Török to Shoot City Romcom
BUDAPEST: Ferenc Török (Istambul, Overnight, Moscow Square) starts his six-week romantic comedy shoot for Nobody's Island 27 August, mostly in Budapest with some seaside locations.
Hungary Backs Five Projects
BUDAPEST: The second summer round of funding by the Hungarian Film Fund sees two new projects in production, both by directors with rising stars, László Nemes Jeles and Lili Horváth.
Production: Csaba Fazekas's Swing Shooting
BUDAPEST: Csaba Fazekas (Boldog születésnapot!) is shooting his second feature, Swing, a musical comedy inspired by Hungarian hits. The story is driven by three desperate women who join together to…
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month Gabor Csurdi
FNE together with Europa Distribution continues its Distributor of the Month series. In recognition of the hard work and excellence of European distributors and the common problems they face, especially…
Production: Hungary's Pejo Shooting Paw
Robert Adrian Pejo, the Romanian-born writer-director who won praise for Dallas Among Us in 2005 and for The Camera Murderer at Karlovy Vary in 2010, has announced he is shooting…
Hungary to Tweak Film Funding
KARLOVY VARY: Two years since it was launched, and 18 months since it gave its first grants, the Hungarian National Film Fund ( www.filmalap.hu ) is taking a look at…
Hungary Starts New Chapter with The Notebook
KARLOVY VARY: All eyes will be on the world premiere of Janos Szasz’s The Notebook (Le Grand Cahier) screening in the main competition of the 48th Karlovy Vary IFF (www.kviff.com…
PRODUCTION: Palfi Casting Epic Toldi
BUDAPEST: György Pálfi (Taxidermia, Hukkle) has moved into the final stages of preproduction for a September 2013 start date on the mega-production Toldi.
Gyorgy Palfi’s Toldi scores in latest round of Hungarian grants
BUDAPEST: The Hungarian Film Fund has announced the third round of grants in less than a week, with the largest grant, 900 m HUF, going to Gyorgy Palfi’s Toldi.
Hungary Adds Four More Film Grants
BUDAPEST: Hungary’s film fund is handing out an additional four grants to the six grants recently announced.
Hungarian Film Grants for June
BUDAPEST: Three films received production support in the latest round of Hungarian grants funding.
Cinenuovo Expands into Hungarian Distribution
BUDAPEST: Hungarian exhibitor Cineuova will launch distribution activities in July 2013, company CEO Dániel Maresch told FNE.
Hungary Gives Grants for Development
BUDAPEST: Two films received development support in the latest round of grants from the Hungarian National Film Fund, in addition to four films which received production support and six films…
FNE at Cannes 2013: Land of Storms start sales including North America
CANNES: Adam Csaszi's male love story Land of Storms which is in postproduction has already been sold by the German sales outfit, m-appeal to several territories during Cannes Film Festival.
EFP Producers on the Move 2013 Andrea Taschler
BUDAPEST: Budapest native Andrea Taschler trained as a dramaturg but was talked into working in film production. She started out as an assistant director in 2000, moving up the ranks…
ScripTeast 2013 at Cannes: 1989
Hungarian scriptwriter András B. Vágvölgyi competes for the Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award during the 2013 Cannes IFF with 1989, the story of a Budapest ladies man.
New Hungarian Grants for Films in Development
BUDAPEST: The Hungarian Film Fund has given development grants of 47,747 EUR/14 m HUF to four feature films.
M-Appeal acquires Hungarian first feature Land of Storms
WARSAW: German sales outfit M-Appeal has acquired a Land of Storms, a first feature by Hungarian director Adam Csaszi for its Cannes line-up that includes several strong CEE titles. The…
NBC Dracula Series Shoots in Budapest
BUDAPEST: The new NBC series Dracula is shooting the pilot and all ten episodes in Budapest, with filming scheduled to continue until the beginning of summer.
PRODUCTION: Mundruczo Begins Shooting White God
BUDAPEST: Kornél Mundruczó (The Tender Son) has started a 50-day filming schedule on The White God, described as a “sentimental adventure film.”
