Country Focus: Hungary
by Cineuropa
Articles, interviews, news, analysis on the Hungarian audiovisual sector.
Country profile: Hungary
Ammo aplenty for Vertigo Media
With a top-notch line-up stocked with six titles that were unveiled at Cannes, among others, the Budapest-based company harbours a great deal of ambition as it looks to the future
The Hungarian Film Week is reborn
After a three-year hiatus, the event is back with a rich programme that includes 26 feature films
Strong comeback for Hungarian cinema at the EFM
Four market premieres; 15 post-production titles in pre-sales, including those by Mundruczó and Hajdu; and two projects in the Co-production Market
Green light from Europe for tax incentives
A renewal for 6 years of the agreement of the Hungarian funding system for national and international productions filming in the country
Hungarian cinema enters a new Cycle
Market premieres for Zoltán Sóstai’s film and In The Name of Sherlock Holmes. Plus several promising titles in pre-sales
A boost for Hungarian films with foreign casts
The Hungarian Film Law has been tweaked to include the same support to national films with foreign actors as to those shot in Hungarian
Arthouse cinemas on the brink
Hungarian arthouse cinemas foresee a way out, but nothing is yet certain, according to Tibor Bíró and Eva Vezer
International Film Guide 2012: Hungary
A survey of the film culture and output in Hungary published by the International Film Guide.
Hungary - International Film Guide Survey 2010
A survey of the film culture and output in Hungary published by the International Film Guide.
Made in Hungaria, domestic leader of 2009
Largely dominated by US cinema, which has 17 titles in the yearly top 20 (including the leader Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs with 433m forints in takings), the 2009 season in Hungarian theatres closed on a positive note with an estimated 4% increase in annual audience figures and a 14% surge in takings in Budapest cinemas. European cinema made the most of this upturn with UK and German co-productions Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (305m forints in takings) and Inglourious Basterds...
Hungary - International Film Guide Survey
2008 started well for the Hungarian film industry, with MAFILM announcing plans to build a US$2.5 million studio to replace the one badly damaged by fire in July 2007. However as the year progressed and the international economic situation deteriorated, prospects have begun to look distinctly uncertain. Whether or not the cancellation of plans to build the Greenhill Studios outside the southern city of Pecs was connected to the financial downturn is, at the time of writing, speculation as...
MMK between 2008 and 2009
The Hungarian Motion Picture Public Foundation (MMK) celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2008 and is hoping 2009 will be at least as successful as the year before it despite the global economic downturn. The MMK is a unique body in Europe that reunites film funding, promotion, training and facilities for the film industry. It is supported by the Hungarian state as well as various organisations that regroup film professionals. At a press conference held during the 40th Hungarian Film Week,...
Hungary 2006 - Hungarian blitz on the Croisette
