Treasures of European Film Culture plaque unveiled at Budapest Nyugati Station

In 2022, the European Film Academy (EFA) honored Budapest Nyugati Station with the title of Treasures of European Film Culture, on which occasion a commemorative plaque...

Annecy Jury Award-winning FOUR SOULS OF COYOTE is the Official Hungarian Entry for the Academy Awards©

Directed by accomplished director Áron Gauder, produced by Réka Temple’s Cinemon Ent. FOUR SOULS OF COYOTE is retelling the Native American creation myths while also re...

Film Marathon closes with record audience figures

Budapest Classics Film Marathon, the Hungarian Film Institute’s festival celebrating restored motion pictures, has closed with a record number of full-house screenings, meet-and-greets and internat...

Full programme of Film Marathon published and ticket sales launched

Full details of Budapest Classics Film Marathon starting 12 September at www.filmmaraton.hu.

Latabár classics, Trainspotting and Oscar-winner Kevin Macdonald at Budapest Classics Film Marathon

Kálmán Latabár classics with restored pictures and sound, Hungarian and American masterpieces by Endre Tóth, Hollywood western and noir director, director of the first American 3D film, producer (w...

Budapest Classics Film Marathon arrives complete with free open-air screenings, curiosities of film history and a legendary work by Giuseppe Tornatore

John Travolta, Dezső Garas, Johnny Depp and the most famous Hungarian vampire of them all, Béla Lugosi, are on show at the Basilica. As part of Budapest Classics Film Marathon, once again an open-a...

Romanian-Hungarian coproduction, FREEDOM in competition at Sarajevo Film Festival

Tudor Giurgiu’s latest film, FREEDOM (Libertate), will compete for the Heart of Sarajevo. Exploring a lesser-known episode of the 1989 Romanian Revolution, which brough...

Katalin Moldovai's Without Air debuts at Toronto IFF

The Discovery program of one of the world's most prestigious festival, Toronto IFF, was announced today. Katalin Moldovai's first feature film, Without Air has...

Hungarian short film conquers children's film festivals around the world

The directorial debut of Eszter Angyalosy and Dániel Szőke, LAST CHANCE won awards in the US and Portugal this week and is about a middle-aged man who befriends a teena...

Striking success for Hungarian animations at Annecy

The 47th Annecy International Animated Film Festival was a great succes for Hungarian animation as Áron Gauder's animated feature The Four Souls of the Coyote...

Hungarian Motion Picture Awards 2023

Record number of Hungarian films and co-prods at Annecy

Screening dates arrived - FOUR SOULS OF COYOTE competes for the Annecy Crystal, while in...

FOUR SOULS OF COYOTE awarded at US and Czech festivals

Áron Gauder's latest work was first seen by the international audience at the end of April at Sunscreen Festival in Florida, and then at the Arizona IFF where the outst...

A Record Number of Amazing Hungarian Talents at Annecy 2023

The Annecy International Animation Film Festival has announced its line-up for its upcoming edition kicking off on June 11.

Fantastic Hungarian successes in Brussels

Fantasy-romantic HALFWAY HOME won the Silver Méliès Award for Best European Film at the 41st Brussels International Fantasy Film Festival, where another Hungarian movie...

6th Budapest Classics Film Marathon is nearly here!

Budapest Classics Film Marathon, the international film festival of restored classics and gems of film history, is back again, between 12-17 September 2023.

Hungarian Short Animation Stunned Berlinale Jury

The animated short film SZEMEM SARKA received special mention from  Berlinale’s Youth Jury. Creator Domonkos Erhardt made the short film at the Department of Animation...

Hungarian films at the Berlinale

New and upcoming feature films 2022/2023

Historical NFI Studio development at half-time

As an investment project by the National Film Institute, construction work on four new studios and service facilities is underway in Fót, as part of the largest state-f...

World premiere: WHITE PLASTIC SKY to compete at Berlinale Encounters

Competition programs of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival – starting at 16 February - has been revealed. The animated science fiction feature by Ti...

A meeting of the eyes in Budapest at the Berlinale

Domonkos Erhardt’s animation The Corner of My Eye has been invited for the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival set to open on 16 February. Produced at the Animation...

György Fehér’s film TWILIGHT at Berlinale

Once again, a Hungarian work features in the Berlinale Classics selection of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival opening on 16 February: in memory of Péter Haumann, the National Film...

SIX WEEKS receives Just Film Grand Prix in Tallinn

Noémi Veronika Szakonyi’s drama about open adoption won the Grand Prix of the Just Film category at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. THREE THOUSAND NUMBERED...