BUDAPEST: The 44th edition of the Hungarian Film Review will be held at the Corvin Cinema in Budapest from 3 to 9 February 2025 after a 13-year hiatus. The Competition Programme includes 25 feature films, while 127 works will screen in seven competition categories, including short fiction films, experimental films, long documentaries, short documentaries, animated films, short animated films and TV series.

BUDAPEST: As Hungary has extended its successful film production incentive for a further six years, international productions are expected to continue to shoot in the „continental Europe’s biggest production hub”, as stated by Csaba Káel, government commissioner for the development of the Hungarian film industry.

BUDAPEST: The Hungarian/Canadian/German coproduction Fairyheart is currently in preproduction, as Anita Doron’s first long animated film received Eurimages coproduction support with the maximum allowable amount (500,000 EUR).

BUDAPEST: Nine finalists pitched their stories to the jury of film and media industry representatives at the 9th Incubator Pitch Forum organised by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI).

BUDAPEST: The National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI) has distributed 8.5 m EUR / 3.400 m HUF for the production of 30 TV documentaries, six TV animations and five TV fiction films in 2024.

BUDAPEST: Hungarian director Ádám Freund, whose surreal family sci fi Earthly People / Földiek (2017) was nominated for the Student Academy Award, is currently shooting his debut feature, Hyenas / Hiénák.

BUDAPEST: The National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI) has distributed 6.1 m EUR / 6,300 m HUF to the production of nine feature films and long documentaries in 2024.

MISKOLC: The CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary from 6 to 14 September 2024 not only through films, but also through various programmes for cinephiles and professionals.

BUDAPEST: The independent Hungarian film Lesson Learned directed by Bálint Szimler and involving 10 production companies and 19 producers received 5,317 EUR / 2.09 m HUF through a crowdfunding campaign organised on the platform brancskozosseg.hu. The funding was needed for a 35 mm copy that will be used at a special pre-premiere at the Uránia National Film Theater on 4 September 2024.

BUDAPEST: Hungary celebrates the 20th anniversary of its pioneering cash rebate system, offering a 30% cash back on production costs. Simple and efficient, the system is offered with no cap, which has attracted a great number of international productions to the country emerging as the largest production hub in Europe.