Corvin Cinema between October 25 and November 2, the organizers said in a statement this Sunday. The festival program will include films from other international festivals as well as "experimental works by contemporary makers." The festival's retrospective section […]
A true global sensation will arrive on the stage of the Palace of Arts (Müpa) in Budapest at the end of October: Jung Jaeil, the South Korean composer who composed the unforgettable music for Squid Game and Parasite, will perform in Hungary. Of the two productions mentioned, Parasite won an Academy Award and a Palme […]
English singer and songwriter Calum Scott is to perform this October in Budapest, returning to the Hungarian capital with a solo concert after stealing the hearts of the Hungarian audience by opening Ed Sheeran's concert last year. He tells Diplomacy&Trade how he tries to help sensitive people with his songs while remaining an everyday person […]
The Lumiere Festival taking place from October 11 to 19 in Lyon, France will feature Hungary as the guest of honor, with a special focus on the legacy of director István Szabó, Hungary's National Film Institute said on Friday. The festival will feature restored classics such as Apa (Father), the Oscar-winning Mephisto, and Being Julia […]
Established in 1947, the French Institute in Hungary is one of the oldest foreign cultural centers in Budapest. It has lived through many events in Hungarian history over these years, has organized numerous programs and collaborations, having moved within the city several times. The Director of the French Institute, Matthieu Berton, who is also Cultural […]
As part of the Touring K-Arts 2025 program series, Heo Yoon-jeong, master of the Korean zither, and his internationally renowned fellow artists will perform at the Eiffel Workshop on October 6. The free concert will be a unique encounter between traditional Korean music and contemporary performing arts. As part of the Touring K-Arts 2025 (Korean […]
Danish author Janne Teller will be the guest of honor and Romania will be the guest of honor country at this year's 30th Budapest International Book Festival, which will welcome a record number of 162 exhibitors, 118 programs, and more than 300 book signings between October 2 and 5 at the Bálna Defense Center in […]
