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'Ruben' and 'Sunset' Awarded at Festival de Sevilla

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Hungarian films conquered the juries of the Seville Film Festival, one of the most prestigious European film events. 'Ruben Brandt, Collector' was awarded three prizes, while Hungary’s Oscar entry 'Su...

2018.11.19.

‘X - The eXploited’ Awarded at Braunschweig IFF

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‘X - The eXploited’ crime-drama, the second feature by ’Liza, the Fox-Fairy’ writer-director Károly Ujj Mészáros, won the Volkswagen Financial Services Film Award at the 32nd Braunschweig Internationa...

2018.11.13.

"Monogamy Works for Some Couples and doesn’t for Others” – interview with Orsi Nagypál

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It’s been a while since a full-fledged homegrown romantic comedy graced the Hungarian moviescreens, so all eyes are on Open (Nyitva), the very entertaining feature film debut of director Orsi Nagypál....

2018.11.13.

"A lump inside me wanted to escape" – interview with Gábor Reisz

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Four years after For Some Inexplicable Reason, Gábor Reisz has come out with a new film premiering at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival on November 23rd. Bad Poems is more experimenting and hits an e...

2018.10.26.

Bronze Student Academy Award to István Kovács

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A Siege by István Kovács won the Bronze Student Acadamy Awards in the Narrative section. The director excepeted the prize in person at the award ceremony, which was held on Thursday, October 11 at the...

2018.10.13.

Hungarian Premiers at Warsaw IFF

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X-The eXploited; Ruben Brandt, Collector; Lajko-Gypsy in Space; Helix and Pillowface – five Hungarian movies competing at the 34th Warsaw International Film Festival. The popular event will be held in...

2018.10.12.

Hungarian World Premiere in PÖFF Competition

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Gabor Reisz’s second feature, Bad Poems, developed at Cannes Residence, has been invited to compete for the Tallinn Grand Prix.

2018.10.10.

One Day is Nominated for European Film Award

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Zsófia Szilágyi’s Cannes FIPRESCI Prize winning One Day has been nominated for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2018 – Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented annually as part of the European Film Awards to a young a...

2018.10.10.

My 20th Century in the Cinema Rediscovered tour

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Cinema Rediscovered's 2018 tour continues with My 20th Century, the dazzling new 4K restoration of the 1989 debut feature by the award-winning Hungarian female filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi.

2018.10.09.

Premiere: His Master’s Voice in competition at Tokyo IFF

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György Pálfi’s new film will have its world premiere at the 31th Tokyo International Film Festival. The glamorous A category showcase starts on 25 October. Pálfi and Csaba Polgár leading actor will at...

2018.10.01.

Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Ruben Brandt, Collector

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Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all rights in North America and Latin America to 'Ruben Brandt, Collector' directed by Milorad Krstic.

2018.09.14.

Student Academy Award for A Siege

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After 27 years a Hungarian diploma film was awarded again by the AMPAS.

2018.09.13.

Oscar-winning Son of Saul director Laszlo Nemes’ Sunset is the official Hungarian entry for the Academy Awards

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The Hungarian Oscar Selection Committee announced that Hungary will enter Laszlo Nemes’ Sunset to be considered for nomination in the “Academy Awards - Best Foreign Language Film” category.

2018.09.11.

Sunset Won the Critics’ Prize in Venice

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László Nemes’ ‘Sunset’ was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize at the 75th Venice International Film Festival’ Main Competition. The prize was handed out by the International Federation of Film Critics on the...

2018.09.10.

"In Search for Not The Perfect But The True Movie" - interview with Ildikó Enyedi

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24 years ago, Ildikó Enyedi attended the Venice Film Festival as a film-maker who was expected to win the Golden Lion and last year she was a member of the Jury at the Lido as a renowned director. How...

2018.09.04.

"We Were Searching for The Lost Beauty" - interview with Györgyi Szakács

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Györgyi Szakács is the unavoidable costume designer in the life of Hungarian and European theatre, who worked with nearly every major Hungarian filmmaker in the past 30 years. She is a permanent colla...

2018.09.03.

"Reconstructing A World that Has Disappeared" - Interview with László Rajk

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László Rajk is a well-known Hungarian public figure: an architect, an avant garde artist, a university professor - and also a production designer in films of Costa-Gavras, John Irwin, Miklós Jancsó,...

2018.09.02.

"All Sounds Are Equal" - Interview

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In Cannes, he won Vulcan Award for the sound design of the 'Son of Saul,' even Christopher Nolan's Oscar-winning sound designer congratulated him. On the movie 'Sunset,' one of the most soughtafter Hu...

2018.09.01.

Admission Card to the International Circle of Movie Professionals - interview with Gábor Sipos and Gábor Rajna

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As the Laokoon Filmgroup produced the first feature film of Academy Award winner László Nemes, his second movie the 'Sunset' is also got produced by the company. We asked the two CEOs of the Laokoon F...

2018.08.31.

"Every Work of Art has its Own Form" - interview with Mátyás Erdély

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The most recently presented feature film on which Mátyás Erdély worked as a cinematographer won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Now he has teamed up again with the director of 'Son o...

2018.08.30.

The story of a fragile & bizarre friendship

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The story of a fragile and bizarre friendship A first movie from Petra Szo ´´ cs, 'Deva' will be premiered at the Venice International Film Festival. This Biennale College Cinema production tells the...

2018.08.30.

The 75th Venice Film Festival Begins

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The 75th Venice Film Festival begins on the 29th of August and lasts till 8th of September. Read our latest Hungarian Film Magazine, which was made for the occasion that after 24 years a Hungarian fil...

2018.08.29.

"So Far, I've Been Lucky" - interview with Juli Jakab

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László Nemes' monumental second film rests upon the slender shoulders of Juli Jakab. A 29 year old graduate dramaturg with little acting experience besides a one scene appearrance in the director's Os...

2018.08.24.

"The Viewer Should Go into the Labyrinth of the Story" - interview with László Nemes

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It has only been three years since his sensational debut 'Son of Saul' won virtually every major international award, including the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, László Nemes is back with the...

2018.08.24.