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, […]
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 Dutch Film Days at Toldi Cinema in the Hungarian capital are celebrating the richness of movies from the Netherlands through a strong selection of classics and recently released films between May 7 and 11. Over the past few decades, Dutch filmmakers have developed a distinctive voice in global cinema, blending local stories with universal […]
This year, from 10-20 October, the 13th SEHENSWERT FILM FESTIVAL will take place at the Művész Cinema in Budapest. The joint film festival of the Embassy of Switzerland, the Austrian Cultural Forum and the Goethe Institute will present a selection of the latest films from the German-speaking world, this time also in the original language […]
The best of contemporary Italian cinema will be screened from Saturday to November 14 at the 21st Italian Film Festival, Mittelcinemafest, at the Puskin and Tabán cinemas in Budapest. The festival will screen twelve contemporary Italian films in their original language with Hungarian subtitles, the organizers told MTI. The opening film will be The Commander […]
The MittelCinemaFest Italian Film Festival will take place in Budapest from November 4 to 12, with 12 recent Italian movies, including several festival winners, being screened at the Puskin and Tabán cinemas in the Hungarian capital. The event, organized jointly by the Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest and Cinecittá, will screen contemporary Italian films in […]
From September 26 to October 1, audiences can choose from Argentine, Brazilian, Ecuadorian, Colombian, Peruvian and Venezuelan movies at the 2nd Latin American Film Days at the Uránia National Film Theater in the Hungarian capital. According to a statement sent to MTI by the organizers, the event is organized in cooperation with the Embassies of […]
Two new Polish films and six VR films will be screened at the 29th Polish Film Spring (Lengyel Filmtavasz) from May 2 to 5 at the Polish Institute and Uránia National Film Theater in Budapest. According to a press release sent to MTI by the Polish Institute, this year's festival will be held under the […]
In 2022, Hungarian cinema attendance will not return to its pre-pandemic level, with this year's cinema revenues so far failing to double those of 2021. And the balance is billions of euros below the revenues of 2019 and the years before, the financial website penzcentrum.hu reports. There are a number of reasons why cinemas are […]
From this Tuesday until August 14, the public can watch free movies sitting on the lawn of the Margaret Island Athletic Center in Budapest. This year's Cinema Island will screen comedies and dramas from Spain, Austria, Poland, Estonia, the Czech Republic, France and Finland. EUNIC Hungary, the Hungarian network of European cultural institutes, will screen […]
From May 11 to 13, the European Parliament and the European Film Academy will once again screen films nominated for the LUX Audience Prize, the renewed joint film prize of the European Parliament and the European Film Academy, at the Uránia National Film Theater in Budapest. The films, which reflect on important social issues, are […]
Hungarian films bagged several accolades at the Porto and ECU film festivals last week, Hungary’s National Film Institute (NFI) reports. Máté Bence Fazekas won the award for Best Screenplay at the Porto International Film Festival for his work on the film 'Eviction'. Inspired by a true story, the comedy drama depicts the struggle between a […]
Lili Horvát's romantic drama ‘Preparations to Be Together For an Unknown Period of Time’ won the Best Central-Eastern European Film Award at the 45th Cleveland International Film Festival. The jury of American film experts said Lili Horvát's film was a refreshing blend of Italo Calvino and Kieslowski's wit, an ambitious guide to the intricacies of […]
